Houston Astros 10, San Francisco Giants 6
Game Played on Monday, September 24, 1973 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       1  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  1  -   6 12  1
Astros       4  2  0    0  1  3    0  0  x  -  10  7  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              3   1   1   0     2   1   .288      Wynn rf               3   2   0   0     2   2   .220
Fuentes 2b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .280      Metzger ss            4   1   0   0     1   2   .254
Maddox cf             5   2   3   1     0   1   .313      Cedeno cf             3   2   2   3     1   0   .317
McCovey 1b            4   0   2   2     1   1   .269      Watson lf             3   1   1   2     1   0   .314
  Howarth pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Rader 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .247
Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .300      May 1b                3   1   1   2     0   1   .268
Speier ss             5   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Helms 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Kingman 3b            3   1   1   0     2   2   .215      Jutze c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .226
Sadek c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .167      Reuss p               3   2   1   0     0   1   .129
  Arnold ph,c         2   0   0   0     0   1   .300        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .065
Bryant p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .163
  Willoughby p        2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .283

Totals               39   6  12   4     6   8             Totals               30  10   7   9     6   6

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  4,268
Left on Base: Giants 12, Astros 4
DP: Giants 1, Astros 0
Errors: Speier, Helms
Doubles: Bonds (34), McCovey (14), Cedeno (34), Reuss (3)
Home Runs: May (28), Cedeno (24)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (24)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuss (9)
Sacrifice Flies: May (9)
GIDP: Metzger (8)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(23-12)         1.2   4   6   5   3   1   0  13   3.55
Willoughby              5.1   3   4   1   1   5   2  21   4.87
Carrithers              1     0   0   0   2   0   0   4   4.61
Totals                  8     7  10   6   6   6   2  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(16-12)          8.1  12   6   5   6   7   0  43   3.58
Forsch SV(4)            0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.21
Totals                  9    12   6   5   6   8   0  45

Passed Balls: Sadek (4)
Wild Pitches: Carrithers (5), Reuss 2 (12)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds doubled; Fuentes flied out to right; Maddox
singled [Bonds scored]; Maddox stole second; McCovey walked;
Matthews flied out to right; Speier grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Wynn was called out on strikes; Metzger walked;
Cedeno doubled [Metzger to third]; Watson was walked
intentionally; Rader singled [Metzger scored, Cedeno scored,
Watson to third, Rader to second (on throw)]; Sadek allowed a
passed ball [Watson scored, Rader to third]; May hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Rader scored (unearned)]; Helms grounded out
(shortstop to first); 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman walked; Sadek singled [Kingman to second];
Bryant struck out; Bonds walked [Kingman to third, Sadek to
second]; Fuentes forced Bonds (third to second) [Kingman scored,
Sadek scored (error by Helms) (unearned) (no RBI), Fuentes to
second]; Maddox struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
3, Astros 4.

ASTROS 2ND: Jutze lined to shortstop; Reuss doubled; Wynn
reached on a fielder's choice [Reuss to third]; Metzger grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Wynn to second]; Cedeno walked; Watson
singled [Reuss scored, Wynn scored, Cedeno to third]; WILLOUGHBY
REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Rader grounded out (catcher to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 6.

GIANTS 3RD: McCovey struck out; Matthews flied out to right;
Speier singled; Kingman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 6.

ASTROS 3RD: May grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jutze singled; Reuss struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 6.

GIANTS 4TH: Sadek grounded out (second to first); Willoughby
grounded out (second to first); Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 6.

ASTROS 4TH: Wynn was called out on strikes; Metzger was called
out on strikes; Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Astros 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes singled; Maddox singled [Fuentes to second];
McCovey doubled [Fuentes scored, Maddox scored]; Matthews flied
out to left; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Astros 6.

ASTROS 5TH: Watson flied out to left; Rader flied out to center;
May homered; Helms flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 5, Astros 7.

GIANTS 6TH: Sadek struck out; Willoughby flied out to right;
Bonds walked; Fuentes singled [Bonds to second]; Maddox forced
Bonds (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5,
Astros 7.

ASTROS 6TH: Jutze grounded out (pitcher to first); Reuss reached
on an error by Speier [Reuss to first]; Wynn walked [Reuss to
second]; Metzger struck out; Cedeno homered (unearned) [Reuss
scored (unearned), Wynn scored (unearned)]; Watson flied out to
center; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Astros 10.

GIANTS 7TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Matthews
singled; Speier flied out to left; Kingman singled [Matthews to
second]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR SADEK; Reuss threw a wild pitch
[Matthews to third, Kingman to second]; Arnold grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Astros 10.

ASTROS 7TH: ARNOLD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Rader popped to
catcher in foul territory; May struck out; Helms grounded out
(second to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Astros 10.

GIANTS 8TH: ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY; Ontiveros grounded
out (pitcher to first); Bonds flied out to left; Fuentes flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Astros 10.

ASTROS 8TH: CARRITHERS REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Jutze
walked; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Jutze to
second]; Carrithers threw a wild pitch [Jutze to third]; Wynn
walked; Metzger grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Wynn out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5,
Astros 10.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox singled; McCovey singled [Maddox to third];
HOWARTH RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Maddox
scored, Howarth to second]; Matthews walked; Speier made an out
to second; Kingman walked [Howarth to third, Matthews to
second]; FORSCH REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Arnold struck out;
THOMASSON BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Thomasson flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 6, Astros 10.