San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 31, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1982 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 1
May c 4 0 1 1
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Smith 1b 2 1 1 0
  Sularz ss 2 0 0 0
Evans ss,1b 2 1 1 0
Leonard lf 4 1 1 2
O'Malley 3b 4 1 1 0
Laskey p 2 0 0 0
  Kuiper ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 5 1 1 1
Puhl cf 4 0 1 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 1 1
Knight 1b 4 1 1 1
Cruz lf 3 0 1 1
Heep rf 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Howe 3b 4 1 2 0
Knicely c 4 0 2 0
  Reynolds pr 0 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Cappuzzello p 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph,cf 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
San Francisco 050 000 000571
Houston 001 010 0024101
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Laskey  W (9-8) 6.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Holland   2.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Minton  SV (17) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (5-7) 1.0 5 5 5 0 0
  Cappuzzello   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Smith   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Moffitt   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
2
7

  E–Smith (2).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Leonard (3,off Ruhle), Houston Puhl (10,off Laskey); Cruz (21,off Laskey); Garner (21,off Laskey); Thon (15,off Laskey).  HR–San Francisco Clark (19,2nd inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Thon (17,2nd base off Holland/May); Scott (15,2nd base off Minton/May).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:38.
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