Posting his first major league shutout, Pete Falcone pitched the Giants to a 3-0 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader for a split with the Astros, who won the opener, 3-2. Doug Konieczny, who lost three games last season and two this year, was a winner for the first time in the lidlifter. The Astros reached John Montefusco for two runs in the second inning on a single by Jose Cruz, triple by Ken Boswell and squeeze bunt by Roger Metzger. What proved to be the deciding run followed in the fourth when Cruz singled, took third on a single by Boswell and scored on a sacrifice fly by Metzger.

In the nightcap, Gary Thomasson, hitless in 19 previous trips this season, smashed a homer in the Giants' support of Falcone's pitching. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, April     23, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  0
Astros       0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3 10  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .381      Howard lf             4   0   2   0     0   2   .500
Phillips 2b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .235      Milbourne 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Murcer rf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .321      Cedeno cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .271
Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      May c                 3   0   0   0     1   1   .240
Goodson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .184      Watson 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .236        Cabell 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Cruz rf               4   2   3   0     0   0   .229
  Thomas pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .140      Boswell 3b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .353
Hill c                3   1   0   0     1   1   .355        Rader 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Metzger ss            1   0   0   2     0   0   .250
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Konieczny p           3   0   1   0     0   2   .125
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rader ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               32   2   8   2     1   5             Totals               30   3  10   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:01
Left on Base: Giants 6, Astros 7
DP: Giants 0, Astros 0
Doubles: Murcer (5), Joshua (2), Konieczny (1)
Triples: Boswell (1)
Stolen Bases: Howard (3), Cedeno (11)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (1), May (2), Watson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (2), Metzger (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (1), Metzger (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(2-1)       6     9   3   3   1   4   0  26   1.50
Williams                2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   0.82
Totals                  8    10   3   3   2   5   0  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Konieczny W(1-2)        7     7   2   2   1   3   0  29   4.68
Forsch SV(1)            2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.09
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   5   0  35

Wild Pitches: Williams (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Terry Tata


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (first unassisted); Phillips
singled to center; Murcer doubled to right [Phillips to third];
Matthews grounded out (third to first); Goodson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard struck out; Milbourne singled to pitcher;
Cedeno flied out to left; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier popped to catcher in foul territory;
Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Hill grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz singled
to right; Boswell tripled to left [Cruz scored]; Metzger out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Boswell scored]; Konieczny
doubled to right; Howard struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Montefusco struck out; Joshua singled to center;
Phillips singled to left [Joshua to second]; Murcer made an out
to second; Matthews lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
flied out to left; May walked; May was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier
struck out; Ontiveros grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson flied out to right; Cruz singled to right;
Boswell singled to right [Cruz to third]; Metzger hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cruz scored]; Konieczny struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Hill walked; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Hill to second]; Joshua doubled to right
[Hill scored]; Phillips flied out to left; Murcer grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Howard singled to third; Milbourne flied out to
center; Howard stole second; Cedeno made an out to shortstop;
May flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews flied out to center; Goodson was called out
on strikes; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson singled to center; Watson was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Cruz singled to right; Boswell
flied out to center; Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Ontiveros flied out to right; Hill lined to
shortstop; THOMASSON BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Thomasson flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Konieczny
struck out; Howard singled to shortstop; Milbourne grounded out
(second to first) [Howard to second]; Williams threw a wild
pitch [Howard to third]; Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; May
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Joshua singled to center; Phillips singled to right
[Joshua to third]; FORSCH REPLACED KONIECZNY (PITCHING); Murcer
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Joshua scored]; Matthews struck
out; Goodson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Watson flied out to right; Cruz grounded out (second
to first); Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 3.

GIANTS 9TH: RADER REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING 3B); CABELL REPLACED
WATSON (PLAYING 1B); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ontiveros singled to center; THOMAS RAN FOR ONTIVEROS; Hill
struck out; RADER BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Thomas was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Astros 3.