Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 7, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1997 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 0
Spiers 3b 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell rf 5 0 1 0
Abreu lf 4 0 1 1
Hidalgo cf 4 0 2 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Rivera ss 0 0 0 0
Kile p 2 0 1 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Henriquez p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 3 1 0 0
Mueller 3b 3 0 0 1
Bonds lf 4 0 1 1
Kent 2b 3 0 1 0
Snow 1b 2 1 0 0
Cruz rf 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss 2 2 1 0
Johnson c 2 1 1 1
Rueter p 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Javier rf 1 0 1 1
Totals 23 5 5 4
Houston 100 000 000193
San Francisco 011 002 01x551
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (17-6) 5.0 4 4 2 8 4
  Martin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Henriquez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
3
9
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  W (11-6) 6.2 6 1 1 3 2
  Tavarez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Beck   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
6

  E–Spiers 2 (14), Wagner (1), Snow (4).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Kile (3,off Rueter); Abreu (9,off Hernandez), San Francisco Bonds (24,off Kile); Kent (34,off Kile).  HBP–Bagwell (14,by Rueter); Biggio (27,by Beck); Johnson (1,by Kile).  IBB–Bagwell (26,by Rueter).  SH–Vizcaino (13,off Kile); Rueter 2 (6,off Kile 2); Mueller (5,off Martin); Johnson (2,off Wagner).  SB–Biggio (38,2nd base off Beck/Johnson).  CS–Hamilton (10,2nd base by Kile/Ausmus).  HBP–Kile (9,Johnson); Rueter (1,Bagwell); Beck (2,Biggio).  IBB–Rueter (8,Bagwell).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:17.  A–19,861.
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