The Astros set a Houston club record for scoring in an 18-4 trouncing of the Giants. The Astros sent 14 men to bat and piled up 10 runs in the fourth inning on eight hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly. Houston Astros 18, San Francisco Giants 4Game Played on Wednesday, July 7, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 0 1 0 10 1 6 0 0 0 - 18 17 0 Giants 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 3 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Metzger ss 6 1 2 2 0 0 .218 Speier ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Morgan 2b 5 1 1 2 0 2 .250 Duffy ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .107 Ray p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Fuentes 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .277 Cedeno cf 6 2 3 4 0 1 .254 Mays 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Watson lf,1b 5 3 3 1 1 0 .293 Goodson ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .208 Menke 1b,2b 5 2 1 2 0 1 .255 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Rader 3b 4 3 1 1 2 0 .238 Henderson lf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .250 Wynn rf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .222 Dietz c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Schlueter lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibson c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Edwards c 5 2 2 1 0 1 .220 Rosario cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .260 Dierker p 3 1 0 1 0 0 .082 Gallagher 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Alou ph,lf,rf 2 1 2 2 0 0 .322 Stone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robertson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Carrithers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .183 Bryant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wicker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lanier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Totals 45 18 17 18 4 5 Totals 34 4 9 4 4 6 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 5,791 Left on Base: Astros 6, Giants 7 DP: Astros 2, Giants 0 Errors: Mays, Henderson, Bryant Doubles: Morgan (13), Cedeno 2 (19), Watson (14), Edwards (7), Wynn (9), Henderson (8) Triples: Fuentes (4) Stolen Bases: Rader (3), Wynn (8) Sacrifice Flies: Menke (4) GIDP: Stone (1), Gallagher (10) Hit by Pitch: Wynn (2,by Bryant) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dierker W(12-4) 5 8 4 4 3 2 0 24 2.41 Ray SV(2) 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 14 2.11 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 6 0 38 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone L(5-8) 3 5 5 5 1 3 0 15 3.86 Robertson 0.1 3 5 4 1 0 0 6 4.47 Carrithers 1.2 3 2 1 1 0 0 9 3.77 Bryant 0.1 3 6 3 1 1 0 7 2.91 McMahon 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.57 Hamilton 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.42 Totals 9 17 18 13 4 5 0 51 Hit by Pitch: Bryant (3) Wild Pitches: Ray (5), Stone (2), Carrithers (2) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Shag Crawford ASTROS 1ST: Metzger flied out to left; Morgan struck out; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Speier popped to third in foul territory; Fuentes flied out to left; Mays singled to center; Bonds made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson walked; Menke struck out; Stone threw a wild pitch [Watson to second]; Rader reached on a fielder's choice [Watson out at third (shortstop to third)]; Rader stole second; Wynn singled to left [Rader scored]; Wynn stole second; Edwards flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Henderson singled to right; Dietz singled [Henderson to third]; Rosario walked [Dietz to second]; Gallagher was called out on strikes; Stone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rosario out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Dierker flied out to center; Metzger grounded out (third to first); Morgan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled to center; Watson singled [Cedeno to third, Watson to second (on throw)]; Menke singled to left [Watson to third, Cedeno scored]; Rader singled to right [Menke to second, Watson scored]; ROBERTSON REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Wynn walked [Menke to third, Rader to second]; Edwards singled [Wynn to second, Rader to third, Menke scored]; Dierker reached on an error by Mays (assist by Speier) [Edwards to second, Wynn to third, Rader scored]; Metzger flied out to left; Morgan doubled [Dierker to third, Edwards scored, Wynn scored]; Cedeno doubled to left [Morgan scored, Dierker scored (unearned)]; CARRITHERS REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Watson doubled to left [Cedeno scored]; Carrithers threw a wild pitch [Watson to third]; Menke hit a sacrifice fly to left [Watson scored (unearned)]; Rader walked; Wynn flied out to center; 10 R (8 ER), 8 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Henderson singled to center; Dietz walked [Henderson to second]; Rosario singled to right [Dietz to second, Henderson scored]; Gallagher grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rosario out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 1. ASTROS 5TH: Edwards doubled to center; Dierker grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger singled to left [Edwards scored]; Morgan flied out to right; Cedeno flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 12, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: WILLIAMS BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Williams walked; Speier singled to left [Williams to second]; Fuentes tripled to center [Speier scored, Williams scored]; GOODSON BATTED FOR MAYS; Goodson struck out; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson doubled to right [Fuentes scored]; Dietz made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 12, Giants 4. ASTROS 6TH: GOODSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BRYANT REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); DUFFY REPLACED SPEIER (PLAYING SS); Watson singled to right; Menke reached on an error by Bryant [Watson to second]; Rader walked [Watson to third, Menke to second]; Wynn was hit by a pitch [Watson scored, Menke to third, Rader to second]; Edwards was called out on strikes; ALOU BATTED FOR DIERKER; Alou singled [Wynn to second, Rader scored, Menke scored (unearned)]; Metzger singled to left [Wynn scored, Alou to third (error by Henderson), Metzger to second]; MCMAHON REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Cedeno doubled to center [Metzger scored (unearned), Alou scored (unearned)]; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 6 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. GIANTS 6TH: ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RAY REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); MENKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); WATSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Rosario singled to center; Gallagher forced Rosario (shortstop to second); WICKER BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Wicker was called out on strikes; Duffy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. ASTROS 7TH: HAMILTON REPLACED WICKER (PITCHING); GIBSON REPLACED DIETZ (PLAYING C ); Menke made an out to first; Rader grounded out (third to first); Wynn doubled; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. GIANTS 7TH: SCHLUETER REPLACED WYNN (PLAYING LF); ALOU CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Goodson flied out to left; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. ASTROS 8TH: Alou singled; Metzger forced Alou (shortstop to second); Ray forced Metzger (pitcher to second); Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. GIANTS 8TH: Henderson walked; Gibson struck out; Rosario grounded out (first unassisted) [Henderson to second]; Ray threw a wild pitch [Henderson to third]; Gallagher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. ASTROS 9TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Menke flied out to left; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. GIANTS 9TH: LANIER BATTED FOR HAMILTON; Lanier flied out to left; Duffy struck out; Fuentes made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 18, Giants 4. |
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