Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
May 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1979 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 0 1 1
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
  Sexton pr 0 0 0 0
  Bochy c 1 0 0 0
Landestoy 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 1 0 0
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 0 0
  Evans 3b 0 0 0 0
Briggs lf 3 0 1 1
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
  Almon pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 1
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
  Kendall ph,c 1 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Houston 000 000 001 0153
San Diego 010 000 000 1271
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   8.0 5 1 1 1 1
  Sambito  L (2-2) 1.1 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
7
2
1
1
1
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   9.0 5 1 0 2 3
  Fingers  W (5-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
5
1
0
2
4

  E–Reynolds (12), Watson (3), Sambito (1), Evans (4).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Cruz (11,off Perry); Walling (1,off Perry), San Diego Tenace (1,off Sambito).  HR–San Diego Gonzalez (5,2nd inning off Williams 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reynolds (13,off Perry); Evans (4,off Sambito).  IBB–Cruz (5,by Perry).  SF–Briggs (1,off Sambito).  HBP–Richards (1,by Sambito).  CS–Sexton (1,2nd base by Perry/Tenace); Richards (3,2nd base by Williams/Ashby).  HBP–Sambito (3,Richards).  IBB–Perry (5,Cruz).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:44.  A–15,289.
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