Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1981 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros 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 2, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 3 0 2 1
  Woods ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 1
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0
Howe 3b 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 1 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 2 0
  Thon ph 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 1 0
  Loucks pr 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 2 3 0
Cabell 1b 4 0 2 2
Clark rf 2 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 3 0 0 1
Martin cf 4 1 3 1
May c 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 1
Alexander p 2 1 1 0
  Holland p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 12 5
Houston 000 020 000270
San Francisco 210 100 10x5120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (8-4) 4.0 8 4 4 2 0
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sambito   2.0 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
4
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (9-7) 6.1 7 2 2 1 3
  Holland  SV (7) 2.2 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco LeMaster (9,off Knepper); Morgan (13,off Sambito); Cabell (17,off Sambito); May (15,off Sambito).  SF–Herndon (2,off Knepper).  IBB–Clark (5,by Sambito); LeMaster (6,by Sambito).  SB–Martin (5,3rd base off Knepper/Ashby).  CS–Morgan (4,Home by Knepper/Ashby).  IBB–Sambito 2 (5,Clark,LeMaster).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:26.  A–8,183.
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