| Tom Griffin not only pitched his first shutout since May 23, 1972, but the Astros' righthander also homered with a man on base in the fifth inning for the first two runs in a 4-0 victory over the Giants. [The Sporting News] |
Houston Astros 4, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April 16, 1974 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 x - 4 9 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 .262 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Speier ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Brown rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Gallagher rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Matthews lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .238 Cedeno cf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .391 Ontiveros 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Watson lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Barr p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 L. May 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .297 Kingman 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Menke 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Rader 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .282 Rudolph c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .103 Edwards c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .167 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Rader c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Griffin p 3 1 2 2 0 1 .429 Willoughby p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Goodson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 3 0 2 4 Totals 32 4 9 4 1 4 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 8,191 Left on Base: Giants 5, Astros 6 DP: Giants 0, Astros 0 Doubles: Speier (3), L. May (1) Home Runs: Griffin (1) Stolen Bases: Matthews (2), Cedeno 2 (6) Sacrifice Flies: Rader (1) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Willoughby L(1-2) 5.1 6 3 3 1 3 1 23 5.40 Barr 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 11 2.61 Totals 8 9 4 4 1 4 1 34 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin W(2-1) 9 3 0 0 2 4 0 32 1.23 Totals 9 3 0 0 2 4 0 32 Wild Pitches: Barr (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Williams GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Speier flied out to right; Maddox singled to right; Matthews singled to right [Maddox to third]; Ontiveros forced Matthews (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger popped to shortstop; Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Watson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 2ND: Kingman popped to first in foul territory; Phillips grounded out (third to first); Rudolph grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: L. May grounded out (first to pitcher); Rader grounded out (third to first); Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 3RD: Willoughby grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds made an out to second; Speier doubled to left; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms lined to left; Griffin singled; Metzger lined to left; Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 4TH: Matthews walked; Matthews stole second; Ontiveros walked; Kingman struck out; Phillips forced Ontiveros (shortstop unassisted) [Matthews to third]; Rudolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno grounded out (first unassisted); Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); L. May doubled to left; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 5TH: Willoughby grounded out (third to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Edwards walked; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first) [Edwards to second]; Griffin homered [Edwards scored]; Metzger made an out to second; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. GIANTS 6TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING RF); Maddox flied out to left; Matthews made an out to shortstop; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Watson struck out; L. May singled to left [Cedeno scored]; BARR REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); GOODSON REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PLAYING 1B); Rader singled [L. May to second]; Edwards made an out to shortstop; Helms flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 7TH: GROSS REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING LF); Kingman struck out; Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher); ARNOLD BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; Arnold grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: RADER REPLACED ARNOLD (PLAYING C ); Griffin was called out on strikes; Metzger flied out to left; Gallagher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 8TH: Goodson flied out to right; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno singled to right; On a bunt Gross singled [Cedeno to second]; Barr threw a wild pitch [Cedeno to third, Gross to second]; L. May grounded out (third to first); Rader hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cedeno scored, Gross to third]; Edwards flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 4. GIANTS 9TH: MENKE REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); Maddox made an out to third; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); THOMASSON BATTED FOR BARR; Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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