Mike Cosgrove, making his second start of the season, turned in his first complete game and pitched the Astros to a 6-3 victory over the Giants. The lefthander's first start came September 5 against the Padres in a game that J.R. Richard won in relief. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 10, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  0  0    0  4  2    0  0  0  -   6  8  0
Giants       2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Howard lf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .306      Joshua cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .325
Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Thomas 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Cedeno cf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .286      Murcer rf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .299
Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Matthews lf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .270
  DaVanon 3b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Cruz rf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .266      Miller 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
May c                 4   1   1   2     1   0   .249      LeMaster ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .129
Cabell 3b,1b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .266      Sadek c               1   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Metzger ss            1   0   0   1     2   0   .231        Speier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Cosgrove p            4   0   1   0     0   0   .100        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                          Halicki p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .113
                                                            Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .128
                                                            Hill c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .217

Totals               33   6   8   4     7   0             Totals               29   3   6   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  1,016
Left on Base: Astros 9, Giants 4
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Murcer, Miller
Doubles: Cosgrove (1), May (14), Howard (16), Joshua (21), Thomas (21)
Home Runs: Matthews (9)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (45)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (8), Minton (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Metzger (4), Murcer (11)
GIDP: Cosgrove (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cosgrove W(1-1)         9     6   3   3   3   3   1  34   2.56
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   3   1  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(9-13)         4.2   5   4   3   0   0   0  19   3.51
Minton                  0.1   1   2   1   1   0   0   3   8.10
Caldwell                2     0   0   0   2   0   0   8   5.13
Lavelle                 2     2   0   0   4   0   0  12   2.91
Totals                  9     8   6   4   7   0   0  42

Passed Balls: May (17)
Wild Pitches: Cosgrove (5), Caldwell (1)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Howard flied out to left; Andrews grounded out
(third to first); Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua singled to second; Thomas grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Joshua to second]; Cosgrove threw a wild
pitch [Joshua to third]; Murcer hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Joshua scored]; Matthews homered; Montanez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
flied out to left; May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Miller flied out to right; LeMaster flied out to
right; Sadek singled to third; Halicki forced Sadek (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Cabell grounded out (second to first); Metzger
grounded out (first to pitcher to first); Cosgrove doubled to
left; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Joshua popped to third in foul territory; Thomas
walked; Murcer flied out to left; Thomas was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Giants 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Andrews popped to first in foul territory; Cedeno
flied out to right; Johnson popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Montanez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Cruz singled to pitcher; May doubled to right [Cruz
scored]; Cabell singled to second [May to third]; Metzger hit a
sacrifice fly to center [May scored]; Cosgrove popped to third
in foul territory; Howard doubled to right [Cabell scored,
Howard scored (error by Murcer) (unearned) (no RBI)]; MINTON
REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Andrews grounded out (pitcher to
first); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster flied out to right; Sadek walked; Minton
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sadek to second];
Joshua doubled to center [Joshua out at third (center to third),
Sadek scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno stole second;
Johnson walked; CALDWELL REPLACED MINTON (PITCHING); Cruz forced
Johnson (shortstop to second) [Cedeno to third]; May reached on
an error by Miller [Cedeno scored (RBI), Cruz to third, May to
first]; Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Cruz scored (unearned), May
to second]; Cabell was walked intentionally; Metzger walked [May
to third, Cabell to second]; Cosgrove grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Metzger out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomas flied out to center; Murcer made an out to
second; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Howard flied out to left; Andrews made an out to
second; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Montanez grounded out (third to first); Miller
singled to center; LeMaster struck out; SPEIER BATTED FOR SADEK;
Speier forced Miller (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED SPEIER (PITCHING); HILL REPLACED
CALDWELL (PLAYING C ); Johnson flied out to center; Cruz singled
to second; May walked [Cruz to second]; Cabell grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Cruz to third, May to second]; Metzger was
walked intentionally; Cosgrove forced Metzger (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: DAVANON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 3B); CABELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hill was called out on strikes;
Joshua was called out on strikes; Thomas doubled to center; May
allowed a passed ball [Thomas to third]; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Howard walked; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher unassisted) [Howard to second]; Cedeno was walked
intentionally; DaVanon singled to center [Howard to third,
Cedeno to second]; Cruz popped to catcher in foul territory; May
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros
6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews walked; Montanez flied out to right; Miller
made an out to shortstop; LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.