Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 15, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2008 at AT&T Park. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 8, San Francisco Giants 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 4 1 3 0
Pence rf 4 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 2 2 3
Lee lf 5 1 3 1
Blum 3b 5 1 0 0
Loretta ss 5 1 3 1
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Towles c 3 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 1 1 3
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Tejada ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Sampson p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Ausmus ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lewis lf 4 1 1 0
  Molina ph 1 0 0 0
  Ortmeier lf 0 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 5 3 3 0
Winn rf 5 2 3 1
Rowand cf 5 1 2 2
Bowker 1b 4 0 1 3
Aurilia 3b 4 0 1 0
  Chulk p 0 0 0 0
Holm c 4 0 0 0
Burriss 2b 3 0 0 0
  Durham ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Lincecum p 3 0 0 0
  Taschner p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Hinshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 6
Houston 000 300 0418132
San Francisco 204 100 0007120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sampson  6 10.0 7 5 0 3 0
  Borkowski  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Geary  0.1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Byrdak  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Valverde  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
13.2
12
7
5
1
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Lincecum  6 5.0 3 3 3 10 0
  Taschner  0.2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Walker  0.2 3.0 4 4 1 1 2
  Hinshaw  0.1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Chulk  L (0-2) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.1
13
8
8
4
13

  E–Loretta 2 (2).  DP–Houston 1. Berkman.  2B–Houston Pence (10,off Lincecum); Matsui (8,off Taschner)., San Francisco Winn 2 (11,off Sampson 2); Bowker (3,off Sampson)..  HR–Houston Lee (9,8th inning off Walker 0 on 1 out); Erstad (1,8th inning off Walker 2 on 1 out); Berkman (15,9th inning off Chulk 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–10.  SF–Bowker (2,off Sampson).  Team–7.  SB–Berkman (7,2nd base off Lincecum/Holm); Matsui (8,2nd base off Lincecum/Holm); Lee (2,2nd base off Lincecum/Holm).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:24.  A–33,771.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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