San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
August 30, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 2012 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 5 1 1 1
Scutaro 2b 5 1 2 1
Sandoval 3b 4 1 1 2
Posey c 4 1 1 0
Pence rf 4 1 2 2
Belt 1b 5 0 4 1
Blanco lf 5 1 2 0
Crawford ss 2 0 0 0
  Arias ph,ss 2 1 1 1
Vogelsong p 2 1 1 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Peguero ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Altuve 2b 4 1 1 0
Greene ss 4 1 1 1
Wallace 1b 4 0 0 0
Castro c 3 1 1 1
Paredes rf 4 0 2 1
Martinez lf 3 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Dominguez 3b 4 1 3 0
Bogusevic cf 2 0 1 1
Lyles p 1 0 0 0
  Barnes ph 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
San Francisco 000 030 3118150
Houston 211 000 000490
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Vogelsong  W(12-7) 6.0 7 4 4 1 7
  Mota   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Lopez   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Romo  SV(8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lyles   5.0 7 3 3 0 2
  Cedeno   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Rodriguez  L(1-9) 1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Wright   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Cruz   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
0

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1. Scutaro-Crawford.  2B–San Francisco Pagan (30,off Lyles); Scutaro (24,off F. Rodriguez); Belt 2 (23,off Wright,off Cruz), Houston Castro (12,off Vogelsong); Dominguez (1,off Vogelsong).  3B–Houston Dominguez (1,off Vogelsong).  HR–San Francisco Arias (4,8th inning off Cruz 0 on 0 out), Houston Greene (8,3rd inning off Vogelsong 0 on 0 out).  SF–Sandoval (6,off Lyles); Bogusevic (1,off Vogelsong).  IBB–Posey (4,by F. Rodriguez).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–3:19.  A–12,835.
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