Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
July 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1977 at San Diego Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 7, San Diego Padres 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 2 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 2 0 0 1
  Howard cf 2 0 0 0
Cruz rf 5 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 1 0 1
Cacek 1b 6 0 0 0
Fuller lf 6 1 1 1
Metzger ss 2 2 1 0
Larson p 3 1 2 1
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Sperring ph 1 0 1 1
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 9 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hendrick cf 5 0 1 1
Ashford 3b 7 1 2 2
Ivie 1b 4 2 1 0
Winfield rf 6 3 3 2
Kingman lf 5 0 2 2
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Almon ss 5 0 2 1
Champion 2b 2 0 1 0
  Richards ph 1 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Davis c 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 1 1 0
  Roberts c 0 1 0 0
D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Scanlon ph 0 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 13 8
Houston 011 300 010 100792
San Diego 200 000 013 1018132
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Larson   7.1 6 3 3 5 3
  McLaughlin   1.2 4 3 3 2 2
  Niekro  L (3-3) 2.1 3 2 2 2 2
Totals
11.1
13
8
8
9
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto   3.0 5 5 4 6 7
  Freisleben   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wehrmeister   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Spillner   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Tomlin   1.1 1 1 0 0 1
  Fingers  W (5-4) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
9
7
5
10
11

  E–Cruz (7), Metzger (5), Ashford (2), Tenace (12).  DP–Houston 2, San Diego 4.  PB–Tenace (8).  2B–San Diego Kingman 2 (11,off Larson,off McLaughlin); Hendrick (10,off Niekro).  3B–Houston Metzger (4,off Spillner).  HR–San Diego Winfield (18,1st inning off Larson 1 on, 2 out); Ashford (1,9th inning off McLaughlin 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Metzger (4,off Tomlin).  SF–Cedeno (5,off Freisleben); Ferguson (2,off Freisleben).  HBP–Hendrick (2,by Larson).  IBB–Tenace (5,by McLaughlin); Hendrick (4,by Niekro).  SB–Cabell (26,2nd base off Freisleben/Tenace); Cruz (25,2nd base off Freisleben/Tenace).  HBP–Larson (2,Hendrick).  IBB–McLaughlin (3,Tenace); Niekro (2,Hendrick).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:28.  A–7,019.
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