Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 9, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1982 at Jack Murphy Stadium. 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)
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Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 5 2 2 0
Puhl rf 4 0 1 1
Knight 1b 4 0 3 1
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 2 2 2
Howe 3b 4 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 3 0 1 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 1 2 0
Gwynn cf 4 0 1 1
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Lezcano rf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 1 1 0
Salazar 3b 4 1 2 0
Flannery 2b 4 0 1 0
Montefusco p 2 0 0 0
  Lefebvre ph 1 0 0 0
  Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 3 7 2
Houston 100 111 0004102
San Diego 001 000 002370
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (11-8) 7.2 5 1 1 3 1
  Roberge   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (9) 1.0 2 2 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
1
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (9-7) 7.0 9 4 4 1 4
  Eichelberger   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
5

  E–Knight (13), Garner (14).  2B–Houston Puhl (13,off Montefusco), San Diego Gwynn (3,off Sutton); Salazar (10,off Sutton); Perkins (6,off Smith).  3B–Houston Thon (9,off Montefusco), San Diego Richards (5,off Sutton).  HR–Houston Ashby 2 (7,4th inning off Montefusco 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Montefusco 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bevacqua (4,off Smith).  SB–Garner (18,2nd base off Eichelberger/Kennedy).  CS–Salazar (7,3rd base by Sutton/Ashby).  T–2:23.  A–9,288.
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