San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1981 at Astrodome. 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

San Diego Padres 1, Houston Astros 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Richards lf 3 0 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 1 2 1
Perkins 1b 2 0 0 0
Salazar rf 3 0 0 0
Flannery 3b 3 0 0 0
Eichelberger p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 1 1 0
Scott cf 4 0 2 0
Cruz lf 4 1 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 3 0 0 0
Howe 3b 4 0 1 1
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 1
San Diego 000 000 100161
Houston 000 000 101261
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger  L (8-8) 8.2 6 2 2 4 2
Totals
8.2
6
2
2
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   8.0 5 1 1 2 3
  Sambito  W (5-5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
3

  E–Eichelberger (7), Cedeno (5).  DP–San Diego 2, Houston 3.  2B–Houston Garner (9,off Eichelberger).  HR–San Diego Kennedy (2,7th inning off Niekro 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Smith (12,2nd base by Niekro/Ashby); Richards (8,2nd base by Niekro/Ashby).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:07.  A–21,576.
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