Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 5 0 1 1
Pittman 2b 5 1 2 0
Cedeno 1b 5 0 1 0
Cruz lf 5 1 2 1
Howe 3b 5 0 1 1
Pujols c 3 0 1 0
  Garcia pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Puhl rf 3 1 3 0
Thon ss 3 1 2 1
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Ashby c 0 0 0 0
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Smith D. p 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 14 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 4 1 1 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Evans 3b 4 1 1 2
Herndon lf 4 0 2 0
Martin cf 4 1 1 1
May c 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Breining p 1 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Houston 003 010 0105142
San Francisco 000 004 000471
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   5.2 6 4 4 0 4
  Sambito  W (3-3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith D.   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith B.  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   2.2 6 3 3 0 1
  Breining   2.1 4 1 0 1 0
  Holland  L (3-3) 2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Minton   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
2
2

  E–Garcia (5), Thon (5), Evans (9).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Thon 2 (3,off Blue,off Holland); Pittman (3,off Breining), San Francisco Cabell (12,off Ruhle).  HR–San Francisco Evans (10,6th inning off Ruhle 1 on, 1 out); Martin (3,6th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ruhle (2,off Blue); Puhl (3,off Holland); Holland (5,off Sambito); May (2,off B Smith).  SB–Pittman (2,2nd base off Blue/May).  CS–Scott (8,2nd base by Blue/May); Pittman (4,3rd base by Breining/May).  WP–Holland (2).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:51.  A–8,707.
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