Game 30 - 4/2/98 - Giants 6, Astros 3

BOXSCORE: 1998 San Francisco Giants At 1998 Houston Astros           4/2/1998
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Hamilton CF       5  1  1  0 .273     C.Biggio 2B         4  0  1  2 .286  
  B.Mueller 3B        4  1  2  0 .273     D.Bell RF           4  1  2  0 .500  
  B.Bonds LF          5  1  2  1 .467     J.Bagwell 1B        3  0  0  0 .100  
  J.Kent 2B           4  1  2  1 .385     S.Berry 3B          4  0  2  1 .500  
  S.Javier RF         3  1  1  2 .250     M.Alou LF           4  0  0  0 .091  
  B.Johnson C         4  1  1  0 .111     R.Hidalgo CF        3  1  0  0 .000  
  J.Snow 1B           3  0  0  1 .125     T.Bogar SS          3  1  0  0 .000  
  R.Sanchez SS        4  0  2  0 .400     B.Ausmus C          3  0  0  0 .091  
  K.Rueter P          3  0  1  0 .333     J.Halama P          2  0  0  0 .000  
B-C.Hayes PH          1  0  0  0 .600     M.Magnante P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  S.Reed P            0  0  0  0 ----   A-C.Everett PH        1  0  0  0 .167  
  R.Nen P             0  0  0  0 ----     T.Miller P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 12  5                 Totals      31  3  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Magnante In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rueter In 8th Inning
 
Giants.......... 0 3 1  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  6 12  0
Astros.......... 1 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  5  0
 
Giants (2-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Rueter WIN(1-0)         7       5   3   3   2   1   0  96   3.86
S.Reed HOLD(1st)          1       0   0   0   1   0   0  18   0.00
R.Nen SAVE(1st)           1       0   0   0   0   1   0   7   0.00
Totals                    9       5   3   3   3   2   0
 
Astros (1-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Halama LOSS(0-1)        5       9   4   3   1   6   0  91   5.40
M.Magnante                2       3   2   2   0   0   0  33  10.80
T.Miller                  2       0   0   0   0   1   0  14   0.00
Totals                    9      12   6   5   1   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,580 DATE- Thursday, April 2nd 1998 TIME- Night 
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 6  Astros: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 1  Astros: 1
DOUBLES- B.Mueller(1st), B.Bonds(2nd), B.Johnson(1st), D.Bell-2(2nd),
         S.Berry(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Kent(1st)
RBIs- B.Bonds(7th), J.Kent(1st), S.Javier-2(4th), J.Snow(2nd), C.Biggio-2(2nd),
      S.Berry(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Javier, J.Snow
WALKS- B.Mueller, J.Bagwell, R.Hidalgo, B.Ausmus
HIT BY PITCH- T.Bogar
STRIKE OUTS- D.Hamilton-2, B.Mueller, B.Bonds, B.Johnson, J.Snow, R.Sanchez,
             T.Bogar-2
GIDP- S.Javier
WILD PITCHES- M.Magnante
PASSED BALLS- B.Johnson, B.Ausmus
2-out RBI- S.Berry, C.Biggio-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Bell, R.Hidalgo, D.Hamilton, B.Johnson-2, S.Berry
TEAM RISP- Giants: 3 for 10  Astros: 2 for 10
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Moises Alou robbed Charlie Hayes of a Homerun!
 
The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros by a score of 6 to 3 at
The Astrodome.
 
San Francisco went ahead for good in the 3rd inning plating an isolated run
utilizing 3 base hits.  That early scoring held up.  Houston could do no
damage in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Kirk Rueter(1-0) got the win allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. Robb Nen earned the
save, his 1st.  John Halama(0-1) ended up with the loss.  He pitched 5
innings and surrendered 9 hits and 1 walk.