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Jack Billingham struck out 11 and J.R. Richard fanned 15 in his major league debut as the Astros tied the major league record for most strikeouts in a doubleheader with a total of 26 while defeating the Giants, 1-0 and 5-3. Richard, a rookie righthander from Oklahoma City (American Association), also tied the record set by Karl Spooner of the Dodgers against the Giants in 1954 for the most strikeouts by a pitcher in his first major league game. Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Geronimo rf,lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .273 Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .276
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Mays cf,1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .294
Watson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 McCovey 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Wynn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Rosario cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .165 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .299
Menke 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .259 Dietz c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .256
Edwards c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .231 Gallagher 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .293
Busse ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Billingham p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .133 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .107
Hart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Totals 35 1 6 0 1 6 Totals 30 0 5 0 2 11
Time of Game: 2:44
Left on Base: Astros 8, Giants 6
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Busse, Fuentes, Speier, Perry
Doubles: Geronimo (1), Cedeno (34)
Stolen Bases: Menke (4)
Caught Stealing: Mays (3), Dietz (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Rosario (3)
GIDP: Billingham (1)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Billingham W(7-14) 9 5 0 0 2 11 0 33 3.78
Totals 9 5 0 0 2 11 0 33
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Perry L(14-11) 8 6 1 0 1 5 0 32 3.02
J. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.43
Totals 9 6 1 0 1 6 0 36
Wild Pitches: Perry (6)
Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Dick Stello
ASTROS 1ST: Geronimo singled to right; Morgan grounded out
(first unassisted) [Geronimo to second]; ROSARIO REPLACED
MCCOVEY (PLAYING CF); MAYS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Cedeno grounded out (second to first) [Geronimo to third];
Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Fuentes struck out; Mays made
an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Menke singled to center;
Edwards singled to center [Menke to second]; Busse reached on an
error by Perry [Edwards to third, Menke scored (unearned)];
Perry threw a wild pitch [Busse to second]; Billingham was
called out on strikes; Geronimo struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Rosario struck out; Bonds struck out; Dietz singled
to center; Gallagher singled to right [Dietz to second]; Speier
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Morgan walked; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Morgan to second]; Watson made an out to second;
Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Perry grounded out (second to first); Henderson
grounded out (second to first); Fuentes grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Menke popped to first in foul territory; Edwards
singled to center; Busse reached on an error by Fuentes [Edwards
to second]; Billingham grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Busse out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Mays walked; Mays was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Rosario flied out to left; Bonds was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Geronimo doubled to left; Morgan popped to catcher
in foul territory; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Geronimo to third]; Watson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Dietz reached on an error by Busse; Dietz was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gallagher grounded out
(shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Menke was
called out on strikes; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 6TH: Perry struck out; Henderson struck out; Fuentes
singled; Mays singled to left [Fuentes to second]; Rosario
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros
1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Busse flied out to center; Billingham struck out;
Geronimo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 7TH: Bonds struck out; Dietz struck out; Gallagher popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1,
Giants 0.
ASTROS 8TH: Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Cedeno
doubled; Watson grounded out (second to first) [Cedeno to
third]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 8TH: WYNN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING RF); GERONIMO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Speier struck out; HART BATTED FOR
PERRY; Hart made an out to first; Henderson walked; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1,
Giants 0.
ASTROS 9TH: J. JOHNSON REPLACED HART (PITCHING); Menke reached
on an error by Speier; Menke stole second; Edwards struck out;
Busse made an out to second; Billingham grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 9TH: Mays singled to center; Rosario out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Mays to second]; Bonds was called out
on strikes; Dietz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
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