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Wednesday September 26, 1973
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Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 (Night game) at Astrodome

Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  2
Astros       0  0  2    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .285      Gross lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .267
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Metzger ss            4   2   1   0     0   1   .254
  Miller 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Cedeno cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .318
Maddox cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .314      Rader 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .253
Matthews lf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .300      Gallagher rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .260
  Thomasson lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Johnson 1b            4   1   1   2     0   2   .300
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Edwards c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Ontiveros 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Jutze c             1   0   0   0     1   1   .225
Kingman 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .210      Sutherland 2b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .250
Sadek c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .172      Roberts p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .122
Marichal p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .188
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .202
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               34   0   7   0     1   5             Totals               32   5  11   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  7,952
Left on Base: Giants 8, Astros 7
DP: Giants 1, Astros 0
Errors: Maddox, Marichal
Doubles: Metzger (11)
Home Runs: Johnson (2)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (53)
Caught Stealing: Gross (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roberts (12)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(11-15)       4.2   9   5   5   1   2   1  24   3.82
Willoughby              1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   4   4.81
Carrithers              2     2   0   0   1   2   0   8   4.45
Totals                  8    11   5   5   3   6   1  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts W(16-11)        9     7   0   0   1   5   0  35   2.85
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   5   0  35

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes made
an out to first; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Metzger flied out to left; Cedeno
popped to catcher in foul territory; Rader forced Gross (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews flied out to right; Speier singled;
Ontiveros flied out to right; Kingman walked [Speier to second];
Sadek singled [Speier to third, Kingman to second]; Marichal
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Gallagher grounded out (second to pitcher); Johnson
flied out to center; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (third to
first); Maddox singled; Matthews singled [Maddox to second];
Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Sutherland singled; Roberts struck out; Gross
singled [Sutherland to second]; Metzger forced Gross (first to
shortstop) [Sutherland to third]; Cedeno singled [Sutherland
scored, Metzger to second]; Rader singled [Metzger scored,
Cedeno to second]; Gallagher walked [Cedeno to third, Rader to
second]; Johnson struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0,
Astros 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Kingman
struck out; Sadek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Edwards singled; Sutherland flied out to center;
Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Edwards to
second]; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 2.

GIANTS 5TH: JUTZE REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING C ); Marichal
singled; Bonds made an out to first; Fuentes flied out to
center; Maddox made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger doubled; Metzger was picked off second but
was safe on an error by Marichal [Metzger scored (error by
Maddox)]; Cedeno flied out to left; Rader singled; Gallagher
grounded out (second to first) [Rader to second]; Johnson
homered [Rader scored]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING);
Jutze struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews singled; Speier popped to catcher in foul
territory; Ontiveros grounded out (third to first) [Matthews to
second]; Kingman lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: THOMASSON REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING LF); Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts struck out; Gross
walked; Gross was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); HOWARTH
BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY; Howarth struck out; Bonds grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: CARRITHERS REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Metzger
struck out; Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Cedeno stole
third; Rader hit into a double play (third to first to catcher)
[Cedeno out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Maddox singled; Thomasson
forced Maddox (second to shortstop); Speier lined to third; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED FUENTES (PLAYING 2B); Gallagher
flied out to left; Johnson was called out on strikes; Jutze
walked; Sutherland singled [Jutze to second]; Roberts grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Kingman
struck out; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 5.



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