Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1981 at Candlestick Park. 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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Houston Astros 8, San Francisco Giants 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 5 1 2 0
Scott cf 4 2 2 1
  Loucks cf 1 0 0 0
Cruz lf 5 1 1 0
Walling 1b 5 0 2 0
Howe 3b 5 1 2 1
Ashby c 2 2 2 1
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 1
Ruhle p 3 0 2 2
Totals 38 8 14 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 4 1 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 1
Leonard lf 3 0 0 0
Martin cf 3 0 0 0
May c 2 0 0 0
  Rowland p 0 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Tufts p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Hargesheimer p 0 0 0 0
  Ransom c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston 031 110 1108140
San Francisco 100 000 000141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (4-4) 9.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (8-7) 2.0 6 4 4 1 0
  Tufts   3.0 2 2 1 1 3
  Hargesheimer   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Rowland   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
3
5

  E–Cabell (12).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Ruhle (1,off Griffin); Garner (8,off Griffin), San Francisco Cabell (18,off Ruhle).  HR–Houston Ashby (4,8th inning off Rowland 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ruhle (4,off Hargesheimer).  IBB–Puhl (3,by Hargesheimer).  SB–Scott (14,2nd base off Tufts/May).  CS–Cruz (7,2nd base by Tufts/May).  WP–Tufts (2).  IBB–Hargesheimer (1,Puhl).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:26.  A–11,522.
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