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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
June 28, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants, played on June 28, 1973 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | June 28, 1973 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 28, 1973 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Barr |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Roberts |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 20,046 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Kibler 1B: Frank Pulli 2B: Ken Burkhart 3B: Lee Weyer |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Gary Thomasson | Right Fielder |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Ed Goodson | Third Baseman |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Dave Kingman | First Baseman |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Jim Barr | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommie Agee | Right Fielder |
Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
Lee May | First Baseman |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Skip Jutze | Catcher |
Dave Roberts | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
June 28, 1973
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Roberts
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Roberts
Goodson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Barr
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Barr
Metzger hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Barr
Cedeno is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Barr
Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barr fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Barr
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman scoops it up and throws to first, with Barr covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barr vs. Roberts
Barr strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Roberts
Thomasson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Thomasson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Barr
Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Barr
Jutze hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Barr
Roberts hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Agee vs. Barr
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Roberts
Goodson hits a fly ball into right field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Roberts
There's a wild pitch. Matthews moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Barr
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Barr
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Barr
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Barr
May hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barr vs. Roberts
Barr strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Roberts
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Barr
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Barr
Helms hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jutze vs. Barr
Jutze takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Barr
Roberts hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Agee vs. Barr
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Roberts
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Barr
Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Barr
Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Barr
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Roberts
There goes Kingman. The throw from Jutze and he is out, Metzger applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barr vs. Roberts
Barr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Barr moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomasson vs. Roberts
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Barr scores. Fuentes moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
May hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Barr
Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Barr
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Barr
Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Roberts
Goodson hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Barr
Roberts hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Barr
Agee hits a popup towards first. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Barr
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Barr
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barr vs. Roberts
Barr hits a fly ball into right field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Barr
Watson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Barr
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barr fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Roberts
Thomasson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Roberts
Goodson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Matthews reaches third base with a triple. Maddox goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Speier vs. Ray
Jim Ray now pitching.
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Barr
Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Barr
Jutze hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynn vs. Barr
Jim Wynn pinch hits for Jim Ray.
Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Agee vs. Barr
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/28/1973 -- San Francisco at Houston (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Fuentes T, 2b 5 0 1 0 Agee T, rf 5 0 0 0 Thomasson G, rf 5 0 3 1 Metzger R, ss 4 0 1 0 Maddox G, cf 5 1 2 0 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 0 0 Goodson E, 3b 5 0 1 0 Watson B, lf 4 0 1 0 Matthews G, lf 5 0 3 1 May L, 1b 4 1 1 1 Speier C, ss 4 0 0 0 Rader D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Kingman D, 1b 4 0 1 0 Helms T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Rader D, c 4 0 0 0 Jutze S, c 3 0 2 0 Barr J, p 4 1 1 0 Roberts D, p 3 0 0 0 Ray J, p 0 0 0 0 Wynn J, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 2 12 2 36 1 6 1 San Francisco 000 000 100 1 -- 2 Houston 000 000 100 0 -- 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Barr J (W) 10.0 6 1 1 1 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Roberts D (L) 9.2 12 2 2 1 9 Ray J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 LOB -- San Francisco 10, Houston 6 3B -- Thomasson G, Matthews G HR -- May L CS -- Kingman D WP -- Roberts D T -- 2:07 A -- 20046
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