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The Astros, after wasting a 6-1 lead, tied the score in the ninth inning only to lose to the Giants on a wild pitch in the 10th, 8-7. Jose Cruz had three hits and scored three times for the Astros, while Bob Watson batted in two runs. Von Joshua and Gary Thomasson homered for the Giants. Joshua also had two other hits and drove in three runs. San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 7Game Played on Saturday, August 2, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 14 0
Giants 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 - 8 17 3
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Howard cf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .335 Joshua cf 4 2 3 3 1 0 .320
Gross rf 6 1 1 0 0 0 .301 Thomas 2b 6 0 2 1 0 0 .271
Cruz lf 3 3 3 0 1 0 .253 Murcer rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .299
Cabell ph,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Matthews lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .280
Watson 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .327 Montanez 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .292
Johnson c 4 0 1 0 1 0 .279 Speier ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 .285
Boswell 2b,3b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .258 Rader c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .294
Rader 3b,ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .237 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Milbourne ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .191 Brown ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .281
Helms ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Dierker p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .075 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ontiveros ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
de la Rosa ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .255
Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .063
May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Thomasson ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .228
Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128
Adams ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Hill ph,c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222
Sadek pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .239
Totals 42 7 14 4 3 5 Totals 42 8 17 7 3 2
Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 5,339
Left on Base: Astros 10, Giants 11
DP: Astros 1, Giants 2
Errors: Thomas, Montanez, Speier
Doubles: Rader (20), Watson (22), Montanez (19), Matthews (15)
Triples: Joshua (7)
Home Runs: Joshua (5), Thomasson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Milbourne (3), Joshua (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Watson (5)
GIDP: Gross (3), Boswell (5)
Hit by Pitch: Ontiveros (2,by Sosa)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker 5.1 9 6 6 1 1 2 26 4.23
Cosgrove 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 2.28
Granger 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.51
Sosa 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 3.38
Crawford L(0-3) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.35
Totals 9.1 17 8 8 3 2 2 47
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Barr 5 8 6 4 2 3 0 27 2.51
Caldwell 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.19
Williams 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.49
Lavelle 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 2.61
Moffitt 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.88
Heaverlo W(2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.09
Totals 10 14 7 5 3 5 0 47
Hit by Pitch: Sosa (1)
Wild Pitches: Crawford (2)
Balks: Barr (1)
Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler
ASTROS 1ST: Howard flied out to left; Gross grounded out (second
to first); Cruz singled to left; Watson reached on an error by
Thomas [Cruz to third, Watson to first]; Barr balked [Cruz
scored (unearned), Watson to second]; Johnson flied out to left;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Joshua homered; Thomas flied out to center; Murcer
singled to center; Matthews singled to third [Murcer to third];
Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Matthews to second,
Murcer stayed at third]; Speier grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Boswell singled to center; Rader made an out to
shortstop; Milbourne flied out to center; Dierker struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1.
GIANTS 2ND: Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); Barr lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Howard grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Gross
singled to left; Cruz singled to left [Gross to third, Cruz to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Watson hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Gross scored, Cruz scored (error by Montanez) (no RBI)];
Johnson singled to left; Boswell grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1.
GIANTS 3RD: Joshua flied out to left; Thomas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Rader doubled to left; Milbourne out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Rader to third]; Dierker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Howard reached on an error by Speier
[Rader scored (unearned) (no RBI), Howard to first]; Gross
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 4, Giants 1.
GIANTS 4TH: Matthews struck out; Montanez doubled to center;
Speier grounded out (third to first); Rader flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Cruz walked; Watson doubled to left [Cruz scored];
Johnson flied out to center [Watson to third]; Boswell was
walked intentionally; Rader struck out; Milbourne singled to
left [Watson scored, Boswell to second]; Dierker struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 1.
GIANTS 5TH: Miller popped to third in foul territory; THOMASSON
BATTED FOR BARR; Thomasson homered; Joshua tripled to center;
Thomas singled to center [Joshua scored]; Murcer popped to third
in foul territory; Matthews popped to first in foul territory; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 3.
ASTROS 6TH: CALDWELL REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Howard
singled to left; Gross grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Howard out at second]; Cruz singled to
pitcher; Watson grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 3.
GIANTS 6TH: Montanez singled to center; Speier walked [Montanez
to second]; Rader forced Speier (shortstop to second) [Montanez
to third]; Miller singled to left [Montanez scored, Rader to
second]; ADAMS BATTED FOR CALDWELL; COSGROVE REPLACED DIERKER
(PITCHING); HILL BATTED FOR ADAMS; Hill grounded out (third to
first) [Rader to third, Miller to second]; Joshua singled to
center [Rader scored, Miller scored]; Thomas grounded out (third
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 6.
ASTROS 7TH: HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WILLIAMS REPLACED
RADER (PITCHING); Johnson walked; Boswell grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second];
Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 6.
GIANTS 7TH: Murcer struck out; Matthews doubled to left;
Montanez made an out to first; Speier was walked intentionally;
BROWN BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; GRANGER REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING);
Brown singled to third [Matthews to third, Speier to second];
Miller singled to right [Matthews scored, Speier out at home
(right to catcher), Brown to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 7.
ASTROS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); HELMS BATTED FOR
MILBOURNE; Helms singled to center; DE LA ROSA BATTED FOR
GRANGER; de la Rosa grounded out (second to first) [Helms to
second]; Debut game for Jesus De La Rosa; Howard struck
out; Gross made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros
6, Giants 7.
GIANTS 8TH: HELMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SOSA REPLACED DE
LA ROSA (PITCHING); BOSWELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
RADER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Hill made an out to third;
Joshua walked; Thomas lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Joshua out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
6, Giants 7.
ASTROS 9TH: CABELL BATTED FOR CRUZ; Cabell singled to right;
Watson singled to left [Cabell to second]; MOFFITT REPLACED
LAVELLE (PITCHING); Johnson made an out to shortstop; Boswell
singled to center [Cabell scored, Watson to second]; Rader
struck out; Helms forced Boswell (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Giants 7.
GIANTS 9TH: CABELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Murcer singled
to right; Matthews flied out to center; Montanez made an out to
shortstop; Speier singled to right [Murcer to third]; ONTIVEROS
BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ontiveros was hit by a pitch [Speier to
second]; Miller flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Astros 7, Giants 7.
ASTROS 10TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); MAY BATTED
FOR SOSA; May flied out to center; Howard grounded out (second
to first); Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Giants 7.
GIANTS 10TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Hill singled to
left; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; Joshua out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Sadek to second]; Thomas singled to left
[Sadek to third]; Crawford threw a wild pitch [Sadek scored,
Thomas to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Giants 8.
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