San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
August 14, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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."

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San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 5 1 1 0
Velez 2b 4 2 2 0
Winn rf 4 0 2 2
Rowand cf 1 0 0 0
  Lewis cf 3 1 1 1
Sandoval c 3 0 0 1
Ishikawa 1b 3 0 1 0
Rohlinger 3b 4 0 0 0
  Hinshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Ochoa ss 3 0 1 0
Correia p 3 0 0 0
  Taschner p 0 0 0 0
  Yabu p 0 0 0 0
  Aurilia 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf,lf 3 0 2 1
Wigginton lf,3b 4 1 2 0
Tejada ss 4 2 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 2 3
Blum 3b,2b 3 1 1 1
Pence rf 4 1 1 0
Newhan 2b 4 1 2 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Quintero c 4 0 1 1
Moehler p 2 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Bourn ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 6
San Francisco 201 001 000480
Houston 012 000 13x7120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Correia   6.2 7 4 3 1 5
  Taschner   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Yabu  L(3-5) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hinshaw   0.2 2 2 2 0 2
  Walker   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   5.1 8 4 4 0 1
  Geary   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Byrdak   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wright   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Hawkins  W(1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Valverde  SV(30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2. Velez-Ochoa-Ishikawa, Ochoa-Ishikawa.  PB–Sandoval (1).  2B–San Francisco Ochoa (5,off Moehler); Winn (29,off Moehler); Ishikawa (1,off Moehler), Houston Pence (26,off Correia); Berkman (36,off Correia); Blum (7,off Hinshaw).  HR–San Francisco Lewis (9,6th inning off Moehler 0 on 0 out), Houston Berkman (25,8th inning off Hinshaw 1 on 0 out).  SF–Sandoval (1,off Moehler); Blum (4,off Correia).  IBB–Ochoa (1,by Geary).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Brian Knight, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–3:01.  A–33,612.
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