| After Rob Andrews drew a walk, Darrell Evans came up with two out in the eighth inning and smashed a homer to lift the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Astros. [The Sporting News] |
San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April 27, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 3 7 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Thomas ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .303 Andrews 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .207 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .135 Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Crawford lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .300 Evans lf,1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .327 Gardner lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 McCovey 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .305 Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Watson 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .242 Clark rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .318 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .260 Thomasson cf,lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .267 Sperring 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hill c 4 0 0 1 0 0 .275 Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 McGlothen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Richard p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 6 2 3 5 Totals 31 3 7 3 4 5 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 2,240 Left on Base: Astros 7, Giants 8 DP: Astros 0, Giants 0 Errors: Gonzalez, Evans Home Runs: Evans (3) Stolen Bases: Madlock (2) Caught Stealing: Clark (3) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard L(1-2) 8 7 3 3 4 5 1 35 2.54 Totals 8 7 3 3 4 5 1 35 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen 6 6 2 2 3 4 0 27 4.50 Heaverlo 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Moffitt W(1-1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.59 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 5 0 36 Wild Pitches: McGlothen (1) Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli ASTROS 1ST: Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Cabell singled to left [Cabell to second (error by Evans)]; Cedeno was called out on strikes; Crawford singled to center [Cabell scored]; Cruz walked [Crawford to second]; Watson singled [Crawford to third, Cruz to second]; Ferguson struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Thomas grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews walked; Madlock forced Andrews (pitcher to second); Madlock stole second; Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Sperring flied out to right; Richard struck out; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey reached on an error by Gonzalez [McCovey to first]; Clark flied out to right; Thomasson struck out; Hill popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Cabell flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Crawford walked; Cruz singled [Crawford to second]; Watson singled to center [Crawford scored, Cruz to third]; Ferguson walked [Watson to second]; Sperring forced Ferguson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: McGlothen grounded out (third to first); Thomas struck out; Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Richard struck out; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Cabell singled; McGlothen threw a wild pitch [Cabell to second]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Madlock grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 5TH: Crawford popped to first in foul territory; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Clark walked; Clark was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Thomasson struck out; Hill flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 6TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Sperring grounded out (shortstop to first); Richard popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: WHITFIELD BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Whitfield struck out; Thomas singled; Andrews forced Thomas (shortstop to second); Madlock singled [Andrews to second]; Evans popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 7TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Cabell struck out; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: McCovey singled; Clark singled [McCovey to second]; Thomasson grounded out (second to first) [McCovey to third, Clark to second]; Hill grounded out (third to first) [McCovey scored]; FOLI BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Foli made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 1. ASTROS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED FOLI (PITCHING); Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz made an out to shortstop; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: GARDNER REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING LF); Thomas flied out to right; Andrews walked; Madlock flied out to right; Evans homered [Andrews scored]; McCovey singled to right; HERNDON RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Clark singled to left [Herndon to second]; Thomasson walked [Herndon to third, Clark to second]; Hill grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3. ASTROS 9TH: HERNDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); EVANS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Ferguson flied out to left; BOSWELL BATTED FOR SPERRING; Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); JOHNSON BATTED FOR RICHARD; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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