Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1977 at Candlestick Park. 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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Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 0 3 0
  Sperring ph 1 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 2
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 2 0
Herrmann c 3 0 3 0
  Gonzalez pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 13 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomas cf 4 2 3 0
Andrews 2b 3 1 2 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 2 2
Thomasson rf 3 1 1 0
Evans lf 3 0 0 0
Foli ss 3 0 1 0
Hill c 3 0 1 1
Barr p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 11 3
Houston 000 001 0113130
San Francisco 002 110 00x4110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (7-4) 6.0 9 4 4 2 4
  McLaughlin   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
2
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  W (11-8) 7.1 10 2 2 1 2
  Moffitt   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle  SV (16) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Puhl (6,off Barr); Watson (28,off Barr), San Francisco Foli (18,off Niekro).  CS–Cruz (14,2nd base by Barr/Hill); Howe (1,3rd base by Barr/Hill); Thomas (8,2nd base by McLaughlin/Ferguson).  SB–Thomas (11,2nd base off Niekro/Herrmann); Thomasson (8,2nd base off Niekro/Herrmann).  BK–Niekro (1).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:19.
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