San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1981 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres 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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San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Richards lf 3 1 0 0
Salazar 3b,rf 4 1 1 1
Evans 1b 3 0 1 1
  Perkins ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 2 0
Edwards rf 3 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Wise p 1 0 0 0
  Flannery 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Scott cf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 0
Howe 3b 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 1 1
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
San Diego 200 000 000252
Houston 010 000 000140
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (4-8) 6.2 4 1 0 1 1
  Lucas  SV (12) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (9-5) 7.0 5 2 2 2 6
  Smith   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–Smith (15), Bonilla (11).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Diego Kennedy (24,off Knepper).  3B–San Diego Salazar (6,off Knepper), Houston Cruz (5,off Wise).  SF–Reynolds (1,off Wise).  CS–Bonilla (8,2nd base by Knepper/Ashby).  SB–Scott (17,2nd base off Wise/Kennedy).  WP–Lucas (1).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:19.  A–34,732.
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