Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 13, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 2008 at AT&T 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 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 5 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 3 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 1 2 2
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 1 0
Towles c 4 0 1 0
Backe p 1 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lewis lf 4 1 3 0
Vizquel ss 3 1 1 1
Winn rf 4 1 1 1
Molina c 4 0 1 0
Rowand cf 4 0 0 0
Bowker 1b 3 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Durham 2b 2 0 1 0
Aurilia 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Cain p 3 1 1 1
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Houston 001 000 010270
San Francisco 300 010 00x480
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L(2-5) 6.0 7 4 3 1 3
  Byrdak   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wright   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  W(2-3) 8.0 7 2 2 4 5
  Wilson  SV(12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  PB–Towles (1); Molina (4).  2B–Houston Matsui (7,off Cain); Pence (9,off Cain), San Francisco Vizquel (2,off Backe); Winn (8,off Backe); Lewis (10,off Backe).  3B–San Francisco Lewis (3,off Backe).  HR–Houston Lee (8,8th inning off Cain 0 on 1 out), San Francisco Cain (2,5th inning off Backe 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Berkman (6,by Cain).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Vizquel (1,off Backe).  Team–5.  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Scott Barry.  T–2:30.  A–30,858.
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