San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 13, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 1b 5 0 2 0
LeMaster ss 5 0 1 0
Clark rf 5 0 2 0
Herndon lf 3 0 1 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Brenly c 3 0 0 0
  Evans ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Sularz 3b 2 0 0 0
  May ph,c 1 0 1 0
Pettini 2b 1 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan 2b 1 0 1 0
Alexander p 2 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 9 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 3 0 1 0
Garner 2b 3 1 0 0
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Walling 1b 3 1 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Garcia 3b 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 3 1
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 1 1
  Loucks pr 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
San Francisco 000 000 000091
Houston 100 000 11x373
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (8-7) 7.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Holland   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (8-3) 7.0 6 0 0 3 6
  LaCorte  SV (5) 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
3
8

  E–Herndon (5), Garcia 2 (10), Knepper (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Cabell (15,off Knepper), Houston Heep (3,off Alexander).  3B–Houston Reynolds (10,off Alexander).  SH–Alexander (3,off Knepper); Garner (5,off Alexander).  IBB–Garcia (3,by Holland).  WP–Alexander (3), Holland (3).  IBB–Holland (8,Garcia).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:32.  A–19,642.
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