Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 16, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 2003 at Pacific Bell 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 8, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 6 1 2 3
Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 0
  Blum ph,3b 3 1 2 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 0
Berkman lf 5 1 1 0
Kent 2b 4 0 1 2
Hidalgo rf 3 1 2 1
Ausmus c 3 0 1 1
Lugo ss 3 1 2 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 1
  Dotel p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Moehler p 1 0 0 0
  Chavez ph 0 1 0 0
  Vizcaino ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 3 1 1 0
  Perez ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 1
  Zerbe p 0 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 5 1 1 0
Cruz, Jr. rf 3 1 0 0
Santiago c 5 2 2 1
Snow 1b 5 0 2 3
Grissom cf 4 0 2 0
Benard lf 2 0 1 0
Rueter p 1 0 0 0
  Brower p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Foppert p 0 0 0 0
  Feliz ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Houston 000 050 1208151
San Francisco 301 100 0005110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   4.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Lidge  W (2-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Dotel   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Wagner  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter   4.1 8 5 5 2 1
  Brower  L (2-1) 2.0 3 1 1 3 0
  Eyre   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Foppert   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Zerbe   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
6
2

  E–Kent (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Kent (4,off Rueter); Hidalgo (4,off Brower); Bagwell (4,off Foppert), San Francisco Snow 2 (3,off Moehler 2); Grissom (5,off Lidge).  3B–San Francisco Durham (1,off Moehler).  HR–Houston Biggio (4,5th inning off Rueter 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Hidalgo (1,off Foppert); Alfonzo (1,off Moehler).  IBB–Kent (1,by Foppert).  SH–Rueter (1,off Moehler); Brower (1,off Lidge).  WP–Foppert (1).  IBB–Foppert (1,Kent).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Andrew Fletcher, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:12.  A–37,679.
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