Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 16, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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 3, San Diego Padres 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 5 1 2 2
Reynolds ss 5 0 0 0
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Walling lf 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Cedeno 1b 4 0 1 0
Howe 3b 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 2 2 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Richards lf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Bass 1b 2 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 3 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0
Mura p 2 0 1 0
  Edwards rf 0 0 0 0
  Moreno ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Houston 000 000 021390
San Diego 000 000 000020
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (7-6) 7.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Smith  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  L (4-9) 7.1 6 2 2 0 0
  Lucas   1.2 3 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  2B–Houston Howe (13,off Mura), San Diego Jones (19,off Niekro).  SH–Niekro 2 (6,off Mura 2).  HBP–Puhl (3,by Lucas).  HBP–Lucas (2,Puhl).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:16.  A–5,880.
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