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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 7, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 6 2 4 2
Morgan 2b 6 2 2 2
Wynn lf 5 0 3 1
Rader 3b 6 0 1 2
Menke ss 5 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 2 0
Edwards c 5 1 1 0
Cook p 3 0 0 0
  Gladding p 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 16 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 2 1 0
Fuentes 2b,ss 5 0 1 1
Mays cf 5 1 1 2
McCovey 1b 5 0 3 1
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Dietz c 3 1 2 0
Hart 3b 4 0 2 0
Lanier ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
Marichal p 2 0 1 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 1 0
  Mason pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 4
Houston 001 000 220 27160
San Francisco 000 010 022 05122
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cook   6.1 6 1 1 1 4
  Gladding   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Lemaster   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Culver   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro  W (1-3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
4
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal   7.0 9 3 3 1 9
  McMahon   2.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Robertson  L (6-8) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
10.0
16
7
7
2
12

  E–Henderson (9), Hart (5).  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Dietz (17).  2B–San Francisco McCovey 2 (24,off Cook,off DiLauro).  HR–Houston Morgan (3,10th inning off Robertson 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Mays (22,8th inning off Gladding 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Mayberry (3,by McMahon).  SH–Lanier (2,off Cook).  HBP–Hart (1,by Cook).  SB–Morgan (28,2nd base off Marichal/Dietz); Alou (2,2nd base off Marichal/Dietz); Cedeno (8,2nd base off Marichal/Dietz).  WP–Marichal (4), Robertson (16).  HBP–Cook (2,Hart).  IBB–McMahon (10,Mayberry).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Dezelan, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:39.
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