Houston Astros 9, San Francisco Giants 7
Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       3  0  0    0  3  0    0  1  2  -   9  9  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  3  0    0  3  1  -   7  7  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wynn rf               3   3   2   2     2   0   .218      Bonds rf              5   1   0   1     0   1   .296
Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   2     0   0   .333      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     1   0   .284
Cedeno cf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .313      Maddox cf             3   1   0   0     2   0   .314
Watson lf             3   1   1   1     1   1   .318      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .271
  Metzger pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .257        Willoughby pr       0   1   0   0     0   0   .160
  Gallagher lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Howarth 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Rader 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .251        Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
May 1b                4   0   2   3     0   1   .267      Matthews lf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .301
Jutze c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Speier ss             2   1   1   1     2   0   .251
Torres ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .086      Kingman 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .208
Richard p             3   1   1   0     0   1   .179      Rader c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .227
  Wilson p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .192        Sadek pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .140
  Easler pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Bryant p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .141
  Pizarro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
  Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ontiveros ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
                                                            Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
                                                            Bradley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Arnold ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .306

Totals               34   9   9   9     4   5             Totals               33   7   7   6     7   6

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  7,308
Left on Base: Astros 3, Giants 6
DP: Astros 1, Giants 0
Doubles: May 2 (23), Sutherland (2), McCovey (12), Matthews (21), Arnold (1)
Home Runs: Wynn (19), Cedeno (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutherland (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard W(6-2)          7.1   6   6   6   5   6   0  33   4.02
Wilson                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.21
Pizarro                 0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   5.96
Upshaw SV(1)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.66
Totals                  9     7   7   7   7   6   0  40

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(21-10)         4.1   5   6   6   3   1   2  21   3.13
Carrithers              0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.44
Moffitt                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.39
Bradley                 1     1   1   1   1   1   0   5   3.74
Sosa                    1     3   2   2   0   0   0   5   3.05
Totals                  9     9   9   9   4   5   2  39

Wild Pitches: Richard (3)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Wynn walked; Sutherland out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Wynn to second]; Cedeno flied out to right;
Watson singled to center [Wynn scored]; Rader walked [Watson to
second]; May doubled to left [Watson scored, Rader scored];
Jutze struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to
first); Maddox walked; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Astros 3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Torres grounded out (pitcher to first); Richard
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn walked; Sutherland
forced Wynn (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
flied out to center; Kingman walked; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno flied out to center; Watson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rader flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bryant struck out; Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 4TH: May flied out to right; Jutze flied out to center;
Torres grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Maddox grounded out (first unassisted); McCovey
flied out to right; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Richard singled to right; Wynn homered [Richard
scored]; Sutherland lined to third; Cedeno homered; CARRITHERS
REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Watson was called out on strikes;
Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier walked; Kingman struck out; Rader singled to
center [Speier to second]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR CARRITHERS;
Ontiveros singled to left [Speier scored, Rader to third]; Bonds
forced Ontiveros (shortstop to second) [Rader scored]; Fuentes
singled to left [Bonds to third]; Richard threw a wild pitch
[Bonds scored, Fuentes to second]; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 6TH: MOFFITT REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); May struck
out; Jutze made an out to second; Torres flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews
struck out; Speier walked; Kingman forced Speier (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Richard struck out; Wynn popped to third in foul
territory; Sutherland flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Rader flied out to center; THOMASSON BATTED FOR
MOFFITT; Thomasson was called out on strikes; Bonds grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 8TH: BRADLEY REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Cedeno struck
out; Watson walked; METZGER RAN FOR WATSON; Rader lined to
third; May doubled to left [Metzger scored]; Jutze lined to
third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING LF); Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Maddox walked; McCovey doubled to
left [Maddox scored]; WILLOUGHBY RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Matthews
doubled to left [Willoughby scored]; Speier singled to left
[Matthews scored]; WILSON REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Kingman
lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Speier out at
first]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Giants 6.

ASTROS 9TH: HOWARTH REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PLAYING 1B); SOSA
REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Torres grounded out (shortstop to
first); Wilson singled to center; EASLER RAN FOR WILSON; Wynn
singled to shortstop [Easler to second]; Sutherland doubled to
left [Easler scored, Wynn scored, Sutherland out at third (left
to shortstop to catcher to third)]; Cedeno lined to second; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 9, Giants 6.

GIANTS 9TH: PIZARRO REPLACED EASLER (PITCHING); Rader walked;
ARNOLD BATTED FOR SOSA; SADEK RAN FOR RADER; Arnold doubled to
left [Sadek scored]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fuentes walked; UPSHAW REPLACED PIZARRO (PITCHING); Maddox
forced Fuentes (second to shortstop) [Arnold to third]; PHILLIPS
BATTED FOR HOWARTH; Phillips flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Astros 9, Giants 7.