Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1986 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 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
  Walker cf 0 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 2 2 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass cf,rf 4 1 2 1
Walling lf 3 1 1 0
Bailey c 2 0 0 0
  Ashby ph,c 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 0 0 1
Ryan p 3 0 1 2
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 5 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 3 1 2 0
Leonard lf 3 0 0 0
Brenly 3b 4 0 2 1
Melvin c 4 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Uribe ss 2 0 1 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
  Wellman pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Gulden ph 1 0 0 0
Mason p 2 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Houston 021 000 001471
San Francisco 000 000 010171
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (2-1) 7.2 6 1 0 3 9
  Smith  SV (3) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
3
10
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  L (0-1) 7.0 5 3 3 2 5
  Robinson   2.0 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
8

  E–Garner (2), Leonard (1).  2B–Houston Bass (1,off Mason); Garner (2,off Mason), San Francisco Youngblood (1,off Ryan).  CS–Bass (2,2nd base by Mason/Melvin); Doran (2,2nd base by Mason/Melvin); Gladden (3,2nd base by Ryan/Bailey).  SB–Uribe (3,2nd base off Ryan/Bailey).  WP–Ryan (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:45.  A–3,590.
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