Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 14, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 2 3 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 1 2
  Gonzalez pr 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Herrmann c 2 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin ss 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Walton ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 4 1 2 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 1
  James 1b 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
Thomasson lf 2 1 0 0
Sadek c 2 0 1 1
LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 1 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Houston 000 100 001260
San Francisco 000 012 00x360
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (12-6) 7.0 6 3 3 2 4
  McLaughlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (9-8) 8.1 5 2 2 1 3
  Heaverlo   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Curtis  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  PB–Herrmann (6).  2B–San Francisco Sadek (7,off Niekro); Knepper (1,off Niekro).  3B–San Francisco Evans (3,off Niekro).  SH–LeMaster (4,off Niekro).  CS–Cabell (19,2nd base by Knepper/Sadek).  SB–Thomasson (12,2nd base off Niekro/Herrmann).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:13.  A–1,033.
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