San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
June 29, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1977 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 7, Houston Astros 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 3 1 1 0
Almon ss 5 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 4 1 3 3
  Sutherland 3b 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
  Spillner p 1 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 3 1
Tenace 3b,1b 2 1 0 0
Roberts c 5 1 2 2
Champion 2b 5 1 0 0
D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Sawyer p 0 0 0 0
  Scanlon ph 1 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph,rf 2 1 2 0
Totals 37 7 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 1
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 2 0 2 1
Ferguson c 3 0 1 1
Fuller lf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Larson p 2 0 1 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
San Diego 101 005 0007123
Houston 101 010 100473
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto   0.1 1 1 1 3 0
  Sawyer   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Wehrmeister   2.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Freisleben  W (1-5) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Spillner  SV (3) 4.0 2 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Larson  L (0-3) 5.1 8 7 5 3 2
  Pentz   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  McLaughlin   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Sambito   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
5
7
3

  E–Hendrick (4), Tenace (11), Roberts (5), Watson (6), Ferguson (5), Larson (2).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 2.  PB–Ferguson (12).  2B–San Diego Hendrick (9,off Larson); Turner 2 (7,off Larson,off McLaughlin).  3B–San Diego Roberts (1,off Larson).  IBB–Ivie (3,by McLaughlin); Cruz (4,by Freisleben).  HBP–Cedeno (9,by Wehrmeister).  SB–Richards 2 (27,2nd base off Larson/Ferguson 2); Hendrick (4,2nd base off Larson/Ferguson); Cruz (22,2nd base off Wehrmeister/Roberts).  WP–Larson (5).  HBP–Wehrmeister (1,Cedeno).  IBB–Freisleben (3,Cruz); McLaughlin (2,Ivie).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:35.  A–8,367.
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