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Wednesday April 27, 1977
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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.



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