Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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 5, San Diego Padres 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 3 1 2 2
Pittman 2b 5 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 5 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 2 1
Howe 3b 4 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 1 1 1
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 1 1 0
Ryan p 1 1 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 3 1 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 1
Richards lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Bass 1b 4 0 1 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 3 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0
Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 1 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Houston 131 000 000561
San Diego 100 000 000152
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (6-3) 6.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sambito   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (1-5) 2.1 5 5 4 3 0
  Curtis   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield   5.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Urrea   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
6
0

  E–Cedeno (3), Kennedy 2 (11).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Pujols (1,off Lollar).  3B–Houston Scott (3,off Urrea), San Diego Smith (1,off Ryan).  SB–Thon (5,2nd base off Lollar/Kennedy); Smith (17,2nd base off Ryan/Pujols).  WP–Lollar (5).  BK–Lollar (3).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:24.  A–8,414.
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