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Sending 14 men to bat, the Astros erupted for 10 runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Giants, 13-7. The Giants took a 7-3 lead with four runs in the eighth, three scoring on a homer by Dave Kingman. Houston Astros 13, San Francisco Giants 7Game Played on Sunday, April 23, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 - 13 17 2
Giants 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 - 7 7 2
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Metzger ss 5 2 2 1 1 0 .133 Speier ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .212
Cedeno cf 6 2 5 3 0 0 .444 Fuentes 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .308
Wynn rf 4 1 1 1 2 0 .303 Mays cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .125
May 1b 5 1 1 3 1 3 .294 Bonds rf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .306
Watson lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .321 Kingman 3b 2 2 1 3 2 0 .229
Rader 3b 5 1 0 0 0 2 .281 Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152
Helms 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .182 Howarth 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .143
Edwards c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .304 Rader c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .250
Dierker p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Healy c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Miller ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Rosario ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alou ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 45 13 17 12 4 7 Totals 34 7 7 7 4 2
Time of Game: 3:02 Attendance: 40,821
Left on Base: Astros 9, Giants 5
DP: Astros 1, Giants 0
Errors: May, Rader, Speier 2
Doubles: Edwards (3), Miller (1), Cedeno (4), Fuentes 2 (3)
Home Runs: Watson (2), May (2), Speier (1), Kingman (2)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (4), Kingman (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (1)
GIDP: Speier (1)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker 7 6 6 6 3 1 1 31 5.14
Culver W(1-0) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 2.25
Gladding SV(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Totals 9 7 7 7 4 2 2 39
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Stone 5 5 2 1 2 5 0 22 1.59
Barr 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 13 4.32
Johnson 0 2 4 4 2 0 0 4 7.71
McMahon L(0-1) 0.1 3 3 3 0 1 1 4 4.76
Morris 0.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 4.50
Totals 9 17 13 9 4 7 2 49
Passed Balls: Healy (2)
Wild Pitches: Dierker (1)
Balks: Stone (1)
Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt
ASTROS 1ST: Metzger singled to right; Cedeno singled to pitcher
[Metzger to second]; Wynn flied out to center [Metzger to third,
Cedeno to second]; May was walked intentionally; Watson struck
out; Stone balked [Metzger scored, Cedeno to third, May to
second]; Rader struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1,
Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Speier flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out
(second to first); Mays grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Helms was called out on strikes; Edwards flied out
to left; Dierker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Kingman
walked; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted) [Kingman to
second]; Howarth grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (third to first); Cedeno
singled to right; Cedeno stole second; Wynn walked; May struck
out; Watson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Rader singled to pitcher; On a bunt Stone forced
Rader (pitcher to shortstop); Speier grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Stone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Rader reached on an error by Speier [Rader to
first]; Helms popped to shortstop in foul territory; Edwards
doubled to right [Rader scored (unearned)]; Dierker grounded out
(third to first); Metzger singled to left [Edwards out at home
(left to catcher)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2,
Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Mays
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); Wynn made an
out to second; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2,
Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Kingman walked; Henderson struck out; Kingman stole
second; Howarth walked; Dierker threw a wild pitch [Kingman to
third, Howarth to second]; Rader grounded out (second to first)
[Kingman scored, Howarth stayed at second]; ROSARIO BATTED FOR
STONE; Rosario flied out to right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros
2, Giants 1.
ASTROS 6TH: BARR REPLACED ROSARIO (PITCHING); Watson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); Helms singled to center; Edwards singled to center
[Helms to second]; Dierker made an out to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 1.
GIANTS 6TH: Speier homered; Fuentes doubled to left; Mays
reached on an error by May [Fuentes to third, Mays to first];
Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fuentes scored]; Kingman
made an out to second; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3.
ASTROS 7TH: Metzger flied out to left; Cedeno singled to center;
Cedeno stole second; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); May
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2,
Giants 3.
GIANTS 7TH: Howarth made an out to second; Rader flied out to
right; Barr reached on an error by Rader [Barr to second];
Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 3.
ASTROS 8TH: Watson homered; Rader flied out to center; Helms
grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards flied out to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 3.
GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes doubled to right; Mays singled to center
[Fuentes to third]; Bonds singled to second [Fuentes scored,
Mays to second]; CULVER REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Kingman
homered [Mays scored, Bonds scored]; Henderson popped to third
in foul territory; Howarth struck out; Rader walked; ARNOLD
BATTED FOR BARR; Arnold made an out to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 7.
ASTROS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); HEALY REPLACED
RADER (PLAYING C ); MILLER BATTED FOR CULVER; Miller doubled to
center; Metzger walked; Cedeno doubled to center [Miller scored,
Metzger scored]; Healy allowed a passed ball [Cedeno to third];
Wynn walked; MCMAHON REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); May homered
[Cedeno scored, Wynn scored]; Watson singled to left; Rader was
called out on strikes; Helms singled to center [Watson to
second]; MORRIS REPLACED MCMAHON (PITCHING); Edwards reached on
an error by Speier [Watson to third, Helms to second, Edwards to
first]; ALOU BATTED FOR MILLER; Alou singled to right [Watson
scored, Helms scored, Edwards to third]; Metzger grounded out
(third to first) [Edwards scored (unearned), Alou to second];
Cedeno singled to center [Alou scored (unearned), Cedeno to
second (on throw)]; Wynn singled to right [Cedeno scored
(unearned)]; May flied out to right; 10 R (7 ER), 8 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Astros 13, Giants 7.
GIANTS 9TH: GLADDING REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Speier grounded
out (shortstop to first); Fuentes flied out to left; Mays
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 13,
Giants 7.
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