San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 19, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 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."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 6 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 1 2
Kent 2b 5 0 0 0
Hayes 1b 4 1 1 1
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Benard ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Delgado ss 1 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
  Javier ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 5 0 3 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
  Rueter pr 0 0 0 0
  Mayne c 1 0 0 0
Gardner p 2 0 0 0
  Snow 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 0 0 0
Bell rf 5 1 1 1
Bagwell 1b 2 1 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 3 3
Everett cf 5 0 1 0
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 5 0 1 0
Schourek p 1 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 42 4 9 4
San Francisco 000 300 000 000370
Houston 300 000 000 001491
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner   7.0 4 3 3 2 3
  Reed   2.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Johnstone   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Nen  L (6-2) 1.1 4 1 1 2 2
Totals
11.1
9
4
4
5
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek   5.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Elarton   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Magnante   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Powell   2.1 0 0 0 3 3
  Miller   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Henry  W (5-2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
7
3
3
8
9

  E–Berry (8).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Sanchez (6,off Miller), Houston Everett (23,off Nen); Spiers (18,off Nen).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (20,4th inning off Schourek 1 on, 0 out); Hayes (6,4th inning off Schourek 0 on, 1 out), Houston Alou (23,1st inning off Gardner 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Kent (4,by Powell); Bonds (17,by Henry); Biggio (1,by Nen).  HBP–Bagwell (5,by Gardner).  SB–Bonds (16,2nd base off Powell/Ausmus); Alou (7,2nd base off Gardner/Johnson); Bagwell (14,2nd base off Reed/Mayne).  WP–Schourek (5).  HBP–Gardner (3,Bagwell).  IBB–Nen (2,Biggio); Powell (8,Kent); Henry (3,Bonds).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:47.  A–32,900.
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