April 2, 1998 San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 10
NYY 2 BAL 4
KCR 3 BOS 6
@OAK 3 TBD 7
DET 1 TEX 20
CHW 4 MIN 3
@TOR 2 COL 6
@ARI 4 MIL 8
@ATL 6
(11) CIN 5
SDP 1 CHC 8
@FLA 7 SFG 9
@HOU 2 PIT 4
@MON 3 PHI 6
@NYM 5 STL 8
LAD 5
(12)

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 15,040

Thursday, April 2, 1998, 7:05
Time of Game: 3:18

Giants

2-1

Won 1

2nd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          1  0  3   0  2  1   0  2  0    9 16  1
Astros          0  0  1   0  1  0   0  0  0    2  3  0

W: K Rueter (1-0), L: J Halama (0-1)

Astros

1-2

Lost 1

5th, 1½ GB

BATTING

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Hamilton CF                 5   0   0   0    0   3  .200  .561   18    3   0   
  A Diaz CF                   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         2   0   
B Mueller 3B                  5   3   3   0    0   0  .538 1.178   23    1   1   
B Bonds LF                    5   2   2   0    0   0  .250  .669   16    1   0   2·2B
  M Benard LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Kent 2B                     4   3   3   2    1   0  .571 1.768   14    2   2   3B,2·2B
S Javier RF                   5   1   4   5    0   0  .400  .971   13    2   0   2B
B Johnson C                   3   0   1   0    2   0  .222  .639   19    9   0   
J Snow 1B                     4   0   2   1    0   0  .200  .608   13    7   0   2B,SF
R Sanchez SS                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .333  .744   14    0   4   2B,SF
K Rueter P                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    9    0   1   
  S Reed P                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000    3    0   1   
  R Ortiz P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    8    0   0   
Totals                       40   9  16   9    3   4              150   27   9

BATTING

2B: R Sanchez (1, off J Halama); J Kent 2 (3, off J Cabrera, off J Halama); J Snow (1, off J Halama); S Javier (2, off J Halama); B Bonds 2 (2, 2 off J Halama).

3B: J Kent (1, off J Halama).

SF: R Sanchez (1, off C Nitkowski); J Snow (1, off J Halama).

TB: J Kent 7; S Javier 5; B Bonds 4; B Mueller 3; J Snow 3; R Sanchez 2; B Johnson.

RBI: S Javier 5 (8); J Kent 2 (7); R Sanchez (1); J Snow (1).

2-out RBI: S Javier; J Kent.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 6 for 17.

FIELDING

DP: 2. R Sanchez-J Kent-J Snow 2.

E: J Kent (2).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio 2B                   4   1   0   0    1   1  .250  .688   24    0   4   
D Bell RF                     3   1   1   0    2   2  .385 1.192   24    4   0   2B
J Bagwell 1B                  3   0   1   1    2   0  .100  .500   26    9   0   
S Berry 3B                    3   0   0   1    1   2  .200 1.175   16    1   2   SF
M Alou LF                     2   0   0   0    2   0  .091  .650   18    4   0   GDP
R Hidalgo CF                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .311   15    2   0   HBP
T Bogar SS                    2   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .500    5    1   3   GDP
  C Nitkowski P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Everett PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .334    6    0   0   
  J Cabrera P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  D Clark PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    6    0   0   
  T Miller P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
B Ausmus C                    3   0   0   0    1   0  .100  .457   17    5   1   
J Halama P                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    1   1   
  R Gutierrez SS              2   0   0   0    1   1  .300  .764   14    0   0   
Totals                       28   2   3   2   10   9              176   27  12

BATTING

2B: D Bell (4, off K Rueter).

SF: S Berry (1, off K Rueter).

HBP: R Hidalgo (1, by K Rueter).

TB: D Bell 2; J Bagwell; T Bogar.

GIDP: T Bogar (1); M Alou (1).

RBI: S Berry (2); J Bagwell (1).

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 1 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. S Berry-J Bagwell.

