A wild throw by Dave Kingman after fielding a bunt enabled Bob Gallagher to score the run that gave the Astros a 3-2 victory over the Giants. Garry Maddox drove in the Giants' two runs with a single and sacrifice fly. Cesar Cedeno homered for the Astros and Johnny Edwards drove in a run with a triple to effect a 2-2 tie. Ollie Brown walked in the Astros' sixth and, after a sacrifice, Cedeno was passed intentionally. Bob Watson then bunted down the third base line and Kingman made his fatal wild throw to first. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     17, 1974 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
Astros       1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   3  4  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              3   2   1   0     1   0   .267      Metzger ss            2   0   0   0     2   0   .267
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Brown rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Maddox cf             3   0   2   2     0   0   .314        Gallagher pr,rf     1   1   0   0     0   0   .083
Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Cedeno cf             2   1   1   1     2   0   .396
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Watson lf             2   0   1   0     1   1   .295
Ontiveros 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Gross pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Kingman 3b            3   0   1   0     1   2   .250      L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Phillips 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .289        Menke 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Rudolph c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .097      Rader 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .262
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .188
  Rader c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Helms 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Osteen p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
D'Acquisto p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .400        Campbell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller ph           1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomasson lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   7   2     3   3             Totals               27   3   4   2     6   5

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 10,038
Left on Base: Giants 6, Astros 7
DP: Giants 1, Astros 2
Errors: Kingman
Doubles: Kingman (3)
Triples: Edwards (1)
Home Runs: Cedeno (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Speier (5), Watson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (1)
GIDP: Matthews (1), Brown (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(2-1)       5     4   3   2   3   4   1  21   3.24
Williams                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   3   0   0   6   7.20
Moffitt                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.04
Totals                  8     4   3   2   6   5   1  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen W(2-1)           7     6   2   2   3   1   0  29   4.76
Forsch SV(2)            2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   3   0  35

Wild Pitches: D'Acquisto (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to left; Speier out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Bonds to second]; Maddox singled to
left [Bonds scored]; Matthews made an out to second; Ontiveros
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Metzger walked; Brown grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Metzger out at second]; Cedeno
homered; Watson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Phillips grounded out (second to
first); Rudolph flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: L. May struck out; Rader struck out; Edwards flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 1.

GIANTS 3RD: D'Acquisto singled to right; Bonds forced D'Acquisto
(shortstop to second); Speier singled to center [Bonds to
third]; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bonds scored];
Matthews walked [Speier to second]; Ontiveros lined to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms flied out to center; Osteen flied out to
center; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman doubled to left; Phillips reached on a
fielder's choice [Kingman out at third (pitcher to third)];
Rudolph flied out to left; D'Acquisto flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Brown grounded out (third to first); Cedeno made an
out to shortstop; Watson singled to center; L. May forced Watson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds walked; Speier hit into a double play (first
to second) [Bonds out at second]; Maddox made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader walked; Edwards tripled to right [Rader
scored]; Helms grounded out (pitcher to first); Osteen struck
out; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros
grounded out (third to first); Kingman walked; Phillips grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros
2.

ASTROS 6TH: Brown singled to center; GALLAGHER RAN FOR BROWN;
D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Gallagher to second]; Cedeno
walked; WILLIAMS REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Watson reached
on an error by Kingman on a sacrifice bunt [Gallagher scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Cedeno to third, Watson to first]; L. May
reached on a fielder's choice [Cedeno out at home (third to
catcher), Watson to second]; Rader popped to second in foul
territory; Edwards flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.

GIANTS 7TH: GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ARNOLD BATTED
FOR RUDOLPH; Arnold lined to center; MILLER BATTED FOR WILLIAMS;
Miller singled to right; Bonds flied out to left; Speier
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: RADER REPLACED ARNOLD (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED
MILLER (PITCHING); Helms grounded out (third to first); CAMPBELL
BATTED FOR OSTEEN; Campbell made an out to shortstop; Metzger
walked; Gallagher grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.

GIANTS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Maddox singled;
Matthews grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Maddox out at second]; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno walked; Watson walked [Cedeno to second];
GROSS RAN FOR WATSON; MOFFITT REPLACED MATTHEWS (PITCHING);
THOMASSON REPLACED SOSA (PLAYING LF); L. May struck out; Rader
lined to left; Edwards grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.

GIANTS 9TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MENKE REPLACED L.
MAY (PLAYING 1B); Kingman struck out; Phillips struck out;
GOODSON BATTED FOR RADER; Goodson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.