| Lee May smashed two homers and Johnny Edwards added one to lead the Astros' attack in a 6-1 victory over the Giants. May also doubled and scored the Astros' first run on a single by Bob Watson in the second inning. May's homers in the fourth and sixth came off Juan Marichal. Edwards socked his off Don McMahon in the ninth. [The Sporting News] |
Houston Astros 6, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Friday, August 4, 1972 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 - 6 11 0 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 3 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Metzger ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .213 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .265 Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Wynn rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Speier ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .269 May 1b 4 3 3 2 0 0 .295 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Watson lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .305 Fuentes 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .261 Edwards c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .241 Rader c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Rader 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .247 Arnold 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .221 Helms 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Howarth ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Reuss p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Henderson lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .206 Gladding p 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Marichal p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Williams ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .190 McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 36 6 11 6 1 2 Totals 31 1 6 1 3 6 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 6,331 Left on Base: Astros 5, Giants 6 DP: Astros 2, Giants 1 Errors: Maddox, Speier, Arnold Doubles: May (21), McCovey (6), Henderson (9) Triples: Rader (4) Home Runs: May 2 (24), Edwards (5) Stolen Bases: Helms (2) Caught Stealing: Cedeno (12) Sacrifice Flies: Gladding (1) GIDP: Edwards (4), Rader 2 (7) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss W(8-8) 7 4 1 1 3 5 0 27 3.72 Gladding SV(9) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.78 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 6 0 34 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Marichal L(4-12) 5.1 8 4 4 0 0 2 23 3.60 Moffitt 2.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 3.07 McMahon 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 6 3.16 Totals 9 11 6 6 1 2 3 38 Wild Pitches: Moffitt (5) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas ASTROS 1ST: Metzger flied out to center; Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Wynn made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Maddox grounded out (second to first); Speier singled to left; McCovey doubled to left [Speier to third]; Fuentes popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: May doubled to left; Watson singled to center [May scored]; Edwards grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Watson out at second]; Rader reached on an error by Arnold [Rader to second]; Helms made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Arnold was called out on strikes; Henderson doubled to center; Marichal flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Reuss grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bonds flied out to center; Maddox popped to catcher in foul territory; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Wynn flied out to center; May homered; Watson grounded out (second to first); Edwards flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey made an out to shortstop; Fuentes walked; Rader struck out; Arnold struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 5TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Helms singled to center; Helms stole second; Reuss popped to catcher in foul territory; Metzger singled to center [Helms scored, Metzger to third (error by Maddox)]; Cedeno made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Henderson flied out to right; Marichal made an out to second; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn flied out to center; May homered; Watson singled to right; MOFFITT REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING); Moffitt threw a wild pitch [Watson to second]; Edwards grounded out (second to first); Rader was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier flied out to center; McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. ASTROS 7TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Reuss struck out; Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes walked; Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at second]; Arnold grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn walked; May grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wynn to second]; Watson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 8TH: Henderson singled to left; B. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; B. Williams walked [Henderson to second]; GLADDING REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Bonds struck out; Maddox singled to pitcher [Henderson to third, B. Williams to second]; Speier forced B. Williams (third unassisted) [Henderson scored, Maddox to second]; McCovey flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 1. ASTROS 9TH: MCMAHON REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Edwards homered; Rader tripled to center; Helms flied out to right; Gladding hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rader scored]; Metzger singled to shortstop [Metzger to second (error by Speier)]; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Fuentes singled to pitcher; Rader grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at second]; HOWARTH BATTED FOR ARNOLD; Howarth made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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