San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
August 20, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2009 at Great American Ball Park. The Cincinnati Reds 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)
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San Francisco Giants 1, Cincinnati Reds 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Velez 2b 5 0 0 0
Uribe ss,3b 4 1 0 0
Schierholtz rf 5 0 2 0
Sandoval 3b,1b 5 0 3 0
Winn lf 5 0 3 0
Garko 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ishikawa 1b 0 0 0 0
  Renteria ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Rowand cf 3 0 1 0
Whiteside c 4 0 1 0
Cain p 2 0 0 0
  Lewis ph 1 0 1 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 11 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Dickerson rf 4 0 2 0
Stubbs cf 5 1 1 1
Votto 1b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
  Sutton ph,2b 3 0 0 0
Nix lf 4 1 3 1
Rosales 3b 4 0 1 0
Janish ss 4 0 1 0
Tatum c 4 0 0 0
Harang p 2 0 0 0
  Barker ph 1 0 1 0
  Arroyo pr 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Masset p 0 0 0 0
  Herrera p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes ph 1 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
San Francisco 000 100 000 01112
Cincinnati 000 001 000 1290
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cain   8.0 8 1 1 1 3
  Howry  L(1-6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harang   7.0 6 1 1 2 4
  Rhodes   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Masset   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Herrera   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordero  W(2-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
1
1
2
6

  E–Velez (4), Sandoval (13).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Janish-Sutton-Votto.  2B–San Francisco Whiteside (3,off Harang); Sandoval (35,off Rhodes).  HR–Cincinnati Nix (10,6th inning off Cain 0 on 1 out); Stubbs (1,10th inning off Howry 0 on 0 out).  SH–Cain (5,off Harang).  IBB–Rowand (2,by Harang).  Team LOB–10.  Team–9.  CS–Sandoval (4,2nd base by Cordero/Tatum); Nix (1,2nd base by Cain/Whiteside).  SB–Dickerson (10,2nd base off Cain/Whiteside).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–James Hoye, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–2:40.  A–13,390.
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