San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, July 24, 1976 (Night game) at Astrodome

Giants       2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomasson cf          3   1   0   0     1   1   .226      Gross rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .296
  Herndon cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Perez ss,2b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .273      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .269      Roberts lf            3   0   0   0     1   2   .312
Murcer rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Cabell 3b             2   0   0   0     2   2   .295
Evans 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .211      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Reitz 3b              3   0   2   1     1   0   .282      Herrmann c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .215
Rader c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .236        Jutze pr,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .163
Miller 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
  Speier ss           1   1   1   1     0   0   .220      Larson p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
D'Acquisto p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Cedeno ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .298
  Adams ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .289        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Caldwell p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .133

Totals               34   4   8   3     4   6             Totals               29   0   3   0     5   6

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 22,621
Left on Base: Giants 7, Astros 7
DP: Giants 1, Astros 2
Errors: Cabell
Home Runs: Speier (1)
Stolen Bases: Thomasson (1), Cabell (21)
GIDP: D'Acquisto (1), Rader (11), Cedeno (10)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto W(2-5)       6     2   0   0   4   5   0  24   5.31
Caldwell SV(1)          3     1   0   0   1   1   0  10   4.29
Totals                  9     3   0   0   5   6   0  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Larson L(1-1)           7     7   3   2   3   6   0  30   1.69
Sambito                 2     1   1   1   1   0   1   8   3.86
Totals                  9     8   4   3   4   6   1  38

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Dutch Rennert


GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson walked; Perez singled to center [Thomasson
to second]; Thomasson stole third; Matthews struck out; Murcer
singled [Thomasson scored, Perez to second]; Evans flied out to
center [Perez to third]; Reitz singled to center [Perez scored,
Murcer to third]; Rader forced Reitz (shortstop unassisted); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (second to first); Andrews
singled to right; Cruz flied out to center; Roberts flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Miller singled to center; D'Acquisto grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Miller out at second];
Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cabell struck out; Johnson made an out to shortstop;
Herrmann flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Astros 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Perez grounded out (third to first); Matthews struck
out; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger struck out; Larson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Gross singled to center; Andrews grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Evans singled to right; Reitz singled [Evans to
second]; Rader grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Evans to third, Reitz out at second]; Miller reached
on an error by Cabell [Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), Miller
to first]; D'Acquisto struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz walked; Roberts was called out on strikes;
Cabell was called out on strikes; Johnson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
walked; Matthews struck out; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Herrmann flied out to left; Metzger flied out to
center; Larson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans flied out to right; Reitz flied out to left;
Rader walked; Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Gross walked; Andrews was called out on strikes;
Cruz flied out to center; Roberts walked [Gross to second];
Cabell walked [Gross to third, Roberts to second]; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants
3, Astros 0.

GIANTS 7TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Adams singled to
center; Thomasson struck out; Perez grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Adams to second]; Matthews grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: CALDWELL REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); SPEIER REPLACED
MILLER (PLAYING SS); PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
Herrmann singled to center; JUTZE RAN FOR HERRMANN; Metzger
flied out to center; CEDENO BATTED FOR LARSON; Cedeno grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jutze out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

GIANTS 8TH: JUTZE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SAMBITO REPLACED
CEDENO (PITCHING); Murcer flied out to left; Evans grounded out
(third to first); Reitz walked; Rader grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: HERNDON REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING CF); Gross
grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Speier homered; Caldwell grounded out (third to
first); Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Roberts struck out; Cabell walked; Cabell stole
second; Johnson made an out to second; Jutze grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 0.