San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
August 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1972 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 0 1 1
Maddox cf 4 1 2 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Henderson lf 4 1 2 2
Rader c 4 0 1 0
Kingman 3b 3 1 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Carrithers p 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 1 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Howarth ph 1 0 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 1 0
  Blanco pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 1
Wynn rf 4 1 1 1
May 1b 3 1 2 1
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 3 1 0 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 1
Dierker p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
San Francisco 000 010 0203101
Houston 050 100 00x6100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Carrithers  L (3-8) 1.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Moffitt   2.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Stone   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McMahon   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (11-6) 9.0 10 3 3 2 9
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
9

  E–McCovey (5).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Helms (13,off Carrithers).  3B–San Francisco Maddox (7,off Dierker).  HR–San Francisco Henderson (11,8th inning off Dierker 1 on, 2 out), Houston Wynn (19,4th inning off Moffitt 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–May (2,by Carrithers).  SB–Cedeno (39,2nd base off Carrithers/Rader); Edwards (1,2nd base off Moffitt/Rader).  HBP–Carrithers (4,May).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:21.  A–23,145.
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