Sunday July 27, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
John Montefusco, who pitched five innings before his shoulder began to tighten, received credit for his 10th victory of the season when the Giants defeated the Astros, 3-1. The Giants opened the scoring with a run in the second on a double by Gary Matthews, a balk by J.R. Richard and sacrifice fly by Willie Montanez.

After adding an unearned run in the third, the Giants completed their scoring with a homer by Chris Speier in the fourth. Doug Rader accounted for the Astros' run with a round-tripper in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Sunday, July 27, 1975 (Day game) at Astrodome

Giants 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Joshua cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .314 Howard cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .349 Sadek c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Gross rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Cabell lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Matthews lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .327 Montanez 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .285 May c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248 Speier ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .281 Rader 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .245 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .263 Boswell 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .240 Miller 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .241 Milbourne ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Montefusco p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .064 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Lavelle p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Andrews pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Helms ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .164 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 10 2 0 8 Totals 32 1 7 1 2 8 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 10,117 Left on Base: Giants 6, Astros 7 DP: Giants 1, Astros 0 Errors: Rader Doubles: Matthews (14) Triples: Boswell (2) Home Runs: Speier (7), Rader (7) Caught Stealing: Joshua (6) Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (6) GIDP: Boswell (3) Hit by Pitch: Johnson (2,by Lavelle) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco W(10-4) 5 4 1 1 0 5 1 18 2.77 Lavelle SV(6) 4 3 0 0 2 3 0 17 2.24 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 8 1 35 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard L(7-6) 7 8 3 2 0 7 1 28 4.70 Granger 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.50 Totals 9 10 3 2 0 8 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Lavelle (3) Balks: Richard (4) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Runge GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Sadek grounded out (third to first); Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard made an out to shortstop; Gross grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 2ND: Matthews doubled to left; Richard balked [Matthews to third]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Matthews scored]; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros singled to right; Miller was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; May was called out on strikes; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0. GIANTS 3RD: Montefusco struck out; Joshua singled to center; Sadek singled to third [Joshua scored (error by Rader) (unearned) (no RBI), Sadek to second]; Murcer flied out to center; Matthews grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Boswell singled to pitcher; Milbourne flied out to left; Richard struck out; Howard singled to center [Boswell to third, Howard out at second (center to shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. GIANTS 4TH: Montanez flied out to left; Speier homered; Ontiveros struck out; Miller singled to center; Montefusco singled to left [Miller to second]; Joshua grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Cabell struck out; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 0. GIANTS 5TH: Sadek lined to third; Murcer made an out to shortstop; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Rader homered; Boswell tripled to right; Milbourne lined to second; Richard grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. GIANTS 6TH: Montanez struck out; Speier lined to center; Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Howard flied out to left; Gross singled to left; Cabell flied out to center; Watson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. GIANTS 7TH: Miller grounded out (first unassisted); Lavelle grounded out (shortstop to first); Joshua singled to left; Joshua was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: May popped to catcher; Rader struck out; Boswell walked; JOHNSON BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Johnson was hit by a pitch [Boswell to second]; ANDREWS RAN FOR JOHNSON; HELMS BATTED FOR RICHARD; Helms walked [Boswell to third, Andrews to second]; Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. GIANTS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Sadek grounded out (second to first); Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Gross flied out to left; Cabell singled to left; Watson made an out to first; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. GIANTS 9TH: Montanez flied out to left; Speier grounded out (first unassisted); Ontiveros singled to center; Miller singled to right [Ontiveros to second]; Lavelle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: Rader singled to left; Boswell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rader out at second]; Andrews grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1.

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