Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 16, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1965 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 1 3 2
Spangler lf 4 1 0 0
Wynn cf 5 1 1 1
Staub rf 4 1 2 2
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lillis 3b 1 0 0 0
Bond 1b 3 0 1 0
Kasko ss 4 0 0 0
Brand c 3 1 0 0
Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 3 0 1 0
  Fox ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou M. lf 5 1 0 0
Alou J. rf 5 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 2 3 3
  Kuenn 1b 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 2 2 1
  Henderson cf 0 0 0 0
Hart 3b 4 1 2 3
  Davenport 3b 0 0 0 0
Haller c 4 1 2 1
Lanier 2b 4 1 1 0
Pagan ss 4 1 1 0
Marichal p 4 0 2 1
Totals 38 10 14 9
Houston 100 001 0215101
San Francisco 160 000 30x10140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti  L (6-1) 1.1 7 5 5 0 0
  MacKenzie   6.2 7 5 5 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
10
10
1
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (6-3) 9.0 10 5 5 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
2

  E–Wynn (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Brand (3).  2B–Houston Bond (5,off Marichal); Fox (1,off Marichal); Morgan (9,off Marichal).  HR–Houston Morgan (2,1st inning off Marichal 0 on, 0 out); Wynn (5,6th inning off Marichal 0 on, 0 out); Staub (5,8th inning off Marichal 1 on, 1 out), San Francisco McCovey (8,2nd inning off MacKenzie 2 on, 1 out); Mays (13,2nd inning off MacKenzie 0 on, 1 out); Hart (4,7th inning off MacKenzie 1 on, 0 out); Haller (2,7th inning off MacKenzie 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Brand (2,by Marichal).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  HBP–Marichal (1,Brand).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:14.
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