Wednesday September 26, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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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