San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 20, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 2002 at Enron Field. 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 13, Houston Astros 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 2 2 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 4 1 0 0
  Martinez ss 1 0 1 1
Bonds lf 3 2 2 0
  Murray pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Kent 2b 6 2 3 2
Sanders rf 4 2 1 2
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Feliz 3b 1 1 1 0
Snow 1b 5 1 4 5
Shinjo cf 5 0 2 1
Santiago c 5 1 1 0
Ortiz p 3 0 1 0
  Benard rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 44 13 19 12
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 3 3
Ausmus c 5 0 1 2
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 2
Berkman cf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 1 1 0
Ward lf 4 1 1 0
Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 1
Everett ss 2 1 0 0
  Blum ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Redding p 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
  Puffer p 1 0 0 0
  Lugo ph 1 0 1 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 0 1 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph,c 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 9 10 9
San Francisco 005 300 12213190
Houston 101 000 3409100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz  W (2-1) 6.0 6 5 5 3 5
  Worrell   1.2 2 3 3 2 1
  Rodriguez   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Nen  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  L (0-1) 2.0 6 5 5 3 2
  Linebrink   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Puffer   2.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Mathews   2.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Stone   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Dotel   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
13
13
8
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Bonds 2 (4,off Redding,off Puffer); Bell 2 (4,off Redding,off Mathews); Sanders (4,off Redding); Shinjo (2,off Mathews); Benard (2,off Stone), Houston Hidalgo (2,off Ortiz); Ward (7,off Ortiz); Biggio (3,off Worrell).  HR–San Francisco Snow (1,9th inning off Dotel 1 on, 0 out), Houston Bagwell (2,1st inning off Ortiz 0 on, 2 out); Biggio (2,3rd inning off Ortiz 0 on, 1 out); Ensberg (1,7th inning off Ortiz 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Shinjo (1,off Puffer); Bagwell (1,off Worrell).  HBP–Sanders (2,by Puffer).  IBB–Santiago (2,by Mathews); Bonds (9,by Mathews).  SB–Biggio (2,2nd base off Rodriguez/Santiago).  WP–Puffer (1).  BK–Redding (1).  HBP–Puffer (2,Sanders).  IBB–Mathews 2 (3,Santiago,Bonds).  U-HP–Matt Hollowell, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:51.  A–35,969.
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