PITCHING

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Rueter, W (1-0)              5     3   2   2    6   3   0   3.60   23   91-44   24· 5·16    4· 7· 2· 0     50    -     1.21   0.12
S Reed                         2     0   0   0    1   2   0   0.00    7   34-18    8· 1· 9    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.04
R Ortiz                        2     0   0   0    3   4   0   0.00   10   51-27   12· 5·10    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.10   0.00
Totals                         9     3   2   2   10   9   0          40  176-89   44·11·35    7·11· 2· 0           -

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Halama, L (0-1)              4     9   6   6    2   3   0  13.50   23   76-48   27· 5·17    8· 4· 6· 0     21    -     0.91  -0.29
C Nitkowski                    2     4   1   1    1   1   0   9.82   11   38-24   19· 4· 2    5· 3· 1· 0          1-1    0.43  -0.03
J Cabrera                      2     3   2   2    0   0   0  15.43    8   22-16   11· 1· 4    1· 4· 3· 0          0-0    0.09  -0.00
T Miller                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   13-9     6· 1· 2    1· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    16   9   9    3   4   0          45  149-97   63·11·25   15·11·12· 0          1-1

J Halama faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: C Nitkowski (1).

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: K Rueter (1; R Hidalgo).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Wally Bell, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Gerry Davis.

Time of Game: 3:18.

Attendance: 15,040.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   San Francisco Giants          Houston Astros                       
1. D Hamilton           CF    1. C Biggio             2B 
2. B Mueller            3B    2. D Bell               RF 
3. B Bonds              LF    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. J Kent               2B    4. S Berry              3B 
5. S Javier             RF    5. M Alou               LF 
6. B Johnson            C     6. R Hidalgo            CF 
7. J Snow               1B    7. T Bogar              SS 
8. R Sanchez            SS    8. B Ausmus             C  
9. K Rueter             P     9. J Halama             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   0  0-1  123  1   10%  87% S Javier        J Halama        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Mueller Scores; Bonds Scores; Kent to 3B
   t 1   2  0-0  -2-  2   10%  58% J Kent          J Halama        Double to CF (Line Drive); Bonds Scores
   t 3   0  0-1  1--  3   10%  75% B Bonds         J Halama        Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Mueller to 3B
   t 2   0  0-1  1--  4    9%  73% J Snow          J Halama        Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Johnson to 3B
   t 2   1  0-1  -23  5   -9%  60% K Rueter        J Halama        Fielder's Choice SS; Johnson out at Hm/SS-C

