San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1979 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 1 3 1
Perkins 1b 3 0 0 1
Turner lf 5 0 1 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
Bevacqua 3b 2 0 0 0
  Evans 3b 2 1 1 1
Tenace c 4 1 1 1
Almon 2b 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 1 0
  Reynolds pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
  Leonard ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 5 0 2 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0
Watson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Landestoy pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Cabell 3b,1b 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Howe 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph 0 0 0 0
  Sexton pr 0 1 0 0
  Bochy c 1 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 7 2
San Diego 002 000 000 02481
Houston 000 100 010 00271
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   9.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Fingers  W (3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (4-4) 11.0 8 4 3 4 10
Totals
11.0
8
4
3
4
10

  E–Smith (4), Richard (1).  DP–San Diego 2, Houston 1.  2B–San Diego Winfield (12,off Richard).  HR–San Diego Evans (1,11th inning off Richard 0 on, 1 out); Tenace (5,11th inning off Richard 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Jones (2,off Richard); Perkins (1,off Richard); Richard (1,off Jones).  SF–Perkins (1,off Richard).  IBB–Winfield (2,by Richard).  SB–Cabell (12,2nd base off Jones/Tenace).  CS–Reynolds (2,2nd base by Jones/Tenace).  WP–Richard (13).  IBB–Richard (1,Winfield).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:52.  A–18,494.
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