Steve Ontiveros rapped four of the Giants' 17 hits and Gary Matthews and Von Joshua collected three apiece in an attack that produced a 9-4 victory over the Astros. Pete Falcone beat the Astros for the third straight time this season, but the rookie failed to go the route, yielding to Charlie Williams in the eighth inning. Doug Rader hit a two-run homer for the Astros. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 3, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       3  3  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   9 17  0
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   4  7  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             6   2   3   0     0   0   .323      Howard rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .313
Thomas 2b             4   2   1   1     2   2   .270      Andrews 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .209
Murcer rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .306      Cedeno cf             2   0   1   1     1   0   .284
  Thomasson rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Johnson c             4   0   1   1     0   1   .283
Matthews lf           4   3   3   2     1   0   .267      Watson 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .330
Montanez 1b           4   0   2   2     0   0   .292      Cabell lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .262
  Miller 3b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Rader 3b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .224
Rader c               4   0   1   0     1   0   .319      Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Ontiveros 3b,1b       5   0   4   1     0   0   .291        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .268
LeMaster ss           4   0   0   1     0   2   .143      Richard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Falcone p             5   1   1   0     0   0   .066        Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Milbourne ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .189
                                                            Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
                                                            Helms ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .184
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            DaVanon ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
                                                            Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  17   7     5   5             Totals               31   4   7   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  4,437
Left on Base: Giants 12, Astros 4
DP: Giants 1, Astros 2
Doubles: Ontiveros (15), Cedeno (28)
Triples: Andrews (4)
Home Runs: Rader (11)
Stolen Bases: Joshua 2 (18), Thomas (23), Cedeno (44)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno (4)
GIDP: Falcone (2)
Hit by Pitch: LeMaster (1,by Siebert)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(11-9)         7     6   4   4   3   4   1  29   3.85
Williams                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.16
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3   5   1  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard L(9-9)          1.2   6   6   6   3   2   0  14   4.76
Niekro                  1.1   4   2   2   1   0   0   9   3.71
Crawford                2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.50
Sosa                    2     2   0   0   1   1   0   9   3.90
Siebert                 2     4   1   1   0   0   0   9   7.50
Totals                  9    17   9   9   5   5   0  48

Passed Balls: Johnson (8)
Hit by Pitch: Siebert (1)
Wild Pitches: Williams (7), Richard (17)
Balks: Richard (5)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Bob Engel


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua singled to right; Joshua stole second; Thomas
struck out; Murcer singled to pitcher [Joshua to third];
Matthews singled to third [Joshua scored, Murcer to second];
Montanez flied out to center [Murcer to third]; Johnson allowed
a passed ball [Murcer scored, Matthews to second]; Rader walked;
Ontiveros singled to left [Matthews scored, Rader to third];
LeMaster struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard flied out to left; Andrews tripled to right;
Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; Johnson grounded out (third
to first) [Andrews scored, Cedeno to third]; Watson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Falcone singled to second; Joshua flied out to
center; Thomas walked [Falcone to second]; Richard balked
[Falcone to third, Thomas to second]; Murcer made an out to
second; Matthews walked; Richard threw a wild pitch [Falcone
scored, Thomas to third, Matthews to second]; Montanez singled
to center [Thomas scored, Matthews scored]; NIEKRO REPLACED
RICHARD (PITCHING); Rader singled to center [Montanez to
second]; Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Cabell made an out to first; Rader flied out to
center; Metzger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 6, Astros 1.

GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); Falcone
grounded out (second to first); Joshua singled to center; Joshua
stole second; Thomas singled to right [Joshua scored, Thomas to
second (on throw to home)]; Murcer walked; Matthews singled to
left [Thomas scored, Murcer to second]; Montanez flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: MILBOURNE BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Milbourne grounded out
(third to first); Howard lined to second; Andrews flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 1.

GIANTS 4TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED MILBOURNE (PITCHING); Rader
grounded out (first to pitcher); Ontiveros doubled to right;
LeMaster struck out; Falcone grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno doubled to center [Cedeno out at third
(center to second to third)]; Johnson struck out; Watson singled
to left; Cabell walked [Watson to second]; Rader was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Joshua made an out to shortstop; Thomas struck out;
Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger was called out on strikes; HELMS BATTED FOR
CRAWFORD; Helms was called out on strikes; Howard flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 1.

GIANTS 6TH: SOSA REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Matthews grounded
out (shortstop to first); Montanez singled to center; Rader
lined to third; Ontiveros singled to left [Montanez to second];
LeMaster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 8, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: MILLER REPLACED MONTANEZ (PLAYING 3B); ONTIVEROS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Andrews grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cedeno flied out to left; Johnson made an out to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Falcone grounded out (third to first); Joshua
grounded out (second to first); Thomas walked; Thomas stole
second; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: THOMASSON REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING RF); Watson
singled to center; Cabell lined to third; Rader homered [Watson
scored]; Metzger flied out to center; DAVANON BATTED FOR SOSA;
DaVanon grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 8, Astros 3.

GIANTS 8TH: SIEBERT REPLACED DAVANON (PITCHING); Matthews
singled to center; Miller singled to center [Matthews to
second]; Rader flied out to left; Ontiveros singled to second
[Matthews to third, Miller to second]; LeMaster was hit by a
pitch [Matthews scored, Miller to third, Ontiveros to second];
Falcone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [LeMaster out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
9, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Howard singled to center; Andrews walked [Howard to
second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Williams threw a
wild pitch [Howard to third, Andrews to second]; Cedeno
sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Howard scored,
Andrews out at third (right to catcher to shortstop to third)];
Johnson singled to center; Watson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 9, Astros 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Joshua singled to center; Thomas forced Joshua
(third to second); Thomasson lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Thomas out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
9, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: Cabell grounded out (first to pitcher); Rader
grounded out (third to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR METZGER; Cruz was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 9, Astros 4.