Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 10, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 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 6, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 2
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 5 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 5 2 3 0
Howe 3b 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 2
Pittman 2b 4 1 2 0
Sutton p 2 0 1 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 0
  Garcia ss 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 1
Cabell 1b 4 0 1 0
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 2 0
Evans 3b 5 1 3 1
Herndon lf 5 1 2 3
Martin cf 3 0 0 0
May c 4 0 2 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith ss 0 0 0 0
Alexander p 2 0 0 0
  Tufts p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Houston 000 100 2126100
San Francisco 201 000 0115112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   6.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Smith   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Sambito  W (2-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte  SV (3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   6.0 7 2 1 0 3
  Tufts   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Breining  L (2-2) 1.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Holland   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
2
4

  E–Morgan (3), Clark (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (11,off Breining); Walling (3,off Holland), San Francisco Herndon (10,off Sutton); Evans (6,off LaCorte).  HR–San Francisco Morgan (6,3rd inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out); Herndon (3,8th inning off D Smith 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Woods (3,off Breining).  SF–Woods (1,off Tufts).  SB–Cedeno (8,2nd base off Alexander/May).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–3:08.  A–11,115.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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