Sunday August 8, 1982
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San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 8, 1982 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Astros       0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  2
Giants       1  0  2    1  0  0    4  0  x  -   8  9  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thon ss               5   1   1   2     0   1   .262      Davis cf              5   2   2   0     0   0   .271
Puhl rf               5   0   1   1     0   1   .257      Kuiper 2b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .287
Knight 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .309      Clark rf              4   0   0   3     0   1   .258
Cruz lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .283      Smith 1b              3   1   1   2     1   1   .302
Heep 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .227        Bergman 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Garner 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Evans ss              3   0   1   1     1   0   .258
Knicely c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .204      May c                 4   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Scott cf              4   0   3   0     0   0   .261      Venable lf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .200
LaCoss p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      O'Malley 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .269
  Spilman ph          1   1   0   0     0   0   .217      Fowlkes p             2   1   0   0     0   1   .136
  Roberge p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lavelle p           1   1   0   0     0   0   .182
  Garcia ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .215        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .183

Totals               37   3  11   3     0   4             Totals               32   8   9   7     4   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 22,937
Left on Base: Astros 8, Giants 6
DP: Astros 2, Giants 0
Errors: Garner, LaCorte, Evans
Doubles: Garcia (5), Davis (19), Smith (6)
Triples: Thon (8)
Caught Stealing: Clark (7)
Sacrifice Hits: LaCoss (2), Kuiper (2), Minton (1)
GIDP: Evans (5), O'Malley (10)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCoss L(4-4)           4     5   4   3   1   1   0  18   3.26
Roberge                 2     0   0   0   1   3   0   7   8.10
LaCorte                 0.2   2   4   0   1   0   0   6   5.05
Smith                   1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   4.80
Totals                  8     9   8   3   4   4   0  38

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fowlkes                 4.2   5   3   3   0   0   0  19   5.56
Lavelle W(7-5)          3     5   0   0   0   3   0  13   2.78
Minton                  1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.93
Totals                  9    11   3   3   0   4   0  38

Passed Balls: Knicely (2)
Wild Pitches: LaCoss (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Vargo


ASTROS 1ST: Thon popped to shortstop; Puhl popped to shortstop;
Knight flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Davis doubled to left; Kuiper out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Davis to third]; Clark reached on a
fielder's choice [Davis scored]; Smith flied out to center;
Clark was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Heep
grounded out (first unassisted); Garner grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); May flied out
to right; Venable grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Knicely grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
singled to left; LaCoss out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Scott to second]; Thon popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: O'Malley grounded out (second to first); Fowlkes
struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Davis singled
to right [Fowlkes to second]; Kuiper singled to right [Davis to
third, Fowlkes scored]; Clark reached on an error by Garner
[Davis scored (RBI), Kuiper to third, Clark to second]; Smith
was walked intentionally; Evans grounded into a double play
(pitcher to catcher to first) [Kuiper out at home]; 2 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Puhl grounded out (pitcher to first); Knight
grounded out (second to first); Cruz singled to left; Heep flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: May singled to center; Venable singled to center
[May to second]; O'Malley grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [May to third, Venable out at second];
Knicely allowed a passed ball [May scored (unearned)]; Fowlkes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Garner singled to left; Knicely flied out to left;
Scott singled to right [Garner to second]; SPILMAN BATTED FOR
LACOSS; Spilman forced Scott (first to shortstop) [Garner to
third]; Thon tripled to center [Spilman scored, Garner scored];
LAVELLE REPLACED FOWLKES (PITCHING); Puhl singled to left [Thon
scored]; Knight singled to left [Puhl to third, Knight out at
second (left to second)]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: ROBERGE REPLACED SPILMAN (PITCHING); Davis grounded
out (second to first); Kuiper flied out to left; Clark struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz struck out; Heep grounded out (shortstop to
first); Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Smith struck out; Evans walked; May flied out to
left; Venable struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3,
Giants 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Knicely grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott lined
to third; GARCIA BATTED FOR ROBERGE; Garcia doubled to center;
Thon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: LACORTE REPLACED GARCIA (PITCHING); O'Malley singled
to center; Lavelle reached on an error by LaCorte [O'Malley to
second]; Davis flied out to center [O'Malley to third]; Kuiper
walked [Lavelle to second]; Clark grounded out (second to first)
[Kuiper to second, Lavelle to third, O'Malley scored
(unearned)]; Smith doubled to left [Kuiper scored (unearned),
Lavelle scored (unearned)]; SMITH REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING);
Evans singled to right [Smith scored (unearned)]; May forced
Evans (second to shortstop); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 3, Giants 8.

ASTROS 8TH: BERGMAN REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING 1B); Puhl grounded
out (second to first); Knight singled to center; Cruz singled to
third [Knight to second]; Heep struck out; MINTON REPLACED
LAVELLE (PITCHING); Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 8.

GIANTS 8TH: Venable walked; O'Malley singled to center [Venable
to second]; Minton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[O'Malley to second, Venable to third]; Davis flied out to
center; Kuiper flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
3, Giants 8.

ASTROS 9TH: Knicely flied out to right; Scott singled to second;
WALLING BATTED FOR SMITH; Walling grounded out (first
unassisted) [Scott to second]; Thon reached on an error by Evans
[Scott to third, Thon to first]; Puhl struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 8.



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