San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 24, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1976 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 1 0
  Thomasson ph,cf 2 1 2 1
Perez ss,2b 5 0 1 0
Matthews lf 6 0 1 0
Murcer rf 4 2 1 0
Reitz 3b 6 0 1 0
Evans 1b 5 1 1 1
Miller 2b 3 0 1 2
  Speier ss 1 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 1 0
  Barr pr 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
  Montefusco pr 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 1 0 1 0
Dressler p 3 0 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadek c 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 48 4 12 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 6 2 3 0
Andrews 2b 7 0 2 1
Cedeno cf 5 0 2 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 2
Cruz lf 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 6 1 1 0
Herrmann c 3 1 1 1
  Jutze pr,c 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Cosgrove p 1 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,lf 4 1 2 1
Totals 44 5 11 5
San Francisco 000 102 000 100 04123
Houston 000 000 210 100 15110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Dressler   6.1 4 2 1 5 0
  Lavelle   1.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Moffitt   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Caldwell   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo  L (3-2) 2.1 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
12.1
11
5
4
8
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cosgrove   7.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Sambito   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Forsch   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Pentz  W (3-1) 2.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
13.0
12
4
4
5
3

  E–Murcer (10), Evans (8), Miller (1).  DP–San Francisco 2, Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Evans (6,off Cosgrove); Miller (1,off Cosgrove), Houston Roberts (8,off Dressler); Gross (7,off Heaverlo).  HR–San Francisco Thomasson (3,10th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out), Houston Herrmann (3,8th inning off Lavelle 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Perez (9,off Pentz); Cosgrove (5,off Dressler); Herrmann (1,off Caldwell).  IBB–Murcer (9,by Pentz); Watson (5,by Moffitt); Cedeno (7,by Heaverlo).  SF–Watson 2 (6,off Lavelle,off Heaverlo).  HBP–Herrmann 2 (2,by Dressler,by Heaverlo).  SB–Cedeno (32,2nd base off Dressler/Hill).  HBP–Dressler (1,Herrmann); Heaverlo (2,Herrmann).  IBB–Moffitt (6,Watson); Heaverlo (2,Cedeno); Pentz (2,Murcer).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–3:32.
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