San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
August 8, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1980 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 0 2 1
Smith ss 5 0 2 0
Mumphrey cf 5 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 4 2 0 0
Tenace c 1 0 0 0
  Fahey c 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Evans 2b,3b 4 0 2 2
Flannery 3b 3 0 0 0
  Kendall ph,c 1 1 1 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 1 1 2
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss,2b 5 0 2 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0
Puhl rf 5 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Howe 1b 3 1 2 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 2 2
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 1 0
Ruhle p 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
San Diego 010 100 0035112
Houston 200 001 0003111
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.0 9 3 3 1 3
  Eichelberger  W (3-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Fingers  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   8.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Sambito  L (7-2) 1.0 4 3 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
2
1
2

  E–Richards (7), Tenace (7), Reynolds (11).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 2.  2B–San Diego Winfield (18,off Ruhle); Joshua (2,off Sambito), Houston Howe (8,off Jones).  HBP–Tenace (2,by Ruhle).  IBB–Pujols (3,by Jones).  SB–Richards (42,2nd base off Ruhle/Pujols); Cabell (14,2nd base off Jones/Tenace).  BK–Eichelberger (1).  HBP–Ruhle (2,Tenace).  IBB–Jones (5,Pujols).  U–Steve Fields, Paul Runge, Jim Quick.  T–2:45.  A–15,207.
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