Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 13, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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 Diego Padres 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman 1b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 2 0
Howe 3b 4 0 0 0
Pujols c 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 3 1 1 0
Thon ss 3 0 1 0
Knepper p 1 0 1 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 1
  Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 1 2 1
Bonilla 2b 5 1 2 1
Richards lf 4 2 1 1
Kennedy c 3 2 2 3
Salazar 3b 4 0 2 1
Bass 1b 3 0 0 1
Jones cf 2 2 2 0
Moreno rf 3 1 1 0
  Lefebvre rf 0 0 0 0
Welsh p 3 0 0 0
  Lucas p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 8
Houston 000 010 000161
San Diego 002 201 31x9122
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (5-2) 4.0 5 4 4 2 2
  Sprowl   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
  LaCorte   2.0 6 4 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
5
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh  W (4-4) 7.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Lucas   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5

  E–Cruz (3), Kennedy 2 (9).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Thon (4,off Welsh), San Diego Moreno (1,off Knepper); Kennedy (13,off Knepper); Salazar (9,off Sprowl); Richards (8,off LaCorte); Jones (18,off LaCorte); Smith (5,off LaCorte).  SF–Bass (1,off Sprowl).  CS–Cedeno (6,2nd base by Welsh/Kennedy); Bonilla (5,2nd base by Knepper/Pujols).  SB–Richards (12,2nd base off Knepper/Pujols).  WP–LaCorte (5).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:29.  A–4,899.
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