Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
July 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1969 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 4, San Francisco Giants 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
McFadden rf 3 0 1 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0
Wynn cf 3 3 2 3
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 5 0 2 0
Martinez lf 2 0 1 1
  Geiger lf 2 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Dierker p 4 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 4 2 2 2
Hunt 2b 4 0 2 3
Bonds cf 5 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
Burda 1b 3 1 1 0
Henderson rf 3 1 1 1
Marshall lf 4 2 3 0
Barton c 2 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph,c 2 1 1 1
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Mason ph 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Etheridge ph 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Houston 200 100 0014103
San Francisco 000 000 25x7102
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (11-6) 7.1 7 5 5 5 5
  Gladding   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
5
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   5.0 4 3 3 4 3
  Herbel   2.0 4 0 0 1 0
  Linzy  W (6-4) 2.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
6
6

  E–McFadden (2), Wynn 2 (3), Fuentes (4), Henderson (3).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Fuentes (1,off Dierker); Hunt (8,off Dierker).  HR–Houston Wynn 2 (20,1st inning off McCormick 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Linzy 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Wynn (5,by Herbel).  IBB–Herbel (5,Wynn).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:46.  A–3,177.
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