Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1980 at Candlestick Park. 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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Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 5 1 4 0
  Morgan ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 2 4 2
Puhl rf 6 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 5 0 2 1
Howe 1b 2 0 1 1
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 6 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
  Ashby ph,c 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 6 0 2 0
Ruhle p 3 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 48 5 15 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 2 1 0
Herndon lf 6 0 2 0
Clark rf 5 1 1 0
Evans 3b 5 0 3 1
Ivie 1b 5 1 0 1
Stennett 2b 5 1 2 2
LeMaster ss 3 1 2 0
Sadek c 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 1
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 1 1
  Rowland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 12 6
Houston 102 000 000 0205150
San Francisco 110 000 010 0216120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   7.0 6 2 2 2 2
  LaCorte   2.0 1 1 1 3 1
  Sambito   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Smith  L (2-5) 1.1 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.1
12
6
6
7
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.0 9 3 3 1 2
  Minton   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Griffin   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Rowland  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
15
5
5
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Cedeno (21,off Knepper); Puhl (14,off Griffin), San Francisco LeMaster (16,off Ruhle); Stennett (12,off Sambito).  SH–Bergman (3,off Lavelle); Sadek (3,off Ruhle); LeMaster 2 (6,off LaCorte,off Smith).  IBB–Howe (5,by Knepper); Cabell (5,by Lavelle); Cedeno (7,by Griffin); Whitfield (3,by LaCorte).  SF–Knepper (2,off Ruhle).  SB–Landestoy 2 (19,2nd base off Knepper/Sadek 2); Cedeno (34,2nd base off Minton/Sadek); North (38,2nd base off LaCorte/Ashby).  BK–Ruhle (2).  IBB–LaCorte (3,Whitfield); Knepper (9,Howe); Lavelle (7,Cabell); Griffin (4,Cedeno).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:42.  A–10,149.
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