Jim Willoughby pitched the route and gained his first major league victory as the Giants won the nightcap of a doubleheader, 6-2, after losing the opener to the Astros, 7-3. Lee May drove in two runs with a single and double and also scored twice to lead the Astros' attack in the first game. Johnny Edwards reached base five straight times on three singles and two walks.

Chris Speier, Ken Henderson and Dave Kingman hit homers for the Giants in the second game and Ed Goodson drove in two runs with a pair of singles. With the victory, the Giants snapped a five-game losing streak and stopped the Astros on their four-game winning streak. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 7, San Francisco Giants 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    6, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  1  0    0  0  2    3  1  0  -   7 14  0
Giants       0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  6  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Metzger ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .216      Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .264
Cedeno cf             4   2   2   0     1   1   .350      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Wynn rf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .275      Speier ss             3   0   1   2     1   0   .267
May 1b                5   2   2   2     0   1   .294      McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Watson lf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .304      Kingman 3b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .215
Edwards c             3   0   3   1     2   0   .258      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Rader 3b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .243      Rader c               3   1   1   1     1   0   .255
Helms 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .207
Dierker p             3   1   1   0     0   0   .192      Barr p                2   1   1   0     0   0   .167
  Ray p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .071        Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .256
                                                            McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               40   7  14   5     3   5             Totals               32   3   6   3     2   6

Time of Game: 2:36
Left on Base: Astros 10, Giants 5
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Fuentes 2
Doubles: May (22), Wynn (21), Speier (20), Henderson (10)
Home Runs: Rader (5)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (36), Metzger (17)
Caught Stealing: Edwards (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (9), Maddox (3)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker W(10-6)         6.1   6   3   3   1   3   1  26   3.33
Ray SV(7)               2.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   9   3.53
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   6   1  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(4-5)             7    11   6   4   3   1   0  35   3.20
McMahon                 2     3   1   1   0   4   0   9   3.21
Totals                  9    14   7   5   3   5   0  44

Wild Pitches: Dierker (3)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Andy Olsen


ASTROS 1ST: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
grounded out (third to first); Wynn grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to
first); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: May doubled to left; Watson grounded out (second to
first) [May to third]; Edwards singled to center [May scored];
Rader struck out while Edwards was caught stealing second
(catcher to second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey popped to third in foul territory; Kingman
struck out; Fuentes singled to center; Rader walked [Fuentes to
second]; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (second to first); Dierker made
an out to second; Metzger singled to center; Cedeno singled to
third [Metzger to second]; Wynn forced Cedeno (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Barr singled to left; Bonds singled to left [Barr to
second]; Maddox out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Barr
to third, Bonds to second]; Speier doubled to center [Barr
scored, Bonds scored]; Dierker threw a wild pitch [Speier to
third]; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 4TH: May flied out to left; Watson flied out to right;
Edwards singled to center; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Rader grounded out
(first unassisted); Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Helms flied out to right; Dierker flied out to
right; Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Barr grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 6TH: On a bunt Cedeno singled; Wynn flied out to right;
Cedeno stole second; May singled to left [Cedeno scored, May to
second (on throw)]; Watson singled to right [May scored, Watson
to second (on throw)]; Edwards was walked intentionally; Rader
popped to catcher in foul territory; Helms forced Edwards (third
to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey
grounded out (second to first); Kingman popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Dierker singled to left; Metzger out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Dierker to second]; Cedeno was walked
intentionally; Wynn singled to left [Dierker to third, Cedeno to
second]; May reached on an error by Fuentes [Dierker scored
(RBI), Cedeno scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wynn to second, May to
first]; Watson forced May (third to second) [Wynn scored (error
by Fuentes) (unearned) (no RBI), Watson to second]; Edwards was
walked intentionally; Rader singled to third [Watson to third,
Edwards to second]; Helms forced Edwards (pitcher to third); 3 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Rader homered;
Henderson doubled to right; HOWARTH BATTED FOR BARR; RAY
REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Howarth struck out; Bonds struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 8TH: MCMAHON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Ray struck out;
Metzger singled to center; Metzger stole second; Cedeno struck
out; Wynn doubled to center [Metzger scored]; May struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Maddox made an out to second; Speier walked; McCovey
made an out to shortstop; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 7, Giants 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Watson struck out; Edwards singled to left; Rader
flied out to center; Helms flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 7, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Fuentes lined to pitcher; Rader flied out to right;
Henderson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7,
Giants 3.