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San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros

1996-08-02 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 22682 · dome · 2:45

Houston Astros defeated San Francisco Giants 5–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 4th. Doug Drabek earned the win and Xavier Hernandez picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8
HOU	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0		5	10

W: Doug Drabek L: Mark Gardner SV: Xavier Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Mark Barron · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marvin Benard	5	0	3	0	0	0
Shawon Dunston	5	0	1	0	0	1
Barry Bonds	2	1	1	0	2	0
Rick Wilkins	2	0	1	1	1	0
Dave McCarty	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kim Batiste	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jacob Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rich Aurilia	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mark Gardner	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Lampkin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Cangelosi	4	2	2	0	0	0
Craig Biggio	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Derek Bell	4	0	1	2	0	0
Sean Berry	3	1	2	0	0	0
James Mouton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Orlando Miller	3	0	1	1	1	1
Kirt Manwaring	4	0	1	1	0	1
Doug Drabek	2	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Gardner	6.0	10	1	2
Mark Dewey	0.1	0	0	0
Doug Creek	0.1	0	0	0
Jose Bautista	1.1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Drabek	7.1	7	3	5
Xavier Hernandez	1.2	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marvin Benard: 43
Shawon Dunston: S4
Barry Bonds: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 1

John Cangelosi: S9
Craig Biggio: HP.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: 7
Derek Bell: D/89.2-H;1-3
Sean Berry: 53
James Mouton: 3/P

Top 2

Rick Wilkins: D8
Dave McCarty: 8.2-3
Kim Batiste: K/C
Jacob Cruz: K/C

Bot 2

Orlando Miller: K/C
Kirt Manwaring: S8
Doug Drabek: 13/SH.1-2
John Cangelosi: 7

Top 3

Rich Aurilia: 8
Mark Gardner: S9
Marvin Benard: S9.1-2
Shawon Dunston: K
Barry Bonds: WP.2-3;1-2
Barry Bonds: IW
Rick Wilkins: 13

Bot 3

Craig Biggio: 63
Jeff Bagwell: S7
Derek Bell: CS2(24)
Derek Bell: 9

Top 4

Dave McCarty: 8
Kim Batiste: K
Jacob Cruz: 31

Bot 4

Sean Berry: S5
James Mouton: S8.1-2
Orlando Miller: D/78.2-H;1-3
Kirt Manwaring: 63.3-H;2-3
Doug Drabek: 2(B)5(3)/BP/DP

Top 5

Rich Aurilia: S8
Mark Gardner: 34/SH.1-2
Marvin Benard: 63.2-3
Shawon Dunston: 23/BG

Bot 5

John Cangelosi: 63
Craig Biggio: 53
Jeff Bagwell: 8

Top 6

Barry Bonds: T7
Rick Wilkins: 8/SF.3-H
Dave McCarty: 63
Kim Batiste: 9

Bot 6

Derek Bell: 9
Sean Berry: D7/7L
James Mouton: 43.2-3
Orlando Miller: IW
Kirt Manwaring: K

Top 7

Jacob Cruz: K/C
Rich Aurilia: 7
Mark Gardner: 43

Bot 7

Doug Drabek: S7
John Cangelosi: S8.1-2
Craig Biggio: HP.2-3;1-2
Jeff Bagwell: 6/L
Derek Bell: E5/G.3-H(RBI);2-H(E5/TH)(UR);1-3
Bill Spiers: 7
James Mouton: 8

Top 8

Marvin Benard: S8
Shawon Dunston: 64(1)/FO
Barry Bonds: W.1-2
Rick Wilkins: WP.2-3;1-2
Rick Wilkins: W
Dave McCarty: K
Kim Batiste: K

Bot 8

Orlando Miller: 53
Kirt Manwaring: 7
Xavier Hernandez: 6/P

Top 9

Jacob Cruz: 8
Rich Aurilia: W
Tom Lampkin: 9
Marvin Benard: S7.1-2
Shawon Dunston: 8