San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
June 24, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1977 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 5, Houston Astros 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 3b 6 1 1 1
Thomas ss 2 2 0 0
  LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0
Evans lf 4 1 2 2
Thomasson cf 4 1 3 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 5 0 0 0
Hill c 3 0 2 1
  Sadek pr,c 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 4 0 1 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
  Toms p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf 5 2 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0
Cruz rf 6 0 1 1
Ferguson c 3 1 0 0
  Cedeno pr 0 1 0 0
  Herrmann c 1 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 4 5
  Gardner pr 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Fuller lf 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Larson p 2 0 1 0
  Pentz p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 0 0 0 0
  Cacek ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 11 6
San Francisco 000 310 100 005103
Houston 300 010 010 016110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.0 7 5 4 2 4
  Moffitt   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Lavelle   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Toms  L (0-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.1
11
6
5
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Larson   4.1 7 4 4 2 4
  Pentz   3.2 2 1 1 4 3
  Sambito  W (4-2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
10
5
5
6
10

  E–LeMaster (5), Andrews (10), Hill (2).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 2.  2B–Houston Watson (11,off Knepper); Cruz (16,off Toms).  3B–Houston Watson (5,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Evans (7,4th inning off Larson 1 on, 0 out); Madlock (6,5th inning off Larson 0 on, 0 out), Houston Watson (9,5th inning off Knepper 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Thomasson (3,off Pentz).  IBB–McCovey (10,by Pentz); Cabell (2,by Knepper); Howe (4,by Lavelle).  SH–Fuller (1,off Moffitt).  CS–Sadek (1,2nd base by Pentz/Ferguson); Herrmann (1,2nd base by Lavelle/Sadek).  SB–Cedeno (24,2nd base off Moffitt/Sadek).  WP–Pentz (2).  IBB–Knepper (1,Cabell); Lavelle (15,Howe); Pentz (4,McCovey).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:04.  A–13,119.
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