Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 26, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1977 at Candlestick Park. 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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Houston Astros 4, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 6 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 6 1 3 2
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 1
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 6 0 2 0
Watson 1b 5 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 1 1 1
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
  Sperring ss 3 0 2 0
Lemongello p 2 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,lf 4 0 0 0
Totals 48 4 12 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomas ss 5 1 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 2 2 0
Madlock 3b 6 0 1 1
Evans lf 6 0 1 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 1
Thomasson cf 4 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 0 0
  LeMaster pr 0 0 0 0
  Sadek c 0 0 0 0
Halicki p 2 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 5 3
Houston 000 002 100 000 14121
San Francisco 200 001 000 000 0350
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello   6.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Forsch   5.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sambito  W (2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
13.0
5
3
3
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki   6.0 6 3 3 3 6
  Curtis   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Moffitt   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Williams  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
13.0
12
4
4
6
10

  E–Gonzalez (1).  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Cruz (5,off Lavelle); Cabell (3,off Moffitt), San Francisco Andrews (2,off Lemongello); Evans (3,off Lemongello).  3B–Houston Cabell (2,off Halicki).  HR–Houston Ferguson (3,13th inning off Williams 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cedeno (1,by Curtis); Ferguson (1,by Lavelle); McCovey (2,by Lemongello); Hill (1,by Sambito).  SH–Thomasson (1,off Sambito).  SB–Cedeno 2 (2,2nd base off Halicki/Hill,2nd base off Moffitt/Hill); Cruz (4,2nd base off Halicki/Hill).  CS–Cabell (4,3rd base by Moffitt/Hill).  IBB–Lemongello (1,McCovey); Sambito (1,Hill); Curtis (2,Cedeno); Lavelle (4,Ferguson).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–3:14.  A–3,967.
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