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Friday September 7, 1973
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San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Astros 6

Game Played on Friday, September 7, 1973 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Astros       0  4  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  3
Giants       1  0  0    1  0  0    2  5  x  -   9 12  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gallagher rf          5   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .299
Torres ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .093      Fuentes 2b            5   1   1   1     0   0   .285
  Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Maddox cf             5   3   3   3     0   0   .316
Cedeno cf             4   1   1   2     1   0   .314      McCovey 1b            5   0   3   1     0   0   .271
Watson lf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .318      Matthews lf           5   0   2   1     0   1   .302
Rader 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .252      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
May 1b                4   1   1   2     0   1   .265      Kingman 3b            3   2   1   1     1   1   .210
Edwards c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .243      Rader c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .226
Helms 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .286        Sadek pr,c          0   1   0   0     0   0   .140
  Sutherland 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Bradley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Roberts p             3   0   1   2     0   0   .133        Willoughby p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .160
  Forsch p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .065        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howarth ph          0   1   0   0     1   0   .190
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083

Totals               35   6   9   6     3   4             Totals               36   9  12   7     4   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  4,925
Left on Base: Astros 6, Giants 8
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Torres, Watson, Rader, Rader
Doubles: Roberts (2), McCovey 2 (11), Bonds (29), Maddox (26)
Home Runs: May (26), Cedeno (20), Kingman (19)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (48)
Sacrifice Hits: Torres (2), Willoughby (3)
GIDP: Roberts (3)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 6.1  10   4   4   1   4   1  31   2.80
Forsch L(9-12)          0.2   0   3   3   3   1   0   5   4.29
Ray                     1     2   2   0   0   0   0   5   4.46
Totals                  8    12   9   7   4   5   1  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley                 1.1   5   4   4   0   0   1   9   3.72
Willoughby              3     3   2   2   1   0   1  12   4.81
Moffitt                 1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.44
McMahon W(3-0)          2     0   0   0   2   1   0   9   1.59
Sosa SV(16)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.89
Totals                  9     9   6   6   3   4   2  39

Wild Pitches: McMahon (3)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jerry Dale


ASTROS 1ST: Gallagher grounded out (pitcher to first); Torres
popped to first in foul territory; Cedeno flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (second to
first); Maddox singled to left; McCovey singled to center
[Maddox to second]; Matthews singled [Maddox scored, McCovey to
second]; Speier made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
singled to center; May homered [Rader scored]; Edwards singled;
Helms singled to center [Edwards to second]; Roberts doubled to
right [Edwards scored, Helms scored]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
BRADLEY (PITCHING); Gallagher flied out to center; Torres
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Rader reached on an error by
Torres [Rader to first]; Willoughby out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Rader to second]; Bonds walked; Fuentes flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson walked;
Rader flied out to center; May made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Maddox grounded out (second to first); McCovey
grounded out (second to first); Matthews singled to right;
Speier struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Edwards singled; Helms flied out to right; Roberts
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants
1.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman homered; Rader grounded out (second to
first); Willoughby struck out; Bonds flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Gallagher singled to center; Torres out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gallagher to second]; Cedeno
homered [Gallagher scored]; MOFFITT REPLACED WILLOUGHBY
(PITCHING); Watson flied out to right; Rader struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes flied out to right; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); McCovey doubled to left; Matthews popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6,
Giants 2.

ASTROS 6TH: May struck out; Edwards flied out to right; Helms
singled; Roberts popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier flied out to left; Kingman flied out to left;
Rader singled to left; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ontiveros
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6,
Giants 2.

ASTROS 7TH: MCMAHON REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Gallagher
flied out to right; Torres grounded out (third to first); Cedeno
walked; Cedeno stole second [Cedeno to third (error by Rader)];
Watson walked; Rader popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds doubled to center; Fuentes flied out to left;
Maddox doubled to center [Bonds scored]; McCovey doubled to left
[Maddox scored]; FORSCH REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Matthews
struck out; Speier flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 4.

ASTROS 8TH: May made an out to pitcher; Edwards flied out to
center; Helms struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch;
Forsch grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: SUTHERLAND REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING 2B); Kingman
walked; Rader walked [Kingman to second]; SADEK RAN FOR RADER;
HOWARTH BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Howarth walked [Kingman to third,
Sadek to second]; RAY REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Bonds flied
out to left; Fuentes singled to center [Kingman scored, Sadek to
third, Howarth to second]; Maddox singled to left [Sadek scored,
Howarth scored, Fuentes scored (error by Watson) (unearned) (no
RBI), Maddox scored (error by Rader) (unearned) (no RBI)];
McCovey made an out to shortstop; Matthews made an out to third;
5 R (3 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 9.

ASTROS 9TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED
HOWARTH (PITCHING); Gallagher struck out; STEWART BATTED FOR
TORRES; Stewart flied out to left; Cedeno made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 9.



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