San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
August 6, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 0, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 2 0
Pettini ss 3 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 1 0
Sadek c 2 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss,2b 4 1 2 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Puhl cf 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 2 0
Howe 1b 3 0 2 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0
Leonard rf 4 0 1 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 10 1
San Francisco 000 000 000060
Houston 000 001 00x1100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (9-6) 6.0 7 1 1 1 6
  Minton   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
1
1
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (9-9) 9.0 6 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 1.  PB–Pujols (7).  SH–Pettini (5,off Forsch).  IBB–Howe (4,by Blue); Morgan (2,by Minton).  SB–Cruz (24,2nd base off Minton/Sadek).  IBB–Blue (4,Howe); Minton (4,Morgan).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:10.  A–23,478.
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