Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 26, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1976 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 4, San Francisco Giants 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 3 1
Andrews 2b 5 1 3 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 1
Watson 1b 5 0 1 2
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Jutze c 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 2 1 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 1 1 0
Thomas 2b 4 2 1 0
Murcer rf 3 1 1 2
Matthews lf 4 2 1 3
Montanez 1b 5 1 4 2
Speier ss 5 1 1 2
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1
Rader c 2 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 1 1 1 0
Barr p 2 0 0 0
  Sadek ph,c 0 1 0 1
Totals 34 11 11 11
Houston 100 020 0104120
San Francisco 110 040 05x11111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (4-5) 4.2 7 6 6 2 2
  Siebert   0.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Pentz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Griffin   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Cosgrove   0.1 2 4 4 1 0
  Andujar   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
11
11
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  W (2-4) 5.0 9 3 2 2 3
  Moffitt  SV (1) 4.0 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
4
5

  E–Reitz (5).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Gross (5,off Barr); Watson (6,off Barr), San Francisco Montanez (13,off Dierker); Speier (7,off Dierker).  HR–San Francisco Reitz (3,2nd inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out); Matthews (7,8th inning off Andujar 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Cabell (1,by Barr); Reitz (3,by Siebert).  SH–Herndon (1,off Cosgrove).  HBP–Matthews (1,by Dierker); Sadek (1,by Cosgrove).  BK–Moffitt (1).  HBP–Dierker (3,Matthews); Cosgrove (2,Sadek).  IBB–Siebert (3,Reitz); Barr (2,Cabell).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:31.  A–3,115.
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