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Sunday May 4, 1975
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Houston Astros 12, San Francisco Giants 8 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 4, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Astros       3  0  0    6  2  0    0  1  0  -  12 10  1
Giants       0  0  4    0  1  0    2  0  1  -   8  7  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross lf              4   1   1   1     2   0   .162      Joshua cf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .340
Metzger ss            5   2   2   0     1   0   .244      Thomas 2b             1   1   0   0     2   0   .200
Cedeno cf             4   3   1   1     2   1   .296        Arnold ph,2b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Johnson 1b            5   1   2   0     1   1   .275      Murcer rf             2   2   0   0     2   1   .299
Cruz rf               3   1   0   1     3   1   .265        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May c                 4   1   1   2     1   1   .220        Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Jutze c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Boswell 3b            6   1   1   1     0   1   .233      Matthews lf           2   1   1   1     1   0   .303
Andrews 2b            2   2   1   2     3   1   .200        Speed pr,lf,rf      1   1   0   0     1   0   .182
Richard p             4   0   1   1     0   3   .250      Thomasson 1b          4   2   1   2     1   0   .114
  Granger p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     3   2   .292
                                                          Ontiveros 3b          5   0   1   0     0   1   .271
                                                          Rader c               5   0   2   2     0   0   .189
                                                          D'Acquisto p          0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Toms p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Adams ph,lf         2   0   0   0     1   1   .000

Totals               39  12  10   9    13  10             Totals               32   8   7   5    13   7

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance:  9,451
Left on Base: Astros 13, Giants 10
DP: Astros 3, Giants 0
Errors: Metzger, Thomas, Ontiveros
Doubles: Richard (2), Cedeno (9), Rader (2)
Triples: Andrews (3)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (17), Cruz (3), Andrews (1)
GIDP: Thomasson (1), Ontiveros (4), Arnold (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard W(3-1)          6     4   7   7  11   6   0  32   5.50
Granger SV(3)           3     3   1   0   2   1   0  13   1.17
Totals                  9     7   8   7  13   7   0  45

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(1-3)       3.2   4   8   8   9   5   0  25   9.70
Williams                0.1   4   3   3   0   0   0   5   3.38
Toms                    2     0   0   0   3   3   0   9   0.00
Heaverlo                2     2   1   1   1   2   0  10   1.54
Lavelle                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.98
Totals                  9    10  12  12  13  10   0  52

Wild Pitches: Richard (1), D'Acquisto 3 (4)
Balks: Richard (1), Toms (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


ASTROS 1ST: Gross walked; Metzger walked [Gross to second];
Cedeno walked [Gross to third, Metzger to second]; D'Acquisto
threw a wild pitch [Gross scored, Metzger to third, Cedeno to
second]; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Metzger scored, Cedeno
to third]; Johnson walked; Cruz reached on an error by Thomas
[Cedeno scored (RBI), Johnson to second, Cruz to first]; May
struck out; Boswell struck out; Andrews struck out; 3 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
walked; Murcer grounded out (second to first) [Thomas to
second]; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Richard struck out; Gross walked; Metzger singled to
center [Gross to second]; Cedeno flied out to center; Johnson
forced Metzger (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Speier
struck out; Ontiveros singled to left; Rader grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cruz walked; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Cruz to
second]; May popped to third in foul territory; Boswell grounded
out (first unassisted) [Cruz to third]; Andrews walked; Richard
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: D'Acquisto walked; Joshua struck out; Thomas walked
[D'Acquisto to second]; Murcer walked [D'Acquisto to third,
Thomas to second]; Matthews walked [D'Acquisto scored, Thomas to
third, Murcer to second]; Thomasson singled to center [Thomas
scored, Murcer scored, Matthews to third]; Speier struck out;
Richard threw a wild pitch [Matthews scored, Thomasson to
second]; Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 4.

ASTROS 4TH: Gross flied out to left; Metzger flied out to left;
Cedeno walked; Johnson singled to center [Cedeno to second];
Cruz walked [Cedeno to third, Johnson to second]; May singled to
right [Cedeno scored, Johnson scored, Cruz to second]; Boswell
singled to center [Cruz scored, May to second]; WILLIAMS
REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Andrews tripled to left [May
scored, Boswell scored]; Richard doubled to center [Andrews
scored]; Gross made an out to shortstop; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 9, Giants 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Williams was
called out on strikes; Joshua walked; Thomas grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 9, Giants 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger singled to right; Cedeno doubled to center
[Metzger scored]; TOMS REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Cedeno
stole third; Debut game for Tommy Toms; Johnson struck
out; Cruz was walked intentionally; Cruz stole second; May was
walked intentionally; Toms balked [Cedeno scored, Cruz to third,
May to second]; Boswell made an out to third; Andrews walked;
Richard struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 11, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Murcer walked; Matthews singled to pitcher [Murcer
to second]; SPEED RAN FOR MATTHEWS; Thomasson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murcer to third,
Speed out at second]; Speier walked; Richard balked [Murcer
scored, Speier to second]; Ontiveros struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 11, Giants 5.

ASTROS 6TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Gross flied out
to right; Metzger flied out to center; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 11, Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: Rader flied out to center; ADAMS BATTED FOR TOMS;
Adams walked; Debut game for Glenn Adams; Joshua forced
Adams (second to shortstop); ARNOLD BATTED FOR THOMAS; Arnold
singled to right [Joshua to second]; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 11, Giants 5.

ASTROS 7TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SPEED CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HEAVERLO REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING);
ARNOLD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Johnson singled to left;
Cruz struck out; May forced Johnson (first to shortstop);
Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 11, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: JUTZE REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C ); Speed walked;
Thomasson walked [Speed to second]; GRANGER REPLACED RICHARD
(PITCHING); Speier walked [Speed to third, Thomasson to second];
Ontiveros grounded into a double play (second to first) [Speed
scored (no RBI), Thomasson to third, Speier out at second];
Rader doubled to left [Thomasson scored]; Adams flied out to
center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 11, Giants 7.

ASTROS 8TH: Andrews walked; Andrews stole second; Granger struck
out; Gross singled to center [Andrews scored]; Metzger forced
Gross (shortstop to second); Cedeno reached on an error by
Ontiveros [Metzger to third, Cedeno to first]; Cedeno stole
second; Johnson flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
12, Giants 7.

GIANTS 8TH: Joshua singled to right; Arnold grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Joshua out at
second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Goodson grounded out
(second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 12, Giants 7.

ASTROS 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Cruz flied out
to center; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Boswell
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 12, Giants 7.

GIANTS 9TH: Speed flied out to center; Thomasson reached on an
error by Metzger [Thomasson to first]; Speier walked [Thomasson
to second]; Ontiveros flied out to left; Rader singled to center
[Thomasson scored (unearned), Speier to second]; Adams struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 12, Giants 8.



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