San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1979 at Astrodome. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros 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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San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 2 2 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
Strain 2b 4 0 1 1
  Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 0
  Johnston ph,rf 1 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 5 0 2 1
Evans 3b 4 1 1 0
Whitfield lf 5 2 1 0
Metzger ss 5 1 3 1
Littlejohn c 3 1 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 1 4
Totals 38 8 12 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno 1b 2 0 1 0
  Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Puhl cf 4 0 1 0
Leonard rf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Howe 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
Bochy c 3 0 1 0
Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Niemann p 1 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph 1 0 1 0
  Throop p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
San Francisco 010 022 3008121
Houston 000 000 000057
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (8-5) 9.0 5 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (11-7) 4.1 7 3 2 3 2
  Niemann   2.1 5 5 4 2 2
  Roberge   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Throop   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
6
5
4

  E–Metzger (13), Cedeno (6), Landestoy (7), Gonzalez 2 (4), Howe (6), Bochy 2 (4).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Metzger (5,off Andujar); North (11,off Niemann); Whitfield (18,off Niemann); Knepper (4,off Niemann).  SH–Knepper (8,off Niemann).  IBB–Littlejohn (1,by Niemann).  SB–Whitfield (5,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy); Metzger (9,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy); North 2 (44,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy,3rd base off Niemann/Bochy); Howe (1,2nd base off Knepper/Littlejohn); Leonard (12,2nd base off Knepper/Littlejohn).  IBB–Niemann (3,Littlejohn).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:54.  A–18,995.
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