San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 20, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1977 at Astrodome. 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)
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San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Astros 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomas ss 3 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 1
Madlock 3b 4 0 3 0
Evans lf 4 0 1 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Thomasson cf,lf 3 0 2 0
Sadek c 4 0 0 0
Halicki p 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 1 1 0
  Moffitt p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Gardner pr 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 2 0 1 0
  Crawford ph 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Lemongello p 3 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
San Francisco 000 000 010190
Houston 000 000 000041
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki  W (2-1) 7.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Moffitt   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (0-3) 7.2 8 1 1 1 3
  Sambito   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
3

  E–Metzger (4).  2B–San Francisco Clark (4,off Lemongello), Houston Cedeno (2,off Halicki).  SH–Thomas (1,off Lemongello); Ferguson (1,off Moffitt).  CS–Madlock (1,2nd base by Lemongello/Ferguson).  SB–Cabell (8,2nd base off Halicki/Sadek).  BK–Lemongello (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:11.  A–8,693.
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