San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
April 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1981 at Candlestick Park. The San Diego Padres 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 1 2 2
Smith ss 5 0 1 0
Jones cf 5 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 5 1 3 0
Bass 1b 3 1 0 0
  Perkins 1b 0 0 0 0
Edwards rf 3 0 0 0
  Lefebvre ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 2b 5 0 2 1
Curtis p 3 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 1 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Stimac ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 10 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 5 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0
Clark rf 5 0 0 0
Evans 3b 5 0 2 0
Herndon lf 5 1 1 0
May c 2 0 1 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 1 1
  Sadek c 2 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Blue p 2 0 1 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 7 1
San Diego 100 000 000 0034101
San Francisco 000 000 100 000170
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis   10.0 7 1 1 0 2
  Lucas  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
7
1
1
0
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   7.0 4 1 1 2 6
  Minton   4.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Holland  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
12.0
10
4
4
5
9

  E–Smith (1).  DP–San Diego 1, San Francisco 1.  PB–Sadek (1).  2B–San Francisco May (1,off Curtis); Evans (1,off Curtis).  SH–Bass (1,off Minton); Minton (1,off Curtis).  IBB–Lefebvre (1,by Minton).  SB–Richards (1,2nd base off Blue/May); Herndon 2 (2,2nd base off Curtis/Kennedy 2).  CS–Richards (1,2nd base by Blue/May); Salazar (1,2nd base by Blue/May); Smith (1,2nd base by Blue/May).  WP–Blue (1).  IBB–Minton (1,Lefebvre).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:06.  A–54,520.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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