San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
June 9, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1966 at Astrodome. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 2b 5 0 2 0
Gabrielson lf 5 0 1 0
Mays cf 5 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 5 1 2 0
Hart 3b 4 1 1 0
Haller c 3 1 0 0
Davenport ss 5 0 2 2
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Herbel p 3 0 1 1
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason pr 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson ss 5 0 2 0
Wynn cf 3 1 0 0
Gentile 1b 4 0 2 0
  Lillis pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 1
Maye lf 3 0 1 0
  Nicholson ph 1 0 0 0
Mantilla 3b 3 0 0 0
  Aspromonte 3b,1b 2 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph 1 0 1 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 9 1
San Francisco 000 010 000 02390
Houston 100 000 000 00191
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Herbel   9.0 8 1 1 2 5
  Henry  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
9
1
1
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   8.0 5 1 1 2 7
  Raymond   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Owens  L (3-3) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
3
9

  E–Aspromonte (4).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Gabrielson (3,off Dierker); Fuentes (7,off Dierker); Davenport (2,off Owens).  SH–Hart (1,off Owens); Staub (2,off Herbel); Morgan (3,off Henry).  IBB–Haller (4,by Owens); Maye (3,by Herbel); Wynn (3,by Henry).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  SB–Hart (1,2nd base off Dierker/Bateman).  CS–Wynn (6,2nd base by Herbel/Haller).  IBB–Herbel (2,Maye); Henry (2,Wynn); Owens (3,Haller).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:59.  A–25,901.
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