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Willie Montanez' fourth hit of the game was a two-run homer in the eighth that produced the Giants' 7-6 victory over the Astros. Bobby Murcer's third career grand slam, in the fifth inning, was his first homer since opening day, when he hit two. [The Sporting News] San Francisco Giants 7, Houston Astros 6Game Played on Tuesday, May 25, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 - 6 11 1
Giants 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 x - 7 10 2
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Howard rf 5 3 3 3 0 1 .200 Herndon cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .462
Andrews 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .269 Thomas 2b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .231
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .299 Murcer rf 4 2 3 4 1 1 .274
Watson 1b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .286 Matthews lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .229
Roberts lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Montanez 1b 5 1 4 2 0 0 .320
Cruz ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Speier ss 3 0 1 1 1 1 .250
Cabell 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .299 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .263
Jutze c 4 2 1 0 1 0 .128 Hill c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .204
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Rader ph,c 1 1 0 0 2 1 .231
Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .034 Caldwell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Joshua ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Milbourne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .172
Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
DaVanon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Ontiveros ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .132
Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 6 11 5 5 2 Totals 32 7 10 7 9 8
Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 2,903
Left on Base: Astros 10, Giants 11
DP: Astros 1, Giants 0
Errors: Andrews, Thomas, Speier
Doubles: Cedeno (7), Montanez (12)
Triples: Roberts (2)
Home Runs: Howard (1), Murcer (3), Montanez (2)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (5), Thomas (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (1), Metzger (4), Speier (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno (1)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Richard 4.1 6 5 4 5 4 1 23 3.15
Siebert 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.57
Niekro 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 10 3.69
Forsch L(1-1) 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 5 2.00
Totals 8 10 7 6 9 8 2 42
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Caldwell 5 8 3 2 2 1 0 24 4.79
Williams 1.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 1.54
Moffitt 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.86
Lavelle 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 1 6 1.36
Heaverlo W(2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.94
Totals 9 11 6 4 5 2 1 43
Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol
ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Howard to second]; Cedeno reached on an
error by Speier [Howard scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Cedeno was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Watson walked;
Roberts grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (third to first); Thomas
walked; Thomas was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Murcer singled; Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Cabell singled; Jutze singled [Cabell to second];
Metzger walked [Cabell to third, Jutze to second]; Richard
forced Cabell (pitcher to catcher) [Jutze to third, Metzger to
second]; Howard singled [Jutze scored, Metzger to third, Richard
to second]; Andrews flied out to right; Cedeno flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Montanez singled; Speier was called out on strikes;
Reitz hit into a double play (center to first) [Montanez out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Watson singled; Roberts flied out to center; Cabell
singled to right [Watson to third, Cabell out at second (right
to shortstop to first to second)]; Jutze grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Hill struck out; Caldwell flied out to right;
Herndon singled; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Metzger flied out to right; Richard grounded out
(third to first); Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Murcer struck out; Matthews popped to catcher in
foul territory; Montanez singled; Speier walked [Montanez to
second]; Reitz forced Speier (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); Cedeno
doubled; Watson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cedeno to
third]; Roberts tripled [Cedeno scored]; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: RADER BATTED FOR HILL; Rader walked; JOSHUA BATTED
FOR CALDWELL; Joshua struck out; Herndon singled [Rader to
second]; Thomas walked [Rader to third, Herndon to second];
Murcer homered [Rader scored, Herndon scored, Thomas scored];
Matthews walked; Montanez reached on an error by Andrews
[Matthews to second]; SIEBERT REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING);
Speier singled [Matthews scored (unearned), Montanez to second];
Reitz was walked intentionally [Montanez to third, Speier to
second]; Rader was called out on strikes; ARNOLD BATTED FOR
JOSHUA; Arnold grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R (4 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 5.
ASTROS 6TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WILLIAMS REPLACED
ARNOLD (PITCHING); Jutze flied out to center; Metzger flied out
to left; MILBOURNE BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Milbourne grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 5.
GIANTS 6TH: NIEKRO REPLACED MILBOURNE (PITCHING); Herndon flied
out to center; Thomas struck out; Murcer walked; Matthews flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 5.
ASTROS 7TH: Howard reached on an error by Thomas; Andrews
singled [Howard to third]; Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Howard scored (unearned), Andrews to second]; Watson walked;
MOFFITT REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); CRUZ BATTED FOR ROBERTS;
Cruz flied out to left; Cabell struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 5.
GIANTS 7TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Montanez doubled;
Speier out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Montanez to
third]; Reitz struck out; Rader was walked intentionally;
ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ontiveros walked [Rader to
second]; Herndon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 5.
ASTROS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Jutze walked;
Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Jutze to
second]; DAVANON BATTED FOR NIEKRO; DaVanon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Howard homered [Jutze scored]; Andrews
walked; Cedeno singled [Andrews to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
LAVELLE (PITCHING); Watson flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Astros 6, Giants 5.
GIANTS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED DAVANON (PITCHING); Thomas grounded
out (second to first); Murcer singled; Matthews struck out;
Montanez homered [Murcer scored]; Speier grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 7.
ASTROS 9TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Cabell flied
out to right; Jutze grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 7.
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