Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
June 16, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 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 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 0
Jackson ss 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 4 0 0 0
Maye lf 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 1 0
Bruce p 1 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Gabrielson lf 4 0 0 0
  Landrum lf 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Hart 3b 3 0 0 0
Haller c 2 1 1 1
Brown rf 3 1 1 0
Lanier ss 3 0 2 0
Marichal p 3 0 0 1
Totals 29 2 6 2
Houston 000 001 000150
San Francisco 020 000 00x261
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  L (1-4) 4.0 6 2 2 0 2
  Raymond   4.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (12-2) 9.0 5 1 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
4

  E–Lanier (8).  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Bateman (8).  2B–Houston Bateman (10,off Marichal), San Francisco Mays (13,off Bruce).  HR–San Francisco Haller (11,2nd inning off Bruce 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Jackson (14,off Marichal).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–McCovey (2,by Raymond).  Team–5.  SB–Morgan (7,2nd base off Marichal/Haller).  HBP–Raymond (1,McCovey).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–1:45.  A–12,087.
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