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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 5, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 5 1 2 0
Garner 2b 2 2 1 0
Woods rf 4 0 1 0
  Walling ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 3 1
Howe 3b 4 1 1 1
Garcia ss 4 0 1 1
Heep 1b 4 0 1 1
  Loucks pr 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 2 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Wiggins lf 3 1 0 0
  Edwards ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 1 1 1
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 4 0 2 1
Salazar 3b 3 0 1 0
Flannery 2b 3 0 0 0
Lollar p 2 0 0 0
  Show p 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Houston 000 003 1015121
San Diego 000 200 000241
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (9-8) 7.0 4 2 0 0 1
  Sambito  SV (10) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
0
1
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (1-8) 6.2 10 4 4 4 1
  Show   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Armstrong   0.2 1 1 1 3 0
  Curtis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
7
2

  E–Sutton (2), Wiggins (1).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Pujols (3,off Lollar); Howe (21,off Lollar); Cruz (15,off Lollar).  SH–Sutton (4,off Lollar); Garner (6,off Armstrong).  IBB–Howe (6,by Lollar); Pujols (3,by Lollar).  SB–Garner (7,2nd base off Lollar/Kennedy); Wiggins (1,2nd base off Sutton/Pujols).  CS–Garcia (2,2nd base by Lollar/Kennedy); Garner (7,2nd base by Lollar/Kennedy).  WP–Lollar (7).  IBB–Lollar 2 (8,Howe,Pujols).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:35.  A–4,241.
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