Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1978 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 3 0 2 0
Bergman 1b 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 1
Ferguson c 3 0 1 0
  Baldwin c 1 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 3 3 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 3 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 1
  James pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Clark rf 5 0 3 4
Herndon cf 4 0 2 0
Harris ss 3 0 1 2
Hill c 3 1 1 1
Halicki p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 13 8
Houston 000 010 000164
San Francisco 100 121 22x9130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (4-4) 6.0 8 5 1 3 5
  Zamora   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Niekro   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
5
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki  W (1-0) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Puhl (1), Gonzalez (2), Cabell (7), Richard (1).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Ferguson (4).  2B–San Francisco Madlock (5,off Richard); McCovey (7,off Richard).  HR–Houston Cabell (3,5th inning off Halicki 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Whitfield (6,off Richard); Halicki (1,off Richard).  SF–Harris (1,off Zamora).  SB–Cruz 2 (7,2nd base off Halicki/Hill 2).  CS–Madlock (1,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:23.  A–6,209.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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