Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 15, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1966 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 2, San Francisco Giants 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Maye lf 3 0 0 0
  Sims lf 1 0 0 0
Jackson ss 4 1 1 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 1
Staub rf 2 1 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 4 0 3 1
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Farrell p 1 0 0 0
  Nicholson ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Harrison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lanier 2b 2 1 0 0
Gabrielson lf 3 1 0 0
  Landrum lf 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 2
Hart 3b 3 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 1 1 0
Haller c 4 1 1 3
Fuentes ss 3 0 1 0
Shaw p 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 7 5
Houston 100 001 000272
San Francisco 303 000 00x670
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  L (0-1) 3.0 5 6 5 3 1
  Raymond   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Lee   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
5
4
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  W (1-0) 5.1 6 2 2 3 2
  Linzy  SV (1) 3.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5

  E–Sims (1), Jackson (1).  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Morgan (1,off Shaw); Gentile (1,off Shaw), San Francisco McCovey (1,off Farrell).  HR–San Francisco Haller (1,3rd inning off Farrell 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Shaw (1,off Farrell); Lanier (1,off Farrell).  Team–4.  SB–Jackson (1,2nd base off Shaw/Haller).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:21.  A–20,274.
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