Garry Maddox singled and Gary Matthews tripled in the 10th inning to give the Giants a 2-1 victory over the Astros. The Giants counted their other run in the seventh on singles by Jim Barr, Tito Fuentes and Gary Thomasson before the Astros came back in their half to tie the score on a homer by Lee May. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 2, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Thursday, June      28, 1973 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  -   2 12  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   1  6  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Agee rf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Thomasson rf          5   0   3   1     0   0   .237      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .332      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Goodson 3b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .328      Watson lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .330
Matthews lf           5   0   3   1     0   0   .318      May 1b                4   1   1   1     0   0   .267
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     1   1   .273      Rader 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Kingman 1b            4   0   1   0     0   3   .200      Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Jutze c               3   0   2   0     1   0   .263
Barr p                4   1   1   0     0   2   .118      Roberts p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .139
                                                            Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Wynn ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .228

Totals               41   2  12   2     1   9             Totals               36   1   6   1     1   2

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 20,046
Left on Base: Giants 10, Astros 6
DP: Giants 0, Astros 0
Triples: Thomasson (2), Matthews (6)
Home Runs: May (10)
Caught Stealing: Kingman (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(6-7)            10     6   1   1   1   2   1  37   3.39
Totals                 10     6   1   1   1   2   1  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(7-5)          9.2  12   2   2   1   9   0  41   2.87
Ray                     0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.60
Totals                 10    12   2   2   1   9   0  42

Wild Pitches: Roberts (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer


GIANTS 1ST: Fuentes flied out to left; Thomasson singled; Maddox
forced Thomasson (shortstop to second); Goodson singled [Maddox
to third]; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger
lined to center; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier grounded out (third to first); Kingman struck
out; Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to center; May grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Barr struck out; Fuentes flied out to left;
Thomasson tripled; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms flied out to center; Jutze singled; Roberts
made an out to second; Agee forced Jutze (third to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson flied out to right; Matthews singled;
Roberts threw a wild pitch [Matthews to second]; Speier walked;
Kingman struck out; Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
grounded out (third to first); Watson singled; May flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Barr struck out; Fuentes grounded out (third to
first); Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader flied out to center; Helms singled; Jutze
walked [Helms to second]; Roberts made an out to shortstop; Agee
forced Jutze (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Maddox singled; Goodson forced Maddox (shortstop to
second); Matthews forced Goodson (third to second); Speier flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger flied out to center; Cedeno flied out to
center; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Kingman singled; Kingman was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Rader struck out; Barr singled; Fuentes
singled [Barr to second]; Thomasson singled [Barr scored,
Fuentes to third]; Maddox struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: May homered; Rader flied out to right; Helms
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jutze grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Goodson made an out to shortstop; Matthews singled;
Speier struck out; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Roberts made an out to shortstop; Agee made an out
to first; Metzger singled; Cedeno grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Rader flied out to center; Barr flied out to right;
Fuentes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: Watson struck out; May grounded out (third to
first); Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 1.

GIANTS 10TH: Thomasson made an out to second; Maddox singled;
Goodson struck out; Matthews tripled [Maddox scored]; RAY
REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Speier grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 10TH: Helms flied out to right; Jutze singled; WYNN
BATTED FOR RAY; Wynn flied out to left; Agee forced Jutze
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.