San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1981 at Astrodome. 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

San Diego Padres 3, Houston Astros 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 2 2 0
Jones cf 5 0 2 0
Richards lf 4 0 2 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 2 2
Kennedy c 3 1 1 0
Lefebvre rf 2 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 0 1 1
Mura p 1 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Lollar p 1 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 2 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 2
Cedeno cf 2 1 0 1
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
Howe 3b 3 0 0 1
  Garcia 3b 0 0 0 0
Walling 1b 2 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
Landestoy 2b 2 1 1 1
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 7 6
San Diego 011 010 0003100
Houston 300 300 00x670
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  L (1-7) 4.0 6 6 6 4 1
  Lollar   3.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Boone   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
6
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (6-3) 6.2 9 3 2 3 1
  Sambito  SV (4) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Ashby (3).  3B–Houston Reynolds (7,off Mura).  SF–Salazar (2,off Niekro); Perkins (2,off Niekro); Cedeno (2,off Mura).  HBP–Lefebvre (1,by Sambito).  SH–Howe (1,off Mura); Niekro (2,off Mura).  IBB–Landestoy (4,by Lollar).  SB–Smith (12,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby); Puhl 2 (13,2nd base off Mura/Kennedy 2).  WP–Mura (3), Lollar (4).  HBP–Sambito (1,Lefebvre).  IBB–Lollar (5,Landestoy).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:41.  A–19,025.
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