Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 21, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2004 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 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 3 0 0 0
  Tremie c 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 1
Berkman rf 3 1 1 1
Kent 2b 4 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 2 0 1 0
Vizcaino ss 3 0 1 0
Chavez c 2 0 0 0
  Lane ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Duckworth p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
  Redding p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Durham 2b 3 3 3 0
Cruz ss 4 2 3 2
  Ransom pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Feliz 1b 5 2 2 4
Bonds lf 3 0 0 1
  Linden pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 0 1 1
Grissom cf 5 0 0 0
Torrealba c 4 0 1 0
Mohr rf,lf 3 2 3 0
Tomko p 1 0 0 0
  Brower p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 13 8
Houston 200 000 000241
San Francisco 310 400 01x9130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (1-3) 2.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Duckworth   1.2 4 4 4 2 2
  Redding   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Wheeler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Springer   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
4
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  W (11-6) 8.2 4 2 2 3 5
  Brower   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
5

  E–Vizcaino (8).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Feliz 2 (31,off Hernandez,off Duckworth).  3B–San Francisco Durham (8,off Springer).  HR–Houston Bagwell (26,1st inning off Tomko 0 on, 2 out); Berkman (28,1st inning off Tomko 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Tomko 3 (12,off Hernandez,off Duckworth,off Redding).  SF–Cruz (6,off Hernandez).  HBP–Bonds (9,by Springer).  IBB–Bonds (107,by Duckworth).  Team–9.  HBP–Springer (1,Bonds).  IBB–Duckworth (3,Bonds).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:30.  A–39,863.
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