San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1998 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 2, Houston Astros 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Kent 2b 4 0 0 0
Snow 1b 4 0 1 0
Javier rf 4 1 2 0
Mayne c 2 1 1 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Benard ph 1 0 1 2
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 2 1
Spiers 3b 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 2
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 1 0 0
Everett cf 4 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 3 1 2 2
Ausmus c 3 1 1 0
Bergman p 1 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 6
San Francisco 000 000 200270
Houston 000 021 04x7100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (6-7) 6.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Johnstone   1.1 3 3 3 0 2
  Rodriguez   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bergman  W (9-5) 7.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Nitkowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Powell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Bonds (28,off Bergman); Hamilton (16,off Bergman); Snow (15,off Bergman), Houston Bell (27,off Johnstone); Everett (22,off Rodriguez).  HR–Houston Gutierrez (2,5th inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out); Bell (14,6th inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bergman (5,off Darwin).  SF–Gutierrez (4,off Rodriguez).  HBP–Alou (4,by Johnstone).  CS–Biggio (5,2nd base by Darwin/Mayne).  WP–Rodriguez (3).  HBP–Johnstone (1,Alou).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:43.  A–35,257.
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