Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 19, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 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 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 0 0
Puhl rf 4 1 2 1
Cruz lf 4 0 2 2
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Walling 1b 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,1b 1 0 1 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 1 1 0 0
  Heep ph 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Venable cf 4 1 2 0
Pettini ss 4 1 1 0
Herndon rf 4 1 1 0
May c 3 0 0 1
Whitfield lf 3 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 0 1
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Sularz 3b 3 0 1 0
Griffin p 2 0 0 0
  Holland p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 2
Houston 003 000 000362
San Francisco 400 000 00x460
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (3-6) 6.0 3 4 1 0 7
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sambito   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
1
0
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (4-1) 6.1 5 3 3 2 5
  Holland  SV (6) 2.2 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
9

  E–Walling (7), Reynolds (16).  3B–Houston Cruz (7,off Griffin); Bergman (1,off Griffin), San Francisco Sularz (1,off Smith).  SF–May (6,off Andujar).  SB–Venable (5,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby).  CS–Herndon (7,2nd base by Sambito/Ashby).  WP–Sambito (3).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:45.  A–4,377.
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