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, John Halama facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   48%  D Hamilton      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   46%  B Mueller       Flyball: RF
          ---  1   48%  B Bonds         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   R      -2-  2   58%  J Kent          Double to CF (Line Drive); Bonds Scores
   O      -2-  4   55%  S Javier        Groundout: 2B-P (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Kirk Rueter facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   58%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF
          ---  7   55%  D Bell          Walk
   O      1--  6   58%  J Bagwell       Flyball: CF
          1--  5   56%  S Berry         Walk; Bell to 2B
          12-  5   53%  M Alou          Walk; Bell to 3B; Berry to 2B
   O      123  4   60%  R Hidalgo       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Ahead 1-0, John Halama facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   64%  B Johnson       Walk
          1--  4   73%  J Snow          Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Johnson to 3B
   O      -23  1   68%  R Sanchez       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      -23  5   60%  K Rueter        Fielder's Choice SS; Johnson out at Hm/SS-C
   O      12-  3   56%  D Hamilton      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Kirk Rueter facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   52%  T Bogar         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  5   54%  B Ausmus        Groundout: P-SS-1B (P's Right); Bogar to 2B
   O      -2-  5   58%  J Halama        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  6   61%  C Biggio        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Ahead 1-0, John Halama facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   65%  B Mueller       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   75%  B Bonds         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Mueller to 3B
          -23  5   77%  J Kent          Walk
   RR     123  1   87%  S Javier        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Mueller Scores; Bonds Scores; Kent to 3B
   O      1-3  2   84%  B Johnson       Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B (P's Right)
   RO     1-3      85%  J Snow          Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Kent Scores
          1--  6   87%  R Sanchez       Double to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Johnson to 3B
   O      -23  1   84%  K Rueter        Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-4, Kirk Rueter facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   79%  D Bell          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  1   73%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Bell Scores
   O      1--  5   77%  S Berry         Strikeout Swinging
   OO     1--  5   82%  M Alou          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-1, John Halama facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   80%  D Hamilton      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   80%  B Mueller       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  6   79%  B Bonds         Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-4, Kirk Rueter facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   75%  R Hidalgo       Hit By Pitch
   OO     1--  3   83%  T Bogar         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   O      ---  2   84%  B Ausmus        Popfly: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-1, John Halama facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   89%  J Kent          Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   R      --3  4   92%  S Javier        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Kent Scores
                  C.J. Nitkowski replaces Tim Bogar pitching and batting 7th; Ricky Gutierrez replaces John Halama playing SS batting 9th
          -2-  5   93%  B Johnson       Walk
          12-  4   95%  J Snow          Single to LF (Pop Fly to Deep SS); Javier to 3B; Johnson to 2B
   RO     123      96%  R Sanchez       Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Javier Scores; Johnson to 3B; Snow to 2B
   O      -23  3   94%  K Rueter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  2   93%  D Hamilton      Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-6, Kirk Rueter facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   94%  R Gutierrez     Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
          ---  5   93%  C Biggio        Walk
          1--  6   90%  D Bell          Walk; Biggio to 2B
          12-  8   86%  J Bagwell       Walk; Biggio to 3B; Bell to 2B
   RO     123      89%  S Berry         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Biggio Scores
   O      12-  1   92%  M Alou          Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 2.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Ahead 6-2, C.J. Nitkowski facing 2-3-4
          ---  7   93%  B Mueller       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      94%  B Bonds         Balk; Mueller to 2B
   O      -2-  2   94%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Mueller to 3B
   O      --3  3   92%  J Kent          Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   R      --3  3   95%  S Javier        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Mueller Scores
          1--  5   95%  B Johnson       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Javier to 2B
   O      12-  4   95%  J Snow          Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 7, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-7, Steve Reed facing 6-7-8
                  Steve Reed replaces Kirk Rueter pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  7   96%  R Hidalgo       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Carl Everett pinch hits for C.J. Nitkowski batting 7th
   O      ---  6   97%  C Everett       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   97%  B Ausmus        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 7, Astros 2.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Ahead 7-2, Jose Cabrera facing 8-9-1
                  Jose Cabrera replaces Carl Everett pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  3   97%  R Sanchez       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   96%  S Reed          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   96%  D Hamilton      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 7, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-7, Steve Reed facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   94%  R Gutierrez     Walk
   O      1--  3   96%  C Biggio        Popfly: 1B (Short 1B Line)
   O      1--  5   97%  D Bell          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   98%  J Bagwell       Popfly: 1B (Short 1B Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 7, Astros 2.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Ahead 7-2, Jose Cabrera facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   99%  B Mueller       Single to CF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  3   98%  B Bonds         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   R      1--  1   99%  J Kent          Double to LF (Line Drive); Mueller Scores
   R      -2-  1  100%  S Javier        Single to CF (Line Drive); Kent Scores
   OO     1--  3  100%  B Johnson       Line Drive Double Play: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 9, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-9, Russ Ortiz facing 4-5-6
                  Russ Ortiz replaces Steve Reed pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  S Berry         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  7  100%  M Alou          Walk
          1--  2   99%  R Hidalgo       Reached on E4 (catch) (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole to SS); Alou to 2B
                  Dave Clark pinch hits for Jose Cabrera batting 7th
   O      12-  6  100%  D Clark         Strikeout Swinging
          12-  8   99%  B Ausmus        Walk; Alou to 3B; Hidalgo to 2B
   O      123  6  100%  R Gutierrez     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Giants 9, Astros 2.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Ahead 9-2, Trever Miller facing 7-8-9
                  Trever Miller replaces Dave Clark pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  1  100%  J Snow          Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4  100%  R Sanchez       Lineout: RF
   O      ---  8  100%  R Ortiz         Groundout: C-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 9, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-9, Russ Ortiz facing 1-2-3
                  Marvin Benard replaces Barry Bonds playing LF batting 3rd; Alex Diaz replaces Darryl Hamilton playing CF batting 1st
   O      ---  7  100%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4  100%  D Bell          Strikeout Looking
          ---  5  100%  J Bagwell       Walk
   O      1--  2  100%  S Berry         Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 9, Astros 2.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation