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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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