San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
June 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 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 2, Houston Astros 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dade 3b 4 0 1 1
Johnstone cf 3 1 0 0
  Fahey c 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 1 1
Tenace c,1b 4 0 0 0
Briggs 1b,cf 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 1 1 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 0 1 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 3 1 1 0
Leonard rf 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
Bochy c 3 0 0 0
  Ashby ph 1 0 1 1
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 1 0
  Sexton pr 0 1 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
San Diego 000 110 000230
Houston 000 000 012360
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   7.2 3 1 1 2 8
  Fingers  L (6-4) 0.2 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.1
6
3
3
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   8.0 3 2 2 2 5
  Dixon  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  2B–San Diego Smith (6,off Williams), Houston Howe (10,off Jones).  SH–Jones (5,off Williams).  IBB–Cruz (10,by Fingers).  SB–Cabell (18,2nd base off Jones/Tenace); Cedeno (18,2nd base off Fingers/Fahey); Cruz (17,2nd base off Fingers/Fahey).  WP–Jones (1).  IBB–Fingers (5,Cruz).  T–2:01.  A–41,429.
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