San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
June 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 1979 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Diego Padres 1, Houston Astros 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 0 0
Dade 3b 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 2 0 1 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 1 0 0
Johnstone 1b 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 1
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Almon ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 0 0
Cedeno 1b 2 0 0 0
Leonard rf 3 1 2 1
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 3 2
San Diego 010 000 000–160
Houston 000 000 20x–231
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (2-7) 6.1 2 2 2 2 4
  Fingers   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
3
2
2
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (11-3) 7.1 6 1 1 3 1
  Sambito  SV (6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
4
  E–Cabell (8).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Leonard (6,off Shirley).  3B–San Diego Winfield (8,off Niekro).  IBB–Cruz (9,by Fingers).  CS–Winfield (5,2nd base by Niekro/Ashby); Cedeno (3,2nd base by Shirley/Tenace).  SB–Leonard (6,2nd base off Shirley/Tenace).  IBB–Fingers (4,Cruz).  T–2:21.  A–30,954.
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