Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1981 at Candlestick Park. The Houston Astros 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

Houston Astros 9, San Francisco Giants 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 7 2 1 1
Reynolds ss 6 1 2 2
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 1
  Woods cf 4 1 1 1
Cruz lf 6 0 2 1
Heep 1b 7 0 2 1
Ashby c 7 0 2 0
Pittman 2b,3b 5 1 2 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Garcia 3b 4 1 3 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Niekro p 3 0 3 1
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 1 0
  Thon pr 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 57 9 21 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
  Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 7 1 3 0
Clark rf 6 0 0 0
Evans 1b 6 1 0 0
Herndon lf 7 1 2 0
Stennett 2b 5 2 1 2
LeMaster ss 6 1 1 2
Sadek c 4 1 1 0
Ripley p 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 0 0 0 1
  Lavelle p 1 0 1 0
  May ph 1 1 1 3
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 8 11 8
Houston 200 300 000 000 319215
San Francisco 400 000 001 000 308114
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   8.1 7 5 0 1 5
  LaCorte   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith   2.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Andujar  W (2-3) 1.0 1 3 0 1 1
  Ruhle  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
14.0
11
8
0
2
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley   3.2 8 5 5 1 2
  Holland   3.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Minton   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle   4.0 7 3 3 1 5
  Breining  L (1-1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
14.0
21
9
8
4
8

  E–Reynolds 3 (5), Garcia (3), Landestoy (4), North (3), LeMaster (5), Sadek 2 (2).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Cedeno (8,off Ripley); Heep (2,off Ripley); Pittman (1,off Ripley), San Francisco LeMaster (4,off Niekro); Sadek (2,off Niekro); Cabell (11,off Ruhle).  3B–Houston Woods (1,off Lavelle).  HR–San Francisco May (1,13th inning off Andujar 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Niekro (3,off Ripley); Garcia (2,off Minton); Landestoy (4,off Lavelle); Holland (4,off Niekro); Sadek (2,off Niekro); Stennett (1,off D Smith).  SF–Wohlford (1,off LaCorte).  HBP–Clark (1,by D Smith).  SB–Puhl (14,2nd base off Ripley/Sadek); Garcia (1,2nd base off Ripley/Sadek); Landestoy (4,2nd base off Breining/Sadek); Cabell (4,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby); Herndon (11,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby).  CS–Pittman (3,2nd base by Lavelle/Sadek); Lavelle (1,2nd base by D Smith/Ashby).  WP–Niekro (4), D Smith (3).  BK–Ripley (1).  HBP–D Smith (2,Clark).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–4:33.  A–8,869.
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