Sunday August 6, 1972
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San Francisco Giants 6, Houston Astros 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 6, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Astros 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Giants 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 x - 6 11 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Bonds rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .264 Fenwick ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Maddox cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Cedeno cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .352 Speier ss 2 1 1 1 1 1 .268 Wynn rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .278 Goodson 1b 3 0 2 2 0 0 .288 May 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .296 Kingman 3b 4 1 1 1 0 3 .215 Watson lf 4 0 3 0 0 1 .309 Rader c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Henderson lf 4 2 3 1 0 1 .215 Howard c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .217 Willoughby p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Edwards ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Griffin p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Totals 35 2 9 2 1 6 Totals 32 6 11 5 1 10 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 16,478 Left on Base: Astros 7, Giants 6 DP: Astros 0, Giants 0 Errors: Willoughby Doubles: May (23), Henderson (11), Maddox (20) Triples: Cedeno (6) Home Runs: Cedeno (16), Speier (12), Henderson (8), Kingman (23) Stolen Bases: Bonds (25), Henderson 2 (9) Sacrifice Hits: Speier (3), Willoughby (1) Hit by Pitch: Goodson (1,by Griffin) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin L(3-3) 4 7 4 4 1 5 2 20 2.81 Culver 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 9 3.18 Forsch 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 4.09 Totals 8 11 6 6 1 10 3 36 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Willoughby W(1-0) 9 9 2 2 1 6 1 36 2.00 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 6 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Griffin (2) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Tom Gorman ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Cedeno homered; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); May made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to center; Bonds stole second; Maddox grounded out (third to first) [Bonds to third]; Speier walked; Goodson singled to center [Bonds scored, Speier to third]; Kingman struck out; Rader flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1. ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; Rader reached on an error by Willoughby [Rader to second]; Helms grounded out (third to first); Howard was walked intentionally; Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 2ND: Fuentes singled to center; Fuentes was picked off first (pitcher to first to shortstop); Henderson doubled to right; Willoughby struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (catcher unassisted); Wynn singled to right; May doubled to left [Wynn to third, May out at third (third unassisted)]; Lee May out on appeal for missing 3B; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 3RD: Maddox struck out; Speier homered; Goodson was hit by a pitch; Kingman struck out; Rader grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 2. ASTROS 4TH: Watson singled to right [Watson out at second (right to shortstop)]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes made an out to second; Henderson homered; Willoughby grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 3. ASTROS 5TH: Howard flied out to right; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 3. GIANTS 5TH: FENWICK REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING SS); Maddox doubled to left; CULVER REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Speier out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Maddox to third]; Goodson singled to left [Maddox scored]; Kingman was called out on strikes; Rader singled to center [Goodson to second]; Fuentes was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 4. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno tripled to center; Wynn singled to left [Cedeno scored]; May flied out to left; Watson singled to pitcher [Wynn to second]; Rader flied out to center; Helms forced Watson (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 4. GIANTS 6TH: Henderson singled to right; Willoughby out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Henderson to second]; Henderson stole third; Henderson stole home; Bonds struck out; Maddox grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 5. ASTROS 7TH: EDWARDS BATTED FOR HOWARD; Edwards made an out to second; STEWART BATTED FOR CULVER; Stewart grounded out (pitcher to first); Fenwick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 5. GIANTS 7TH: FORSCH REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Speier was called out on strikes; Goodson grounded out (second to first); Kingman homered; Rader grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 6. ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn struck out; May singled to center; Watson singled to pitcher [May to second]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 6. GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes made an out to third; Henderson struck out; Willoughby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 6. ASTROS 9TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards struck out; MILLER BATTED FOR FORSCH; Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 6.

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