Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 7, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1970 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 8, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0
Pepitone rf 3 0 1 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 0 0 0 0
  Bouton p 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 1 0 0
Menke ss 4 2 2 1
Davis lf 5 1 2 0
Rader 3b 3 1 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph,rf 1 1 1 3
Totals 35 8 9 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 2 1 0
Gallagher 3b 5 2 2 1
Mays cf 5 0 2 1
McCovey 1b 3 1 0 1
Henderson lf 3 0 2 2
Dietz c 5 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph 1 0 1 0
  Mason pr 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Houston 000 200 411891
San Francisco 100 020 2005101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (1-0) 6.0 5 3 2 4 3
  Billingham   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  DiLauro   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Bouton   0.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Gladding  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (0-1) 7.0 9 7 6 3 6
  McMahon   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Linzy   1.0 0 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
6
8

  E–Menke (1), Lanier (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Henderson 2 (2,off Dierker 2).  3B–San Francisco Gallagher (1,off Billingham).  HR–Houston Miller (1,7th inning off Perry 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Menke (1,off Linzy).  IBB–Morgan (1,by McMahon).  SB–Morgan (1,2nd base off Perry/Dietz); Wynn (1,2nd base off Linzy/Dietz).  WP–Perry 2 (2), McMahon (1).  IBB–McMahon (1,Morgan).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–3:22.  A–30,933.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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