San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 1998 at Astrodome. 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 9, Houston Astros 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 5 0 0 0
  Diaz cf 0 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 5 3 3 0
Bonds lf 5 2 2 0
  Benard lf 0 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 3 3 2
Javier rf 5 1 4 5
Johnson c 3 0 1 0
Snow 1b 4 0 2 1
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 1
Rueter p 3 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Ortiz p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 16 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 0 0
Bell rf 3 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 1
Berry 3b 3 0 0 1
Alou lf 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf 3 0 0 0
Bogar ss 2 0 1 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Halama p 1 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
San Francisco 103 021 0209161
Houston 001 010 000230
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  W (1-0) 5.0 3 2 2 6 3
  Reed   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Ortiz   2.0 0 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
10
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Halama  L (0-1) 4.0 9 6 6 2 3
  Nitkowski   2.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Cabrera   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
3
4

  E–Kent (2).  DP–San Francisco 2, Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Bonds 2 (2,off Halama 2); Kent 2 (3,off Halama,off Cabrera); Snow (1,off Halama); Sanchez (1,off Halama); Javier (2,off Halama), Houston Bell (4,off Rueter).  3B–San Francisco Kent (1,off Halama).  SF–Snow (1,off Halama); Sanchez (1,off Nitkowski); Berry (1,off Rueter).  HBP–Hidalgo (1,by Rueter).  BK–Nitkowski (1).  HBP–Rueter (1,Hidalgo).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:18.  A–15,040.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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