After scoring four times in the first inning, the Giants added four tainted tallies in the next two stanzas and defeated the Astros, 8-4. Two were out in the first when the Giants exploded with a single by Garry Maddox, triple by Gary Matthews, walk to Steve Ontiveros and homer by Dave Kingman. The Giants' remaining runs -- one in the second and three in the third -- were unearned. Doug Rader homered for the Astros and Greg Gross hit four singles in five trips. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Sunday, April     7, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  0  1    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  2
Giants       4  1  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   8  9  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf,lf           5   0   4   1     0   0   .778      Bonds rf              5   2   1   2     0   0   .154
Metzger ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Speier ss             5   0   1   1     0   2   .300
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .167      Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .308
Watson lf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .182      Matthews lf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .273
  Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ontiveros 1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .222
M. May c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Kingman 3b            4   1   2   3     0   1   .455
L. May 1b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Phillips 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .333
  Campbell pr,1b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rudolph c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .125
Rader 3b              4   1   1   2     0   2   .182      Willoughby p          2   1   1   0     0   0   .500
Helms 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .400        Thomasson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Osteen p              1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        Barr p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nagy p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher ph,rf     2   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  11   4     0   3             Totals               35   8   9   7     4   3

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 10,341
Left on Base: Astros 7, Giants 7
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Metzger, Rader
Doubles: Helms (2), Cedeno (2), Willoughby (1), Bonds (1)
Triples: Matthews (1)
Home Runs: Rader (1), Kingman (1)
GIDP: Helms (1)
Hit by Pitch: L. May (1,by Barr)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(0-1)           2.2   7   8   4   3   2   1  20  13.50
Nagy                    3.1   1   0   0   1   1   0  12   0.00
Forsch                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  8     9   8   4   4   3   1  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Willoughby W(1-0)       5     8   4   4   0   0   1  23   7.20
Barr SV(1)              4     3   0   0   0   3   0  15   0.00
Totals                  9    11   4   4   0   3   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Barr (1)
Wild Pitches: Nagy (1)
Balks: Osteen (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Gross to second]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to
first); Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
flied out to center; Maddox singled; Matthews tripled [Maddox
scored]; Ontiveros walked; Kingman homered [Matthews scored,
Ontiveros scored]; Phillips walked; Rudolph singled to right
[Phillips to third]; Willoughby flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 4.

ASTROS 2ND: M. May grounded out (catcher to first); L. May made
an out to third; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Bonds reached on an error by Metzger [Bonds to
third]; Osteen balked [Bonds scored (unearned)]; Speier struck
out; Maddox grounded out (first to pitcher); Matthews walked;
Ontiveros forced Matthews (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 5.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms doubled to left; Osteen singled [Helms to
third]; Gross singled [Helms scored, Osteen to second]; Metzger
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Osteen to third, Gross to
second]; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson popped to
catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1,
Giants 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Kingman was called out on strikes; Phillips grounded
out (first unassisted); Rudolph reached on an error by Rader
[Rudolph to first]; Willoughby doubled [Rudolph to third]; Bonds
doubled to left [Rudolph scored (unearned), Willoughby scored
(unearned)]; Speier singled [Bonds scored (unearned)]; NAGY
REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); Maddox flied out to center; 3 R (0
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 8.

ASTROS 4TH: M. May grounded out (first unassisted); L. May
singled to left; Rader homered [L. May scored]; Helms grounded
out (third to first); Nagy made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 8.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Kingman flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 8.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross singled; Metzger forced Gross (shortstop
unassisted); Cedeno doubled to right [Metzger to third]; Watson
grounded out (second to first) [Metzger scored, Cedeno to
third]; M. May grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.

GIANTS 5TH: Phillips flied out to center; Rudolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); THOMASSON BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY; Thomasson
walked; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
4, Giants 8.

ASTROS 6TH: BARR REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); L. May singled;
Rader struck out; Helms grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [L. May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier was called out on strikes; Maddox singled;
Nagy threw a wild pitch [Maddox to third]; Matthews grounded out
(third to first); Ontiveros grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.

ASTROS 7TH: GALLAGHER BATTED FOR NAGY; Gallagher made an out to
second; Gross singled; Metzger singled [Gross to second]; Cedeno
struck out; Watson forced Metzger (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.

GIANTS 7TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FORSCH
REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Kingman singled; Phillips flied out to left; Rudolph flied
out to center; Barr flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 4, Giants 8.

ASTROS 8TH: M. May grounded out (shortstop to first); L. May was
hit by a pitch; CAMPBELL RAN FOR L. MAY; Rader struck out; Helms
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.

GIANTS 8TH: CAMPBELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bonds grounded
out (third to first); Speier flied out to center; Maddox flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.

ASTROS 9TH: Gallagher flied out to left; Gross flied out to
left; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 8.