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

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

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 1
Wynn lf 5 0 3 1
Watson 1b 5 0 0 0
Menke ss 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 2 3 0
Howard c 4 1 3 2
Dierker p 2 0 1 1
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 2 0
Fuentes 2b 5 2 2 0
Mays cf 5 2 3 5
Dietz c 4 1 2 1
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Hart 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gallagher 3b 0 0 0 0
Goodson 1b 3 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 2
  Johnson F. pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Lanier ss 3 1 1 1
Bryant p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 2 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 9
Houston 010 301 0005131
San Francisco 201 300 30x9123
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (13-12) 6.0 9 8 8 5 2
  Ray   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Culver   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
5
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant   3.2 7 4 3 1 2
  Johnson  W (5-3) 3.1 5 1 1 2 3
  McMahon  SV (15) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
3
7

  E–Menke (29), Fuentes (19), Hart (10), Goodson (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Dietz (20).  2B–Houston Cedeno (14,off Bryant); Alou (27,off Jerry Johnson); Wynn (31,off Jerry Johnson), San Francisco McCovey (33,off Ray); Bonds (33,off Ray).  3B–San Francisco Bonds (8,off Dierker).  HR–San Francisco Mays 2 (26,1st inning off Dierker 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Dierker 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Dierker (9,off Bryant).  SB–Cedeno (11,2nd base off Jerry Johnson/Dietz); Wynn (22,2nd base off McMahon/Dietz); Bonds (43,2nd base off Dierker/Howard).  WP–McMahon (6).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:49.  A–3,180.
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