Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1978 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."

"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 1, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 4 0 1 0
Cannon lf 4 0 1 0
Puhl cf 3 0 0 0
Walling rf 4 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Obradovich 1b 3 0 1 1
Drumright 2b 3 0 0 0
Bochy c 3 0 0 0
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 3 1 1 0
  Thomas pr 0 1 0 0
Winfield cf 3 0 0 0
Turner rf 4 0 3 1
Tenace c 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 0 0 0 1
Champion 2b 3 0 1 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Houston 010 000 000151
San Diego 000 000 101251
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   7.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Sambito  L (4-9) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Andujar   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.2
5
2
2
3
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (19-6) 9.0 5 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
5

  E–Bochy (7), Champion (5).  2B–Houston Walling (11,off Perry); Cabell (28,off Perry).  3B–Houston Obradovich (1,off Perry).  SH–Puhl (3,off Perry).  SF–Gamble (5,off Andujar).  CS–Cannon (1,2nd base by Perry/Tenace).  SB–Richards (36,2nd base off Ruhle/Bochy); Turner (4,2nd base off Ruhle/Bochy).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:23.  A–10,171.
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