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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 18, 1974
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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 April 18, 1974 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | April 18, 1974 |
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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 | April 18, 1974 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Bradley |
Home Starting Pitcher | Doug Konieczny |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 8,074 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Bill Williams 2B: Dick Stello 3B: Terry Tata |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Mike Phillips | Second Baseman |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Ed Goodson | First Baseman |
Gary Thomasson | Left Fielder |
Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Tom Bradley | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
Lee May | First Baseman |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Doug Konieczny | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 18, 1974
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Konieczny
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Konieczny
Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Konieczny
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Metzger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Konieczny
Konieczny fires to first and picks off Maddox. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Bradley
Gross 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: ---
Metzger vs. Bradley
Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Bradley
There goes Metzger. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Metzger steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Bradley
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Bradley
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Konieczny
Goodson 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 -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Konieczny
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 -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Konieczny
Kingman 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--
Speier vs. Konieczny
Speier is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bradley
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bradley
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Bradley
Edwards strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Konieczny
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Konieczny
Bradley 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: ---
Bonds vs. Konieczny
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Bradley
Helms hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konieczny vs. Bradley
Konieczny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Bradley
Gross hits a popup, foul, towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Konieczny
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Konieczny covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Konieczny
Maddox 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: ---
Goodson vs. Konieczny
Goodson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Goodson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomasson vs. Konieczny
Gary Matthews pinch runs for Ed Goodson.
Thomasson hits a fly ball towards left. Watson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Watson. Matthews scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Konieczny
Steve Ontiveros pinch hits for Dave Kingman.
Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Bradley
Gary Matthews now playing left field. Gary Thomasson now playing first base. Steve Ontiveros now playing third base.
Metzger strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Bradley
Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Bradley
Watson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Bradley
May strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Konieczny
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Konieczny
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Konieczny
Bradley bunts towards the mound. Konieczny fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Konieczny
There's a wild pitch. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bonds vs. Konieczny
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bradley
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Bradley
Edwards hits a line drive into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Bradley
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Konieczny
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Konieczny
Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Konieczny
Matthews takes first base on ball four. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomasson vs. Konieczny
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. Maddox moves to third. Matthews moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ontiveros vs. Konieczny
Ontiveros is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Speier vs. Konieczny
Speier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox scores. Matthews scores. Ontiveros moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Scherman
Fred Scherman now pitching.
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 6
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Bradley
Bob Gallagher pinch hits for Fred Scherman.
Gallagher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Gallagher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Bradley
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metzger vs. Bradley
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Gallagher moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cedeno vs. Bradley
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Gallagher scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Bradley
There goes Cedeno. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Cedeno steals second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Bradley
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Bradley
May hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Johnson
Greg Gross now playing left field. Bob Watson now playing first base. Jerry Johnson now pitching. Bob Gallagher now playing right field.
Bradley strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Johnson
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Johnson
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bradley
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Bradley
Edwards hits a line drive into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Bradley
Helms 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, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Johnson
Denis Menke now playing third base.
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gross. Maddox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Johnson
Matthews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomasson vs. Johnson
Thomasson bunts towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third. Matthews moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ontiveros vs. Johnson
Ontiveros is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Speier vs. Johnson
There's a wild pitch. Maddox scores. Matthews moves to third. Ontiveros moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Speier vs. Johnson
Speier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Matthews scores. Ontiveros moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rader vs. Johnson
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards second. Helms scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Bradley
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomasson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bradley covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Bradley
Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Bradley
Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Bradley
Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Cedeno reaches third base with a triple. Gross goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Watson vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moffitt vs. Johnson
Moffitt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Johnson
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Johnson
Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Johnson
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moffitt moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Matthews vs. Johnson
Matthews takes first base on ball four. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomasson vs. Johnson
Thomasson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Moffitt
Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Jerry Johnson.
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Moffitt
Menke is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Moffitt
Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/18/1974 -- San Francisco at Houston (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Bonds B, rf 5 0 0 0 Gross G, rf-lf 3 1 1 0 Phillips M, 2b 5 0 1 0 Metzger R, ss 4 0 1 0 Maddox G, cf 5 2 3 0 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 2 2 Goodson E, 1b 2 0 1 0 Watson B, lf-1b 3 0 1 0 Matthews G, pr-lf 0 3 0 0 May L, 1b 3 0 0 0 Thomasson G, lf-1b 4 0 0 0 Johnson J, p 0 0 0 0 Kingman D, 3b 1 0 1 0 Johnson C, ph 1 0 0 0 Ontiveros S, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Rader D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Speier C, ss 4 0 2 3 Menke D, 3b 1 0 0 0 Rader D, c 3 0 0 0 Edwards J, c 4 0 0 0 Bradley T, p 2 0 0 0 Helms T, 2b 3 0 0 0 Moffitt R, p 1 0 1 0 Konieczny D, p 1 0 0 0 Scherman F, p 0 0 0 0 Gallagher B, ph-rf 2 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 5 9 3 32 2 6 2 San Francisco 000 102 020 -- 5 Houston 000 001 010 -- 2 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Bradley T (W) 7.2 6 2 2 2 6 Moffitt R 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Konieczny D (L) 5.2 5 3 2 3 3 Scherman F 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson J 3.0 4 2 2 3 3 E -- Watson B DP -- San Francisco 1, Houston 1 LOB -- San Francisco 9, Houston 5 2B -- Goodson E, Gallagher B, Maddox G 3B -- Cedeno C SB -- Metzger R, Cedeno C SH -- Bradley T, Thomasson G WP -- Konieczny D, Johnson J T -- 2:18 A -- 8074
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