After scoring four runs on nine hits in the first three innings, the Giants went through a string of ciphers before counting twice in the 11th to defeat the Astros, 6-5. The Astros picked up a run in the third on a single by Larry Milbourne and double by Roger Metzger and then tied the score with homers by Lee May in the fourth and by Cesar Cedeno and Milt May in the eighth.

Two pinch-hitters came through for the Giants in 11th when Ed Goodson singled and Dave Rader doubled. Following an intentional pass to Gary Matthews, Tito Fuentes singled to drive in the tie-breaker and Bobby Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to add what proved to be the winning run. The Astros rallied in their half of the 11th, but fell short with one run on a pinch-single by Cliff Johnson. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 6, Houston Astros 5

Game Played on Tuesday, September 10, 1974 (Night game) at Astrodome

Giants       1  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  -   6 14  1
Astros       0  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  -   5 13  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             5   0   2   1     1   0   .293      Gross rf              5   0   1   0     1   0   .310
Fuentes 2b            6   1   3   1     0   1   .254      Metzger ss            5   0   1   1     1   0   .263
Bonds rf              4   1   2   1     1   2   .264      Cedeno cf             5   1   1   1     0   2   .277
Matthews lf           4   1   2   1     2   0   .286      L. May 1b             5   1   3   1     0   1   .278
Kingman 1b            5   0   0   0     1   2   .228      Rader 3b              5   1   1   0     0   2   .255
Arnold 3b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .239      M. May c              5   1   3   1     0   0   .292
  Phillips ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Howard lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Miller ss,3b          5   1   2   1     0   1   .282        Watson ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Rudolph c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Milbourne 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .296
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .280        C. Johnson ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .227
  Barr pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .262        Campbell pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Busse ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .313        Cosgrove p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .059
Caldwell p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .158        Helms ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Forsch p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Edwards ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .225
  Rader ph,c          1   1   1   0     0   0   .290        Gallagher pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .184

Totals               42   6  14   6     5   6             Totals               45   5  13   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance:  4,431
Left on Base: Giants 11, Astros 9
DP: Giants 2, Astros 1
Errors: Miller
Doubles: Fuentes 2 (13), Maddox (30), Rader (15), Metzger (15), Rader (25)
Home Runs: L. May (23), Cedeno (24), M. May (6)
Stolen Bases: Matthews (11)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (9), Metzger (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Arnold (2), Bonds (4)
GIDP: Kingman (8), Metzger (12)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                8    10   4   4   1   6   3  34   2.98
Morris W(1-0)           2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.70
Sosa                    0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.23
Lavelle                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0.00
Moffitt SV(15)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.64
Totals                 11    13   5   5   2   6   3  47

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 3     9   4   4   1   1   0  18   3.39
Cosgrove                4     1   0   0   1   4   0  14   3.42
Forsch L(5-7)           4     4   2   2   3   1   0  18   2.95
Totals                 11    14   6   6   5   6   0  50

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Dutch Rennert


GIANTS 1ST: Maddox singled to left; Maddox was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Fuentes doubled; Bonds singled
[Fuentes to third]; Matthews singled to center [Fuentes scored,
Bonds to third]; Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory;
Arnold grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to center; Metzger walked; Cedeno
struck out while Metzger was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Miller singled; Rudolph popped to third in foul
territory; Caldwell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted)
[Miller to second]; Maddox doubled [Miller scored]; Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: L. May singled to third; Rader struck out; M. May
forced L. May (first to shortstop); Howard forced M. May (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds walked; Matthews singled [Bonds to third];
Matthews stole second; Kingman struck out; Arnold hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Bonds scored]; Miller singled [Matthews
scored]; Rudolph singled to third [Miller to second]; Caldwell
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne singled; BUSSE BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Busse
grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Milbourne to second];
Gross grounded out (second to first) [Milbourne to third];
Metzger doubled [Milbourne scored]; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 1.

GIANTS 4TH: COSGROVE REPLACED BUSSE (PITCHING); Maddox grounded
out (third to first); Fuentes doubled; Bonds struck out;
Matthews walked; Kingman made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: L. May homered; Rader popped to first in foul
territory; M. May singled; Howard forced M. May (third to
second); Milbourne forced Howard (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Arnold flied out to left; Miller lined to first;
Rudolph grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Cosgrove grounded out (second to first); Gross
singled; Metzger grounded into a double play (pitcher to second
to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
4, Astros 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Caldwell grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
flied out to center; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno struck out; L. May singled to left; Rader
struck out; M. May singled to first [L. May to second]; Howard
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4,
Astros 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Matthews flied out
to right; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); HELMS
BATTED FOR COSGROVE; Helms grounded out (second to first); Gross
reached on an error by Miller [Gross to first]; Metzger grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4,
Astros 2.

GIANTS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Arnold grounded
out (first to pitcher); Miller grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rudolph grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED ARNOLD (PLAYING SS); MILLER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Cedeno homered; L. May struck
out; Rader flied out to right; M. May homered; Howard flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 4.

GIANTS 9TH: THOMASSON BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Thomasson grounded
out (second to first); Maddox grounded out (second to first);
Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: MORRIS REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Milbourne
grounded out (shortstop to first); Forsch grounded out (second
to first); Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 4.

GIANTS 10TH: Bonds singled to second; Matthews flied out to
right; Kingman walked [Bonds to second]; Phillips flied out to
center [Bonds to third]; Miller struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 10TH: Metzger made an out to shortstop; Cedeno flied out
to left; L. May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 4.

GIANTS 11TH: GOODSON BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; Goodson singled; BARR
RAN FOR GOODSON; RADER BATTED FOR MORRIS; Rader doubled [Barr to
third]; Maddox was walked intentionally; Fuentes singled to
center [Barr scored, Rader to third, Maddox to second]; Bonds
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rader scored, Maddox to third,
Fuentes to second]; Matthews was walked intentionally; Kingman
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Matthews out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 11TH: SOSA REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); RADER STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING C ); Rader doubled to right; M. May grounded out
(second to first) [Rader stayed at second]; WATSON BATTED FOR
HOWARD; Watson grounded out (second to first) [Rader to third];
C. JOHNSON BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; C. Johnson singled to center
[Rader scored]; CAMPBELL RAN FOR C. JOHNSON; EDWARDS BATTED FOR
FORSCH; Edwards singled [Campbell to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED
SOSA (PITCHING); GALLAGHER RAN FOR EDWARDS; Gross walked
[Campbell to third, Gallagher to second]; Debut game for Gary
Lavelle; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Metzger forced
Gross (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 6,
Astros 5.

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