Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1999 at 3Com Park. 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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Houston Astros 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 2 1 1 0
  Spiers ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 3
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo lf 4 0 2 1
Everett cf 2 0 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
Lima p 3 1 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 4 1 1 1
Mueller 3b 3 0 0 0
Snow 1b 3 0 0 0
Burks rf 4 0 0 0
Javier lf 3 0 1 0
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0
Delgado 2b 3 0 0 0
Servais c 3 0 1 0
Estes p 1 0 1 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Santangelo ph 1 0 0 0
  Nathan p 0 0 0 0
  Rios ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Houston 000 001 300450
San Francisco 100 000 000140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (8-1) 8.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Wagner  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Estes   5.1 3 1 1 6 7
  Spradlin   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Nathan  L (2-1) 2.0 2 3 3 2 4
  Rodriguez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
8
13

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Johnson (2,off Estes); Biggio (20,off Estes), San Francisco Servais (4,off Lima).  HR–Houston Bagwell (14,7th inning off Nathan 2 on, 1 out), San Francisco Benard (2,1st inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Everett (12,2nd base off Estes/Servais).  CS–Johnson (1,2nd base by Estes/Servais); Benard (3,2nd base by Lima/Eusebio); Javier (2,2nd base by Lima/Eusebio).  WP–Estes (6).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:57.  A–40,101.
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