San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1981 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 2, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0
Cabell 1b 5 0 0 0
  North cf 0 0 0 0
Herndon rf 2 1 0 1
May c 4 0 2 1
Martin cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Bergman lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 2 0
Blue p 3 0 1 0
  Minton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Howe 3b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Walling 1b 4 0 0 0
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 1 1 1
Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0
  Pittman ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Woods ph 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
San Francisco 100 010 000290
Houston 000 010 000150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (4-3) 7.1 5 1 1 2 6
  Minton  SV (9) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (3-5) 8.0 7 2 2 2 8
  Sambito   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
10

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Bergman (2,off Sutton); Morgan (7,off Sutton).  3B–Houston Howe (2,off Blue).  HR–Houston Pujols (1,5th inning off Blue 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Herndon (1,off Sutton).  SH–Puhl (2,off Blue).  SB–Herndon (9,2nd base off Sutton/Pujols).  U–Charlie Williams, John McSherry, Dave Pallone.  T–2:26.  A–34,922.
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