Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 31, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 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 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 2 1
Walling cf 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Heep 1b 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 1 0
Roberts 3b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0
Herndon lf 5 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
Martin cf 3 1 0 0
Stennett 2b 3 1 2 1
  Pettini pr,2b 0 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 1 2 1
Sadek c 3 0 1 2
Griffin p 3 0 1 0
  Holland p 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 10 4
Houston 000 100 000162
San Francisco 100 200 21x6101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (4-3) 7.0 8 5 5 6 4
  Ruhle   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
6
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (4-3) 6.2 5 1 1 1 6
  Holland  SV (3) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
7

  E–Reynolds (6), Roberts (4), Griffin (2).  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Reynolds (5,off Griffin); Cruz (9,off Griffin), San Francisco Sadek (3,off Ryan); Clark (8,off Ryan).  IBB–Martin (1,by Ryan).  CS–Reynolds (1,3rd base by Griffin/Sadek).  SB–Cabell (5,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  WP–Ryan 3 (9).  BK–Ryan (1).  IBB–Ryan (1,Martin).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:34.  A–20,626.
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