Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants
May 8, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 2005 at SBC Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Washington Nationals 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Nationals 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Wilkerson cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Carroll 2b 6 1 4 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 2
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 2 0
Hammonds lf 4 0 0 0
  Chavez pr,cf 2 0 0 0
Guzman ss 5 0 0 0
Bennett c 6 0 2 0
Loaiza p 3 1 0 0
  Majewski p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Rauch p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 11 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Vizquel ss 6 1 3 3
Alfonzo 3b 5 0 2 1
Tucker cf 3 0 1 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Grissom ph 1 0 0 0
  Brower p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Feliz lf 4 0 1 0
Niekro 1b 5 0 1 0
Torrealba c 4 1 1 0
Cruz 2b 5 1 1 0
Rueter p 1 0 0 0
  Herges p 0 0 0 0
  Durham ph 1 0 0 0
  Ellison cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 41 4 12 4
Washington 100 010 100 000 03110
San Francisco 001 010 010 000 14121
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   7.2 9 3 3 1 1
  Majewski   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Carrasco   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Ayala   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rauch  L (1-2) 3.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
12.0
12
4
4
3
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter   7.0 7 3 2 3 2
  Herges   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Walker   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Eyre   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Brower   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Christiansen  W (2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
11
3
2
6
7

  E–Tucker (1).  DP–Washington 3. Castilla-Carroll-Johnson, Johnson, Guillen, San Francisco 1. Cruz-Niekro.  2B–Washington Bennett (3,off Rueter), San Francisco Tucker (2,off Loaiza); Cruz (2,off Loaiza); Alfonzo (10,off Loaiza); Vizquel (10,off Rauch).  HR–Washington Guillen (8,1st inning off Rueter 0 on 2 out).  SH–Guillen (1,off Walker); Rueter (3,off Loaiza); Torrealba (1,off Ayala).  SF–Guillen (6,off Rueter).  IBB–Castilla (1,by Walker).  Team LOB–11.  Team–6.  SB–Carroll (1,2nd base off Walker/Torrealba).  CS–Wilkerson (2,2nd base by Rueter/Torrealba); Chavez (1,2nd base by Herges/Torrealba); Vizquel (2,2nd base by Loaiza/Bennett).  U-HP–Lance Barksdale, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Charlie Reliford.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook