Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
May 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 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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Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 3 2 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 1 1
Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 1
Leonard rf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 1
Cruz lf 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sexton pr 0 0 0 0
Bochy c 4 0 1 1
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 3 2 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 3 3
Turner lf 4 0 1 0
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 0 0
  Perkins 1b 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 2 1 0 0
  Evans pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 2 2 0 0
Almon 2b 4 0 1 0
Jones p 3 0 1 2
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Houston 102 000 001480
San Diego 020 201 00x581
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (4-3) 5.2 8 5 5 5 4
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Roberge   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
7
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (5-3) 8.2 8 4 3 1 5
  Fingers  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
5

  E–Evans (5).  DP–Houston 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Puhl (6,off Jones), San Diego Jones (1,off Andujar).  SH–Reynolds (15,off Jones); Jones (3,off Andujar).  SB–Puhl (8,3rd base off Jones/Kendall); Richards (5,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy); Almon (2,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy).  WP–Andujar (3).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:32.  A–14,728.
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