Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 14, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1971 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 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 5 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 0
Miller rf 5 0 1 0
Watson lf 5 1 1 1
Menke 1b 5 0 2 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 5 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Griffin p 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 1 8 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 1
Speier ss 5 0 1 0
Mays cf 5 0 1 0
Dietz c 3 0 1 0
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
  Foster ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Johnson F. 1b 4 1 0 0
Gallagher 3b 4 0 1 0
Lanier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Fuentes ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Stone p 2 0 0 0
  Rosario ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Heise ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 7 2
Houston 000 010 000 00181
San Francisco 100 000 000 01271
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   8.0 5 1 1 3 10
  Culver  L (2-1) 2.2 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
10.2
7
2
2
5
12
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.0 7 1 1 4 5
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  McMahon  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
8
1
1
5
9

  E–Metzger (3), F Johnson (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  HR–Houston Watson (2,5th inning off Stone 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Bonds (2,1st inning off Griffin 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Bonds (1,by Griffin); Gallagher (2,by Culver).  SB–Morgan (1,2nd base off Stone/Dietz).  IBB–Griffin (1,Bonds); Culver (2,Gallagher).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:20.  A–3,588.
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