San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1997 at Astrodome. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 1 1 0
Vizcaino ss 5 0 2 1
Bonds lf 3 2 1 0
Kent 2b 5 0 2 0
Snow 1b 3 0 2 1
Javier rf 2 0 0 1
Mueller 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 0 0 0
Gardner p 3 0 1 0
  Benard ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Carr cf 3 0 1 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez 3b 4 1 2 0
Howard rf 2 0 1 0
Ausmus c 2 0 0 1
Bogar ss 3 0 1 0
Holt p 1 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Mouton ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
San Francisco 101 000 001390
Houston 010 000 000150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  W (10-4) 8.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Beck  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt  L (7-6) 6.0 7 2 2 3 6
  Martin   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Springer   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
10

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Snow (26,off Holt); Hamilton (13,off Holt); Kent (21,off Holt); Vizcaino (10,off Springer), Houston Gutierrez (5,off Gardner).  SF–Javier (3,off Holt); Ausmus (4,off Gardner).  IBB–Bonds (23,by Springer).  SH–Mouton (2,off Gardner).  IBB–Springer (2,Bonds).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:33.  A–29,955.
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