Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1979 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 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 2 0
Leonard cf 3 0 2 1
Watson 1b 4 0 2 0
  Landestoy pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b,3b 4 0 2 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 1 1 0
Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0
  Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 2 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 1
Ivie 1b 3 0 1 1
Hill c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 2
Houston 000 000 010192
San Francisco 000 200 00x240
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (0-2) 6.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Sambito   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (3-0) 9.0 9 1 1 0 8
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
8

  E–Reynolds (1), Watson (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 1.  PB–Ashby (1).  2B–Houston Leonard (1,off Blue); Howe (1,off Blue).  3B–Houston Reynolds (1,off Blue), San Francisco Ivie (1,off Ruhle).  SF–Leonard (1,off Blue).  SH–Whitfield (2,off Sambito).  SB–North (1,2nd base off Ruhle/Ashby).  U-HP–Jim Cuneo, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Tony Patch, 3B–Roy Roth.  T–2:07.  A–15,931.
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