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Tuesday April 16, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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