San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
June 24, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf,rf 4 1 2 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 2 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Hart lf 1 0 0 0
  Mays cf 3 0 1 0
Marshall rf,lf 2 0 0 0
Dietz c 4 0 0 0
Lanier ss 4 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 1 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Valdespino lf 3 0 1 3
  Geronimo pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 1 0 0 0
Wynn cf 2 0 1 1
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 4 0 2 0
Geiger rf 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Dierker p 3 1 1 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
San Francisco 001 000 000180
Houston 000 300 10x470
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (9-6) 8.0 7 4 4 6 5
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (10-5) 9.0 8 1 1 2 9
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Henderson (6,off Dierker), Houston Valdespino (2,off Perry); Wynn (10,off Perry).  3B–Houston Blefary (5,off Perry).  SH–Morgan (3,off Perry).  HBP–Geiger (1,by Perry).  SB–Wynn (8,3rd base off Perry/Dietz).  CS–Morgan (8,3rd base by Perry/Dietz).  WP–Perry 2 (5).  HBP–Perry (8,Geiger).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:42.  A–18,715.
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