Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1981 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pittman 3b 3 1 1 0
Garcia ss 2 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Woods rf 4 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 1 0
Heep 1b 4 0 0 0
Landestoy 2b 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 2 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
  LeMaster ss 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
  Pettini 3b 0 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 0 1 1
May c 3 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss,2b 2 1 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,1b 0 1 0 0
Totals 26 3 5 3
Houston 001 000 000140
San Francisco 000 001 02x351
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (3-6) 7.2 5 3 3 4 7
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
5
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (5-3) 8.0 4 1 1 4 1
  Holland  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
1

  E–Clark (2).  2B–Houston Cruz (8,off Blue).  SH–Garcia (1,off Blue); Blue (4,off Sutton); North (3,off Sutton).  IBB–Pujols (1,by Blue); Evans (2,by Sutton).  HBP–Stennett (1,by Sutton).  CS–Pittman (2,2nd base by Blue/May); North (7,2nd base by Sutton/Pujols).  HBP–Sutton (1,Stennett).  IBB–Sutton (2,Evans); Blue (2,Pujols).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:22.  A–8,397.
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