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Cliff Johnson drove in three runs with two doubles to lead the Astros to an 8-2 victory over the Giants. Ken Forsch, relieving winner Mike Cosgrove in the seventh, earned his 14th save. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 8, San Francisco Giants 2Game Played on Monday, June 28, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 8 16 1
Giants 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .300 Herndon cf 5 0 2 0 0 3 .327
Andrews 2b 5 2 4 0 0 0 .324 Perez 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .254
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .280 Matthews lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .267
Watson 1b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .273 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .246
Cruz rf 5 2 3 2 0 1 .284 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .228
Johnson lf 3 0 2 3 0 0 .232 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283
Howard lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Evans 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .189
Herrmann c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Hill c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .188
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .232 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Cosgrove p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .056 Dressler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Heaverlo p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Arnold ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .233
Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Thomas ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244
Barr pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .103
Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Totals 39 8 16 8 2 5 Totals 32 2 5 0 5 12
Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 2,604
Left on Base: Astros 8, Giants 8
DP: Astros 1, Giants 1
Errors: Johnson
Doubles: Cruz (7), Johnson 2 (11), Cedeno (11), Herrmann (2), Watson (10)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (8)
Caught Stealing: Andrews (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Cosgrove (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno (2)
GIDP: Perez (7)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Cosgrove W(3-4) 6.1 5 2 0 5 10 0 29 4.63
Forsch SV(14) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1.72
Totals 9 5 2 0 5 12 0 37
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dressler L(1-6) 2.2 8 5 5 0 1 0 15 4.98
Heaverlo 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.03
Williams 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 8 2.14
Caldwell 2 5 2 2 2 1 0 12 4.76
Totals 9 16 8 8 2 5 0 43
Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dick Stello
ASTROS 1ST: Cabell was called out on strikes; Andrews singled to
right; Andrews was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Herndon singled to center; Perez grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Herndon out at second];
Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled to center; Cruz doubled to right
[Watson to third]; Johnson doubled to center [Watson scored,
Cruz scored]; Herrmann grounded out (second to first) [Johnson
to third]; Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cosgrove
popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Murcer struck out; Speier walked; Reitz singled to
left [Speier to second]; Evans struck out; Hill was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Cabell flied out to right; Andrews singled to
center; Cedeno doubled to left [Andrews to third]; Watson flied
out to right; Cruz singled to center [Andrews scored, Cedeno
scored]; Cruz stole second; Johnson doubled to left [Cruz
scored]; HEAVERLO REPLACED DRESSLER (PITCHING); Herrmann popped
to third; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Heaverlo struck out; Herndon was called out on
strikes; Perez singled to center; Matthews popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Metzger singled to center; Cosgrove out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Metzger to second]; Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Murcer struck out; Speier grounded out (third to
first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 5, Giants 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno struck out; Watson grounded out (third to
first); Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 5, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to center; Hill walked; ARNOLD
BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Arnold singled to left [Hill to second];
Herndon struck out; Perez reached on an error by Johnson [Hill
scored (unearned), Arnold scored (unearned), Perez to second];
Matthews walked; Murcer struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 5, Giants 2.
ASTROS 6TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Johnson flied
out to center; Herrmann grounded out (shortstop to first);
Metzger popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5,
Giants 2.
GIANTS 6TH: HOWARD REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Speier flied
out to center; Reitz flied out to right; Evans struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Cosgrove struck out; Cabell singled to center;
Andrews singled to center [Cabell to third]; Cedeno hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cabell scored]; Watson struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 2.
GIANTS 7TH: Hill popped to second; THOMAS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS;
Thomas walked; BARR RAN FOR THOMAS; Herndon singled to center
[Barr to second]; Perez walked [Barr to third, Herndon to
second]; FORSCH REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING); Matthews flied out
to right; Murcer popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 2.
ASTROS 8TH: CALDWELL REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Cruz struck out
(catcher to first); Howard grounded out (pitcher to first);
Herrmann doubled to right; Metzger was walked intentionally;
Forsch walked [Herrmann to third, Metzger to second]; Cabell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 6,
Giants 2.
GIANTS 8TH: Speier flied out to left; Reitz flied out to left;
Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Giants 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Andrews singled to right; Cedeno singled to
shortstop [Andrews to second]; Watson doubled to center [Andrews
scored, Cedeno scored]; Cruz singled to center [Watson to
third]; Howard lined into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Cruz out at first]; Herrmann grounded out (first to pitcher); 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Giants 2.
GIANTS 9TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR HILL; Adams grounded out (first to
pitcher); THOMASSON BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Thomasson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 8, Giants 2.
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