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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 2009 at Minute Maid Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Velez lf 6 1 3 1
Sanchez F. 2b 4 1 1 1
Sandoval 3b 3 2 2 1
  Uribe 3b 1 0 0 0
Molina c 5 1 3 2
Garko 1b 4 1 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Joaquin p 0 0 0 0
Winn rf 4 2 2 0
Rowand cf 5 0 2 3
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
Sanchez J. p 3 0 1 0
  Ishikawa 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 16 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 2 0 0 0
  Michaels cf 1 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 4 0 1 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 3 1 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Coste 1b,c 4 0 0 1
Keppinger 3b 4 0 2 0
Quintero c 2 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
Paulino p 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Kata 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
San Francisco 112 012 0108160
Houston 000 000 001160
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanchez  W(5-9) 7.0 4 0 0 3 8
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Joaquin   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Paulino  L(2-6) 4.1 9 5 5 2 2
  Brocail   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Wright   3.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Byrdak   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
4
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2. Molina-F. Sanchez, Renteria-F. Sanchez-Garko, Houston 2. Tejada-Matsui-Coste, Keppinger-Matsui-Kata.  2B–San Francisco Molina (20,off Paulino); Rowand (27,off Brocail); Velez (4,off Wright), Houston Lee (21,off Joaquin).  HR–San Francisco F. Sanchez (7,6th inning off Wright 0 on 0 out); Sandoval (17,6th inning off Wright 0 on 0 out).  SH–J. Sanchez (4,off Paulino).  HBP–Garko (3,by Paulino).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Lee (4,by J. Sanchez).  Team–6.  SB–Bourn (39,2nd base off J. Sanchez/Molina); Bourn (39,2nd base off J. Sanchez/Molina).  CS–Pence (8,2nd base by J. Sanchez/Molina); Pence (8,2nd base by J. Sanchez/Molina).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:49.  A–29,747.
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