Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 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."

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Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 5 0 0 1
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 1
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 0 2 0
  Geronimo pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Menke 1b 4 1 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 1
Metzger ss 4 2 2 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 2 2 2
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
Mays 1b 3 0 1 0
Dietz c 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Gallagher 3b 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Rosario cf 4 0 0 0
Reberger p 1 0 0 0
  Heise ph 1 0 0 0
  Cumberland p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson F. ph 1 1 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Healy ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 4 6 3
Houston 001 010 001 0381
San Francisco 000 001 020 1461
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   8.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Ray  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
6
4
4
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reberger   6.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Cumberland   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McMahon   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Johnson  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–Dierker (1), Fuentes (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Morgan (3,off Reberger); Rader (2,off Reberger); Metzger (1,off Reberger), San Francisco Foster (1,off Dierker).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (3,8th inning off Dierker 1 on, 0 out); Healy (1,10th inning off Ray 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Dierker (1,off Reberger).  SB–Metzger (1,2nd base off Reberger/Dietz).  WP–Dierker 2 (3).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:39.  A–3,557.
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