Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 7, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1970 at Candlestick Park. 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)
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Houston Astros 11, San Francisco Giants 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 6 2 2 1
Morgan 2b 3 2 0 0
  Geronimo lf 1 0 0 0
Wynn lf 5 0 1 1
  Martinez ss 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 2 2 3
Menke ss,2b 3 0 1 1
Watson 1b 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 5 2 2 0
Edwards c 4 2 3 3
Dierker p 4 0 1 1
Totals 39 11 14 10
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 1 3 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 0
Henderson rf 5 0 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 1
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Dietz c 4 0 0 0
Hart lf 4 0 0 0
Hunt 3b 3 0 0 0
Lanier ss 4 0 0 0
Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Carrithers p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 1 1 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Davison p 0 0 0 0
  Mason ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 1
Houston 300 231 10111142
San Francisco 100 010 000260
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (10-10) 9.0 6 2 1 4 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  L (3-5) 0.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Carrithers   3.2 4 4 4 4 3
  Robertson   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Davison   3.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
6
5

  E–Menke (23), Cedeno (5).  2B–Houston Rader (16,off Robertson); Cedeno (9,off Davison), San Francisco Henderson (22,off Dierker); Fuentes (7,off Dierker).  3B–Houston Edwards 2 (4,off Robertson,off Davison), San Francisco Bonds (5,off Dierker).  HR–Houston Rader (18,1st inning off Bryant 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Menke (8,off Robertson); Dierker (1,off Davison).  HBP–McCovey (2,by Dierker).  WP–Carrithers (1), Robertson (15).  HBP–Dierker (4,McCovey).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:58.  A–5,394.
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