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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
August 2, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 2, 1996 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | August 2, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 2, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mark Gardner |
Home Starting Pitcher | Doug Drabek |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 22,682 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Runge 1B: Mark Barron 2B: Bruce Dreckman 3B: Joe West |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Marvin Benard | Center Fielder |
Shawon Dunston | Shortstop |
Barry Bonds | Left Fielder |
Rick Wilkins | Catcher |
Dave McCarty | First Baseman |
Kim Batiste | Third Baseman |
Jacob Cruz | Right Fielder |
Rich Aurilia | Second Baseman |
Mark Gardner | Pitcher |
Dusty Baker | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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John Cangelosi | Left Fielder |
Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
Sean Berry | Third Baseman |
James Mouton | Center Fielder |
Orlando Miller | Shortstop |
Kirt Manwaring | Catcher |
Doug Drabek | Pitcher |
Terry Collins | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
August 2, 1996
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benard vs. Drabek
Benard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dunston vs. Drabek
Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Drabek
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Dunston for the double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cangelosi vs. Gardner
Cangelosi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Gardner
Biggio is hit by the pitch. Cangelosi moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bagwell vs. Gardner
Bagwell hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Gardner
Bell hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Benard. Bell reaches second base with a double. Cangelosi scores. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Berry vs. Gardner
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mouton vs. Gardner
Mouton hits a popup towards first. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilkins vs. Drabek
Wilkins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mouton. Wilkins reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarty vs. Drabek
McCarty hits a fly ball into center field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilkins moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Batiste vs. Drabek
Batiste is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cruz vs. Drabek
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Gardner
Miller is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Gardner
Manwaring hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drabek vs. Gardner
Drabek bunts towards the mound. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Manwaring moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cangelosi vs. Gardner
Cangelosi hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aurilia vs. Drabek
Aurilia hits a fly ball into center field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Drabek
Gardner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benard vs. Drabek
Benard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dunston vs. Drabek
Dunston strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Drabek
There's a wild pitch. Gardner moves to third. Benard moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bonds vs. Drabek
Bonds is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilkins vs. Drabek
Wilkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Gardner
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Gardner
Bagwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Gardner
There goes Bagwell. The throw from Wilkins and he is out, Aurilia applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gardner
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Drabek
McCarty hits a fly ball into center field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batiste vs. Drabek
Batiste strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Drabek
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabek covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Gardner
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mouton vs. Gardner
Mouton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berry moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Gardner
Miller hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Benard. Miller reaches second base with a double. Berry scores. Mouton moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Manwaring vs. Gardner
Manwaring hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mouton scores. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Drabek vs. Gardner
Drabek bunts for a double play. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aurilia vs. Drabek
Aurilia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Drabek
Gardner bunts towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Biggio covering, for the out. Aurilia moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Benard vs. Drabek
Benard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Aurilia moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dunston vs. Drabek
Dunston bunts in front of the plate. Manwaring fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cangelosi vs. Gardner
Cangelosi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Gardner
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Gardner
Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Benard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Drabek
Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cangelosi who is chasing the ball. Bonds reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wilkins vs. Drabek
Wilkins hits a fly ball into center field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonds tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Drabek
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Batiste vs. Drabek
Batiste hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gardner
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Gardner
Berry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bonds. Berry reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mouton vs. Gardner
Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aurilia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berry moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miller vs. Gardner
Miller is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Manwaring vs. Gardner
Manwaring strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Drabek
Bill Spiers now playing third base.
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aurilia vs. Drabek
Aurilia hits a fly ball into left field. Cangelosi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Drabek
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drabek vs. Gardner
Drabek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cangelosi vs. Gardner
Cangelosi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Drabek moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Biggio vs. Gardner
Biggio is hit by the pitch. Drabek moves to third. Cangelosi moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bagwell vs. Dewey
Mark Dewey now pitching.
Bagwell hits a line drive towards short. Dunston reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Dewey
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste juggles the ball. That's an error on Batiste. Drabek scores. Cangelosi scores. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spiers vs. Creek
Doug Creek now pitching.
Spiers hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mouton vs. Bautista
Jose Bautista now pitching.
Mouton hits a fly ball into center field. Benard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benard vs. Drabek
Benard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dunston vs. Drabek
Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Drabek
Bonds takes first base on ball four. Dunston moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilkins vs. Drabek
There's a wild pitch. Dunston moves to third. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wilkins vs. Drabek
Wilkins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCarty vs. Hernandez
Xavier Hernandez now pitching.
McCarty strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Batiste vs. Hernandez
Batiste strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Bautista
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Batiste fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Bautista
Manwaring hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Bautista
Hernandez hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Hernandez
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aurilia vs. Hernandez
Aurilia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lampkin vs. Hernandez
Tom Lampkin pinch hits for Jose Bautista.
Lampkin hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benard vs. Hernandez
Benard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aurilia moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dunston vs. Hernandez
Dunston hits a fly ball into center field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/2/1996 -- San Francisco at Houston (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Benard M, cf 5 0 3 0 Cangelosi J, lf 4 2 2 0 Dunston S, ss 5 0 1 0 Biggio C, 2b 2 0 0 0 Bonds B, lf 2 1 1 0 Bagwell J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Wilkins R, c 2 0 1 1 Bell D, rf 4 0 1 2 McCarty D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Berry S, 3b 3 1 2 0 Batiste K, 3b 4 0 0 0 Spiers B, 3b 1 0 0 0 Cruz J, rf 4 0 0 0 Mouton J, cf 4 1 1 0 Aurilia R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Miller O, ss 3 0 1 1 Gardner M, p 2 0 1 0 Manwaring K, c 4 0 1 1 Dewey M, p 0 0 0 0 Drabek D, p 2 1 1 0 Creek D, p 0 0 0 0 Hernandez X, p 1 0 0 0 Bautista J, p 0 0 0 0 Lampkin T, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 1 8 1 32 5 10 4 San Francisco 000 001 000 -- 1 Houston 100 200 20x -- 5 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Gardner M (L)* 6.0 10 5 4 1 2 Dewey M 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Creek D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Bautista J 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Drabek D (W) 7.1 7 1 1 3 5 Hernandez X (S) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Batiste K 2 DP -- San Francisco 1, Houston 1 LOB -- San Francisco 10, Houston 7 2B -- Bell D, Wilkins R, Miller O, Berry S 3B -- Bonds B CS -- Bagwell J SH -- Drabek D, Gardner M SF -- Wilkins R HBP -- by Gardner M (Biggio C) 2 WP -- Drabek D 2 T -- 2:45 A -- 22682
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