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After being held hitless for four innings, the Giants erupted for four runs in the fifth and ended their eight-game losing streak by defeating the Astros, 5-2. Jim Ray Hart doubled for the first hit off Jerry Reuss, Dave Rader singled and both then scored on a double by Gary Matthews. San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Tuesday, September 26, 1972 (Night game) at AstrodomeGiants 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 5 5 2
Astros 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 2
Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Bonds rf 3 2 1 1 1 0 .253 Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 .225
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .260 Wynn rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .278
Speier ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .325
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .229 May 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .292
Hart 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304 Watson lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .311
Blanco 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350 Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .239
Maddox cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Helms 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .263
Rader c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .257 Howard c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .224
Matthews lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .214 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
McDowell p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .125 Reuss p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .109
Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .311
Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063
Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257
Totals 32 5 5 4 3 8 Totals 31 2 7 2 6 7
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 4,933
Left on Base: Giants 3, Astros 8
DP: Giants 2, Astros 1
Errors: Fuentes, Kingman, May, Watson
Doubles: Hart (5), Matthews (1)
Home Runs: Bonds (24), Watson (15)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (13)
Caught Stealing: Metzger (9), Cedeno (21)
GIDP: Hart (3), Alou (4), Cedeno (11)
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
McDowell W(9-8) 7 6 2 1 5 6 1 29 4.42
Sosa SV(1) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2.70
Totals 9 7 2 1 6 7 1 37
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Reuss L(9-13) 5 4 4 3 1 5 0 21 4.08
Griffin 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 8 3.36
Ray 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4.10
Totals 9 5 5 4 3 8 1 35
Wild Pitches: McDowell (11)
Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Jerry Dale
GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes flied
out to left; Speier reached on an error by May [Speier to
first]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Metzger walked; Wynn struck out; Metzger was caught
stealing second; Cedeno singled; Cedeno was caught stealing
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Hart grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out
to right; Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: May was called out on strikes; Watson homered; Rader
grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1.
GIANTS 3RD: Matthews made an out to first; McDowell was called
out on strikes; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Howard made an out to first; Reuss struck out;
Metzger singled; Wynn lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 1.
GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Speier struck
out; Kingman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); May reached on
an error by Fuentes [May to first]; Watson singled [May to
second]; Rader struck out; Helms singled to center [May scored
(unearned), Watson to third, Helms out at second (center to
second)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2.
GIANTS 5TH: Hart doubled; Maddox struck out; Rader singled [Hart
to third]; Matthews doubled [Hart scored, Rader scored];
McDowell struck out; Bonds walked; Fuentes singled to left
[Matthews scored, Bonds scored (error by Watson) (unearned) (no
RBI), Fuentes to third]; Speier grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 5TH: Howard singled; ALOU BATTED FOR REUSS; Alou grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Howard out at
second]; Metzger walked; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 2.
GIANTS 6TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Kingman struck
out; Hart grounded out (third to first); Maddox walked; Maddox
stole second; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4,
Astros 2.
ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno flied out to right; May grounded out (third
to first); Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 2.
GIANTS 7TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); McDowell
struck out; Bonds homered; Fuentes flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Rader walked; McDowell threw a wild pitch [Rader to
second]; Helms struck out; Howard flied out to right; JOHNSON
BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Johnson walked; Metzger flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 2.
GIANTS 8TH: RAY REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Speier walked;
Kingman flied out to left; Hart grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 8TH: BLANCO REPLACED HART (PLAYING 3B); Wynn walked; SOSA
REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Cedeno grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Wynn out at second]; May walked;
Watson singled [May to second]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 2.
GIANTS 9TH: Maddox made an out to second; Rader grounded out
(second to first); Matthews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Giants 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); CHILES
BATTED FOR HOWARD; Chiles reached on an error by Kingman [Chiles
to first]; MILLER BATTED FOR RAY; Miller flied out to center;
Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5,
Astros 2.
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