Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 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 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Puhl rf 4 2 2 3
Cruz lf 1 0 1 1
  Walling pr,lf 3 1 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0
Howe 3b 3 0 1 1
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 0 1 0
Sutton p 3 1 2 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Richards lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 2 0
Bass 1b 3 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 2 0 0 0
Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Houston 103 000 010590
San Diego 000 000 000030
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (5-7) 8.0 3 0 0 1 6
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger  L (6-4) 3.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Urrea   3.0 2 0 0 3 0
  Curtis   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Lucas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Walling (4,off Curtis).  3B–Houston Cruz (2,off Eichelberger), San Diego Richards (8,off Sutton).  HR–Houston Puhl (3,3rd inning off Eichelberger 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Scott (3,off Eichelberger).  SB–Puhl (17,2nd base off Urrea/Kennedy).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–1:59.  A–5,852.
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