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Don Wilson scattered seven hits and struck out 12 in pitching the Astros to a 3-1 victory over the Giants. A walk to Jim Wynn, singles by Lee May and Bob Watson and a sacrifice fly by Johnny Edwards gave the Astros two runs in the fourth inning. Wynn homered for the other run in the sixth. Ken Henderson, who had three hits for the Giants, scored their run on a double by Tito Fuentes in the seventh. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 1Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1972 (Night game) at AstrodomeGiants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 0 Astros 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 x - 3 4 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .256 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .348 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .266 Wynn rf 2 2 1 1 2 0 .279 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .220 May 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Henderson lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .242 Watson lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .305 Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .259 Edwards c 1 0 0 1 0 1 .261 Goodson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .288 Rader 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Rader c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Kingman 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .218 Wilson p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .089 Barr p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Howarth ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 1 12 Totals 27 3 4 3 2 5 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 28,296 Left on Base: Giants 5, Astros 5 DP: Giants 0, Astros 1 Doubles: Henderson (14), Fuentes (24) Triples: Henderson (2) Home Runs: Wynn (20) Stolen Bases: Rader (4) Sacrifice Flies: Edwards (6) GIDP: Maddox (5) Hit by Pitch: Edwards (1,by Barr), Rader (4,by Barr) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(4-6) 7 4 3 3 1 5 1 28 3.24 Johnson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.91 Totals 8 4 3 3 2 5 1 32 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilson W(8-8) 9 7 1 1 1 12 0 33 3.35 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 12 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Barr 2 (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Mel Steiner GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to right; Maddox grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; Speier struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger flied out to left; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey singled to right; Henderson flied out to left; Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted) [McCovey to second]; Rader singled to left [McCovey to third]; Kingman walked [Rader to second]; Barr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson was called out on strikes; Edwards was hit by a pitch; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox struck out; Speier was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson was called out on strikes; Metzger popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey struck out; Henderson tripled to left; Fuentes was called out on strikes; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Wynn walked; May singled to right [Wynn to third]; Watson singled to center [Wynn scored, May to third]; Edwards hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored]; Rader was hit by a pitch [Watson to second]; Helms flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. GIANTS 5TH: Kingman made an out to second; Barr struck out; Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. GIANTS 6TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier flied out to right; McCovey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn homered; May grounded out (third to first); Watson struck out; Edwards struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 7TH: Henderson doubled to right; Fuentes doubled to center [Henderson scored, Fuentes out at third (center to third)]; Rader flied out to right; Kingman popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: Rader singled to second; Rader stole second; Helms grounded out (third to first); Wilson grounded out (third to first); Metzger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 3. GIANTS 8TH: HOWARTH BATTED FOR BARR; Howarth flied out to right; Bonds struck out; Maddox was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn walked; May flied out to center; Watson forced Wynn (pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 3. GIANTS 9TH: Speier was called out on strikes; McCovey struck out; Henderson singled to center; GOODSON BATTED FOR FUENTES; Goodson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 3. |
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