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Kept alive by Bob Watson, who hit for the cycle for the first time in his 11-year major league career, the Astros finally were able to defeat the Giants, 6-5, in 11 innings. Watson knocked in three runs with a triple in the first inning. After adding a double in the third, Watson homered to tie the score at 4-4 in the fifth and drove in another run to fashion a 5-5 deadlock with a single in the eighth. Wilbur Howard walked with one out in the 11th, Enos Cabell singled and Jose Cruz, hitless in five previous trips, ended the game with a double off the right-center field wall. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 6, San Francisco Giants 5Game Played on Friday, June 24, 1977 (Night game) at AstrodomeGiants 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 3
Astros 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 11 0
Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Madlock 3b 6 1 1 1 0 1 .299 Howard cf 5 2 1 0 1 2 .207
Thomas ss 2 2 0 0 2 0 .265 Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0 1 0 .281
LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .080 Cruz rf 6 0 1 1 0 1 .262
Evans lf 4 1 2 2 1 1 .258 Ferguson c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .268
Thomasson cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .278 Cedeno pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .179
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .295 Herrmann c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238
Clark rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Watson 1b 4 1 4 5 0 0 .281
Andrews 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .275 Gardner pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171
Hill c 3 0 2 1 1 1 .231 Sambito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Sadek pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Fuller lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .185
Knepper p 4 0 1 0 0 3 .167 Howe 2b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .279
Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Larson p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Alexander ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Pentz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Toms p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boswell ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Cacek ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .077
Totals 40 5 10 5 6 10 Totals 41 6 11 6 6 5
Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 13,119
Left on Base: Giants 9, Astros 11
DP: Giants 1, Astros 2
Errors: LeMaster, Andrews, Hill
Doubles: Watson (11), Cruz (16)
Triples: Watson (5)
Home Runs: Evans (7), Madlock (6), Watson (9)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (24)
Caught Stealing: Sadek (1), Herrmann (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuller (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomasson (3)
GIDP: Madlock (16), McCovey (9), Cacek (1)
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Knepper 7 7 5 4 2 4 1 31 4.05
Moffitt 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.61
Lavelle 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 1.42
Toms L(0-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 27.00
Totals 10.1 11 6 5 6 5 1 48
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Larson 4.1 7 4 4 2 4 2 21 6.33
Pentz 3.2 2 1 1 4 3 0 17 3.71
Sambito W(4-2) 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 2.14
Totals 11 10 5 5 6 10 2 47
Wild Pitches: Pentz (2)
Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Eric Gregg
GIANTS 1ST: Madlock flied out to left; Thomas flied out to
center; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants
0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled; Cabell singled [Howard to second];
Howard was picked off second but was safe on an error by Hill
[Howard to third]; Cruz struck out; Ferguson walked [Cabell to
second]; Watson tripled [Howard scored, Cabell scored, Ferguson
scored]; Fuller grounded out (third to first); Howe grounded out
(third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson singled; McCovey struck out; Clark flied
out to left; Andrews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 2ND: Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Larson
singled; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first) [Larson to
second]; Cabell was walked intentionally; Cruz grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 3RD: Hill struck out; Knepper singled; Madlock grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Knepper out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 3RD: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Watson
doubled; Fuller struck out; Howe singled [Watson to third];
Gonzalez flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0,
Astros 3.
GIANTS 4TH: Thomas walked; Evans homered [Thomas scored];
Thomasson singled; McCovey singled [Thomasson to second]; Clark
forced McCovey (shortstop to second) [Thomasson to third];
Andrews struck out; Hill singled [Thomasson scored, Clark to
third]; Knepper struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3,
Astros 3.
ASTROS 4TH: Larson grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
struck out; Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Astros 3.
GIANTS 5TH: Madlock homered; Thomas grounded out (second to
first); Evans walked; PENTZ REPLACED LARSON (PITCHING);
Thomasson flied out to left; McCovey flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 3.
ASTROS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Ferguson flied
out to center; Watson homered; Fuller struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 4.
GIANTS 6TH: Clark grounded out (second to first); Andrews flied
out to center; Hill walked; Knepper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Giants 4, Astros 4.
ASTROS 6TH: Howe popped to third; Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher
to first); Pentz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 4.
GIANTS 7TH: Madlock flied out to center; Thomas walked; Evans
singled [Thomas to third]; Thomasson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Thomas scored, Evans to second]; McCovey was walked
intentionally; Clark walked [Evans to third, McCovey to second];
Andrews flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 5,
Astros 4.
ASTROS 7TH: LEMASTER REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING SS); Howard flied
out to right; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 4.
GIANTS 8TH: Hill singled; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; Sadek was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to
shortstop); Knepper struck out; Madlock struck out but advanced
to first on a wild pitch; LeMaster flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 4.
ASTROS 8TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Ferguson reached
on an error by Andrews; MOFFITT REPLACED KNEPPER (PITCHING);
CEDENO RAN FOR FERGUSON; Cedeno stole second; Watson singled
[Cedeno scored (unearned)]; GARDNER RAN FOR WATSON; Fuller out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gardner to second]; Howe
walked; Gonzalez walked [Gardner to third, Howe to second];
BOSWELL BATTED FOR PENTZ; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING);
CACEK BATTED FOR BOSWELL; Cacek grounded into a double play
(third to catcher to first) [Gardner out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 5.
GIANTS 9TH: HERRMANN REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING C ); SAMBITO
REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); CACEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
Evans struck out; Thomasson singled; McCovey grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomasson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 5.
ASTROS 9TH: Howard struck out; Cabell grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Giants 5, Astros 5.
GIANTS 10TH: Clark grounded out (pitcher to first); Andrews
struck out; Sadek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 5, Astros 5.
ASTROS 10TH: Herrmann singled; Herrmann was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Sambito grounded out (shortstop
to first); Fuller reached on an error by LeMaster [Fuller to
second]; Howe was walked intentionally; Gonzalez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 5.
GIANTS 11TH: ALEXANDER BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Alexander struck out;
Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); LeMaster flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 5.
ASTROS 11TH: TOMS REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Cacek grounded
out (third to first); Howard walked; Cabell singled [Howard to
second]; Cruz doubled [Howard scored, Cabell to third]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 6.
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