Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1980 at San Diego Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres 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

Houston Astros 9, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 2
  Pujols 3b 1 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 1 0 0
Heep 1b 5 2 3 1
Cruz lf 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 2 1 0
Howe 3b,2b 3 1 1 2
Ashby c 5 1 1 1
Landestoy ss 4 1 4 3
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 0 1 0
Salazar 3b,rf 4 0 2 0
Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0
Winfield rf 1 0 0 0
  Cash 2b 3 1 1 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 2 0
Fahey c 3 0 0 1
Evans 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Baker ss 4 0 0 0
Mura p 0 0 0 0
  Kinney p 1 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 1 1 1
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Houston 070 200 0009111
San Diego 000 001 100281
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (12-11) 9.0 8 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  L (4-5) 1.1 5 5 5 1 1
  Kinney   3.2 5 4 4 3 0
  Rasmussen   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lucas   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
4
3

  E–Heep (2), Fahey (8).  2B–Houston Heep 2 (5,off Kinney 2); Landestoy (9,off Rasmussen), San Diego Perkins (1,off Niekro).  HR–San Diego Tenace (10,7th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Niekro 2 (10,off Mura,off Kinney); Mumphrey (4,off Niekro).  HBP–Cedeno (1,by Kinney).  IBB–Cedeno (8,by Kinney); Howe (6,by Kinney).  SF–Fahey (2,off Niekro).  SB–Cedeno 2 (37,2nd base off Mura/Fahey,2nd base off Kinney/Fahey); Morgan (15,2nd base off Kinney/Fahey).  HBP–Kinney (1,Cedeno).  IBB–Kinney 2 (9,Cedeno,Howe).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:23.  A–16,120.
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