Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1970 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 2 1 1
Menke ss 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 1
  Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Lemaster p 2 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 4 6 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 0 1 0
  Burda ph 0 0 0 0
  Hunt ph,2b 1 1 1 1
Gallagher 3b 4 0 3 1
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 0
Henderson lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Dietz c 4 1 2 2
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 1 1 0
McCormick p 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 5 11 5
Houston 000 010 120460
San Francisco 000 002 03x5112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster   7.0 7 2 2 4 3
  Billingham   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  DiLauro  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Gladding   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   7.0 6 4 3 1 1
  McMahon  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Linzy  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
1
2

  E–Dietz (1), Fuentes (1).  PB–Dietz (1).  2B–San Francisco Dietz (1,off Lemaster); Fuentes (1,off Lemaster); Whitaker (1,off Billingham); Gallagher (1,off Gladding).  HR–Houston Rader (1,5th inning off McCormick 0 on, 0 out); Beauchamp (1,8th inning off McCormick 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Dietz (1,6th inning off Lemaster 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gallagher (1,off Lemaster).  IBB–Lanier (1,by Lemaster).  SB–Wynn (2,2nd base off McCormick/Dietz); Morgan (2,2nd base off McMahon/Dietz).  WP–Billingham (1).  IBB–Lemaster (1,Lanier).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Dezelan, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:22.  A–4,399.
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