San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 11, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1981 at Astrodome. 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)
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San Francisco Giants 0, Houston Astros 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
Leonard cf 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 2 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 0 0 0 0
  Tufts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 3 1 1 0
Garner 2b 5 0 2 0
Cedeno 1b 4 2 1 0
  Spilman 1b 1 0 0 0
Cruz lf 5 1 3 1
Howe 3b 3 1 1 1
Woods rf 5 0 1 2
Garcia ss 4 1 2 1
Pujols c 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 4 0 2 1
Totals 38 6 13 6
San Francisco 000 000 000–051
Houston 103 100 10x–6130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (8-6) 3.0 8 5 5 2 0
  Breining   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ripley   3.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Tufts   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (8-8) 9.0 5 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
6
  E–Evans (13).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Garcia (5,off Ripley).  SB–Garcia (2,2nd base off Ripley/May).  WP–Tufts (1).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:30.  A–23,677.
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