Houston Astros vs Montreal Expos
June 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1979 at Stade Olympique. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos 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 2, Montreal Expos 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 2 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Walling rf 3 1 1 1
  Leonard rf 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 1 1
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Andujar p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 3 0 0 0
Scott 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Valentine rf 3 0 1 1
Parrish 3b 3 0 1 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Houston 000 100 001250
Montreal 010 000 000150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (6-4) 9.0 5 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
2
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   5.0 3 1 1 1 4
  May   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Bahnsen   3.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sosa  L (4-4) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Howe (7,off Sosa).  3B–Montreal Carter (1,off Andujar).  HBP–Ashby (1,by Sanderson).  SH–Cash (1,off Andujar).  SF–Valentine (3,off Andujar).  IBB–Cromartie (5,by Andujar).  SB–Cedeno 3 (16,2nd base off Sanderson/Carter 2,2nd base off May/Carter); Parrish (4,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby).  CS–Puhl (12,2nd base by Bahnsen/Carter).  WP–Sanderson (1).  BK–Sanderson (3).  HBP–Sanderson (1,Ashby).  IBB–Andujar (3,Cromartie).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:43.  A–28,786.
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