San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 24, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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."

"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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San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Astros 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 6 0 2 0
Johnson rf 5 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 6 2 3 1
  Hiatt 1b 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 5 2 2 2
Hart 3b 6 2 3 2
Alou lf 5 1 2 1
Lanier 2b 3 1 1 0
  Haller ph 0 0 0 1
  Davenport 2b 2 0 2 0
  Mason 2b 0 0 0 0
Barton c 6 0 2 1
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Virgil ph 1 0 0 0
  Priddy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 50 9 18 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis R. cf 5 1 0 0
Jackson ss 6 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 3
Staub rf 5 1 2 1
Harrison 1b 5 0 1 0
Maye lf 3 0 0 0
  Pointer ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Heath ph 0 0 0 0
  Gaines pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bateman c 5 0 1 1
  Brand ph 1 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 1 0
Cuellar p 2 0 0 0
  Davis B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Zachary p 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 5 8 5
San Francisco 001 000 003 000 59183
Houston 010 000 030 000 1582
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   7.1 4 4 2 3 8
  Gibbon   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Henry   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Linzy   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  McDaniel   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Priddy  W (6-3) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
13.0
8
5
3
6
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar   8.0 8 1 1 0 6
  Raymond   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Giusti   2.0 2 1 0 0 1
  Zachary  L (2-5) 2.1 5 5 4 1 1
  Sembera   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
18
9
7
1
8

  E–Fuentes 2 (30), McCovey (20), Gaines (1), Zachary (2).  DP–San Francisco 2, Houston 3.  2B–San Francisco McCovey (25,off Raymond); Hart 2 (21,off Giusti,off Zachary); Davenport (6,off Zachary).  3B–San Francisco Barton (1,off Cuellar); McCovey (6,off Zachary), Houston Morgan 2 (8,off Perry,off Priddy).  HR–San Francisco Mays (35,9th inning off Raymond 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnson (1,off Cuellar); Alou (4,off Giusti).  SF–Haller (2,off Giusti); Staub (8,off Gibbon).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Heath (1,by Linzy).  Team–8.  CS–Alou (5,2nd base by Cuellar/Bateman); Davenport (1,Home by Zachary/Bateman); Morgan (8,2nd base by Perry/Barton); Aspromonte (3,2nd base by Priddy/Barton).  WP–Perry (7), Cuellar (8).  IBB–Linzy (9,Heath).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:45.  A–31,173.
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