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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants 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

San Francisco Giants 2, Houston Astros 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Winn rf 4 2 2 0
Rohlinger 3b 4 0 1 1
Rowand cf 4 0 1 0
Molina c 3 0 1 1
Lewis lf 4 0 1 0
Aurilia 1b 3 0 0 0
Burriss 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sadler p 0 0 0 0
  Espineli p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 3 0 0 0
Zito p 2 0 0 0
  Velez 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wigginton lf 4 1 2 1
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Loretta 2b 3 1 0 1
Tejada ss 3 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 3 1 1 1
Blum 3b 3 0 0 1
Pence rf 3 1 0 0
Abercrombie cf,lf 3 0 0 1
Quintero c 3 1 2 0
Wolf p 1 0 0 1
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Bourn ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 6 6
San Francisco 000 001 100262
Houston 000 006 00x660
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  L(6-15) 5.2 4 6 6 5 6
  Sadler   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Espineli   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf  W(8-10) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Geary   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Rohlinger 2 (2).  DP–San Francisco 1. Vizquel-Velez-Aurilia.  2B–San Francisco Winn 2 (28,off Wolf 2); Molina (25,off Wolf); Rohlinger (1,off Wolf).  HBP–Molina (8,by Wolf); Quintero (2,by Zito); Wigginton (7,by Sadler); Loretta (2,by Sadler).  IBB–Vizquel (7,by Wolf); Aurilia (4,by Wolf); Pence (2,by Zito).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Wolf (4,off Zito).  SF–Blum (3,off Zito); Abercrombie (1,off Zito).  Team–8.  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Brian Knight, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:48.  A–30,330.
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