San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1979 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 3 0 1 0
  Andrews 2b 1 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 2 1 1
  Venable lf 1 0 0 0
Clark rf 5 0 1 2
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 1
Evans 3b 4 2 2 0
Herndon cf 4 0 1 2
Hill c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Nastu p 3 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Sexton ss 4 0 0 0
Leonard rf 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 1 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 1
Richard p 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
San Francisco 131 201 000891
Houston 010 000 000150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Nastu  W (1-2) 9.0 5 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (4-3) 2.2 6 5 5 3 3
  Dixon   2.1 2 2 2 2 0
  McLaughlin   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Andujar   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
5
4

  E–Whitfield (1).  PB–Ashby 2 (6).  2B–San Francisco Whitfield (7,off Richard); Clark (8,off Richard); Herndon (2,off Dixon), Houston Ashby (6,off Nastu); Cabell 2 (10,off Nastu 2); Cedeno (9,off Nastu).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (1,6th inning off McLaughlin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Nastu (1,off Richard); Herndon (1,off Richard).  CS–Leonard (3,2nd base by Nastu/Hill).  U–Lanny Harris, Ray Hamil, Howard Hansen.  T–2:27.  A–13,196.
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