San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 6, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 7, Houston Astros 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 5 1 3 1
Snow 1b 5 0 1 0
Tucker rf 5 0 1 0
  Herges p 0 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 1 1 0
Pierzynski c 5 1 1 0
Grissom cf 4 3 2 0
Perez ss 4 1 4 4
Tomko p 2 0 0 0
  Brower p 0 0 0 0
  Feliz ph 1 0 1 1
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Torcato ph 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Mohr rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 0 0 1
Everett ss 5 2 3 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 0
Kent 2b 5 0 3 1
Berkman lf 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 5 1 2 2
Lamb 3b 4 0 2 1
Ausmus c 5 0 2 0
Pettitte p 3 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Duckworth p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 40 5 15 5
San Francisco 000 312 0107150
Houston 010 020 0205150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko   4.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Brower   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Aardsma  W (1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 2 2 0 1
  Christiansen   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Herges  SV (2) 1.1 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (0-1) 5.1 11 6 6 2 3
  Miceli   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Duckworth   1.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Lidge   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 2.  PB–Ausmus (1).  2B–San Francisco Perez 2 (2,off Pettitte 2); Durham (2,off Pettitte); Tucker (1,off Pettitte).  IBB–Bonds (1,by Pettitte).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Lamb (1,off Brower).  HBP–Everett (1,by Rodriguez); Bagwell (1,by Rodriguez).  Team–16.  SB–Feliz (1,2nd base off Miceli/Ausmus).  HBP–Rodriguez 2 (2,Everett,Bagwell).  IBB–Pettitte (1,Bonds).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:46.  A–40,660.
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