Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 28, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 2002 at Pacific Bell Park. 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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Houston Astros 2, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 2 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
Berkman lf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 1
Vizcaino ss 3 0 0 0
Lane rf 2 1 1 1
  Merced ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 2 0
Blum 3b 4 0 1 0
Saarloos p 1 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Zinter ph 1 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 1 1 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 1 0
Kent 2b 4 1 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 1 2
Santiago c 5 1 1 0
Snow 1b 3 1 0 0
Sanders rf 2 0 1 1
Bell 3b 1 0 0 0
Rueter p 1 0 0 0
  Minor ph 1 0 0 0
  Brohawn p 0 0 0 0
  Witasick p 0 0 0 0
  Fultz p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 1 2
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Houston 000 200 000290
San Francisco 101 010 20x570
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos   2.1 2 2 2 4 1
  Puffer   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Robertson  L (0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Stone   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Munro   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gordon   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Cruz   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
9
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  W (14-8) 5.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Brohawn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Witasick   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Fultz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Eyre   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nen  SV (43) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Lofton (10,off Saarloos); Sanders (23,off Stone); Goodwin (5,off Gordon); Aurilia (35,off Cruz).  3B–San Francisco Kent (2,off Saarloos).  HR–Houston Bagwell (31,4th inning off Rueter 0 on, 1 out); Lane (4,4th inning off Rueter 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Bonds (46,5th inning off Robertson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Biggio (9,off Rueter); Aurilia (3,off Saarloos); Rueter (13,off Saarloos).  HBP–Sanders 2 (12,by Saarloos,by Puffer); Bell (9,by Saarloos).  IBB–Bonds (68,by Cruz).  HBP–Saarloos 2 (6,Sanders,Bell); Puffer (5,Sanders).  IBB–Cruz (4,Bonds).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:23.  A–41,045.
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