Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
June 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. 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)
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Houston Astros 2, San Diego Padres 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 2 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 1
Cedeno 1b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Howe 3b 3 0 0 0
Woods cf 3 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 1 0
  Landestoy pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Pittman 2b 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 1 0
Bonilla 2b 1 1 0 0
Richards lf 3 0 0 0
Salazar cf 4 0 1 1
Perkins 1b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 2 0
Edwards rf 4 0 0 0
Welsh p 3 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
  Swisher ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Houston 000 000 002241
San Diego 100 000 000160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.0 6 1 1 3 3
  LaCorte  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sambito  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh  L (2-4) 8.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Armstrong   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Boone   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
1

  E–Cedeno (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Salazar (7,off Knepper).  3B–Houston Reynolds (8,off Welsh).  SH–Pittman (1,off Welsh); Bonilla (4,off Knepper).  IBB–Bonilla (1,by Knepper).  SB–Puhl (15,2nd base off Welsh/Kennedy); Evans (2,2nd base off Knepper/Pujols); Smith (15,2nd base off Knepper/Pujols).  IBB–Knepper (1,Bonilla).  T–2:19.  A–9,671.
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