Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
July 4, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 2009 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 0, San Francisco Giants 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 2 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 0 1 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0
Matsui 2b 3 0 0 0
Ortiz p 2 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rowand cf 4 1 2 2
  Torres cf 1 1 1 0
Winn lf 4 2 1 2
Sandoval 3b 2 0 2 1
  Aurilia pr,3b 0 1 0 1
Molina c 5 0 2 1
  Whiteside c 0 0 0 0
Schierholtz rf 4 0 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Ishikawa 1b 4 1 1 0
Uribe 2b 4 1 2 0
Lincecum p 2 2 0 0
  Medders p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 12 8
Houston 000 000 000030
San Francisco 000 026 01x9120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz  L(3-4) 5.2 9 8 8 5 7
  Sampson   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Valverde   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
5
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Lincecum  W(9-2) 7.0 3 0 0 2 9
  Medders   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Valdez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
10

  E–None.  PB–I. Rodriguez (4).  2B–Houston Berkman (16,off Lincecum); I. Rodriguez (10,off Lincecum), San Francisco Uribe (14,off Ortiz); Winn (22,off Ortiz); Molina (15,off Sampson); Torres (3,off Valverde).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Aurilia (3,off Valverde).  IBB–Sandoval (5,by Ortiz).  Team–7.  SB–Berkman (6,2nd base off Lincecum/Molina).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:34.  A–34,582.
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