Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 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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Houston Astros 4, San Francisco Giants 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Miller rf 4 1 1 1
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis lf 4 0 2 0
Menke ss 4 1 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 2 2
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Ray p 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 0 0 0 0
  Osinski p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 2b 3 0 0 0
  Heise ss 0 0 0 0
Gallagher 3b 3 0 1 1
Henderson cf,lf 3 1 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 2 0
Whitaker lf 3 0 1 2
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Dietz c 4 1 2 3
Taylor rf 1 0 0 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Hunt ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Lanier ss 2 0 0 0
  Mays ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Reberger p 1 0 0 0
  Bonds ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Totals 26 7 7 6
Houston 002 100 001481
San Francisco 000 020 05x773
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ray   6.0 3 2 2 3 4
  DiLauro  L (0-2) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Osinski   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reberger   6.0 6 3 1 1 5
  Bryant  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McMahon  SV (1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
1
8

  E–Mayberry (1), Whitaker (1), Dietz (2), Lanier (2).  DP–Houston 4.  2B–Houston Miller (1,off Reberger).  3B–Houston Rader (1,off Reberger).  HR–Houston Rader (2,9th inning off McMahon 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Dietz (2,5th inning off Ray 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bonds (1,off Osinski).  SF–Gallagher (1,off Osinski).  IBB–McCovey (1,by Osinski).  SB–Davis (1,2nd base off Reberger/Dietz); Morgan (3,2nd base off Reberger/Dietz).  CS–Morgan (1,2nd base by Reberger/Dietz).  IBB–Osinski (1,McCovey).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:30.  A–2,810.
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