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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
July 26, 1975
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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 July 26, 1975 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | July 26, 1975 |
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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 | July 26, 1975 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pete Falcone |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Forsch |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Paul Runge 2B: Bruce Froemming 3B: Art Williams |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Von Joshua | Center Fielder |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Steve Ontiveros | Third Baseman |
Bruce Miller | Second Baseman |
Pete Falcone | Pitcher |
Wes Westrum | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wilbur Howard | Center Fielder |
Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Enos Cabell | Left Fielder |
Bob Watson | First Baseman |
Cliff Johnson | Catcher |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Larry Milbourne | Shortstop |
Ken Forsch | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
July 26, 1975
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Forsch
Joshua hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Forsch
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Forsch
Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Forsch
There goes Murcer. The throw from Johnson and he is out, Helms applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Falcone
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Falcone
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cabell vs. Falcone
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Falcone
Watson takes first base on ball four. Cabell moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Falcone
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Forsch
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Forsch
Montanez hits a line drive towards short. Milbourne catches it and throws to first to double up Matthews. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Forsch
Ontiveros 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 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Falcone
Rader 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: ---
Helms vs. Falcone
Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Falcone
Milbourne hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Forsch
Miller 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: ---
Falcone vs. Forsch
Falcone hits a popup towards short. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Forsch
Joshua 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 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Forsch vs. Falcone
Forsch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Falcone
Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Falcone
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cabell vs. Falcone
Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball 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: ---
Rader vs. Forsch
Rader hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Forsch
Murcer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Forsch
Matthews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Forsch
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Falcone
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Falcone
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Falcone
Rader hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Joshua. Rader reaches second base with a double. Watson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Helms vs. Falcone
Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Milbourne vs. Falcone
Milbourne is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Forsch vs. Falcone
Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Forsch
Ontiveros hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Forsch
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Falcone vs. Forsch
Falcone strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Falcone
Howard is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Falcone
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Falcone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Falcone
Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Matthews throws the ball in to Speier who tags Cabell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Forsch
Joshua 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, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Forsch
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Forsch
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Forsch
Matthews 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, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Falcone
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Ontiveros. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Falcone
Johnson hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Falcone
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Helms vs. Falcone
Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Milbourne vs. Falcone
Milbourne takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Forsch vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Forsch hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Forsch
Montanez hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Forsch
Ontiveros hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Moffitt
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moffitt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Moffitt
There goes Howard. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Howard steals second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Moffitt
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cabell vs. Moffitt
Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Moffitt
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Forsch
Gary Thomasson pinch hits for Bruce Miller.
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, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Forsch
Glenn Adams pinch hits for Randy Moffitt.
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joshua vs. Forsch
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Forsch
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Joshua moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murcer vs. Forsch
Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Murcer reaches second base with a double. Joshua scores. Rader goes all the way around to score. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Matthews vs. Forsch
Matthews strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Williams
Charlie Williams now pitching. Craig Robinson now playing second base.
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Williams
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Williams
Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. Williams
Rob Andrews pinch runs for Tommy Helms.
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Forsch
Rob Andrews now playing second base.
Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Forsch
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Williams
Jose Cruz pinch hits for Ken Forsch.
Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Cruz reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Howard vs. Williams
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gross vs. Lavelle
Gary Lavelle now pitching.
Gross strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cabell vs. Lavelle
Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/26/1975, game 1 -- San Francisco at Houston (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Joshua V, cf 4 1 0 0 Howard W, cf 5 1 1 0 Rader D, c 3 2 2 1 Gross G, rf 5 0 1 0 Murcer B, rf 4 0 2 2 Cabell E, lf 5 0 2 1 Matthews G, lf 4 0 2 0 Watson B, 1b 2 1 0 0 Montanez W, 1b 4 0 1 0 Johnson C, c 4 0 0 0 Speier C, ss 4 0 1 0 Rader D, 3b 4 0 2 1 Ontiveros S, 3b 4 0 0 0 Helms T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Miller B, 2b 2 0 1 0 Andrews R, pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Thomasson G, ph 1 0 0 0 Milbourne L, ss 2 0 0 0 Robinson C, 2b 0 0 0 0 Forsch K, p 2 0 0 0 Falcone P, p 2 0 0 0 Cruz J, ph 1 0 1 0 Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0 Adams G, ph 0 0 0 0 Williams C, p 0 0 0 0 Lavelle G, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 3 9 3 34 2 8 2 San Francisco 000 100 020 -- 3 Houston 000 100 100 -- 2 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Falcone P 5.2 4 1 1 5 3 Moffitt R (W) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 Williams C 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 Lavelle G (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Forsch K (L) 9.0 9 3 3 2 3 E -- Ontiveros S DP -- San Francisco 1, Houston 3 LOB -- San Francisco 4, Houston 10 2B -- Rader D, Murcer B 3B -- Cruz J HR -- Rader D SB -- Howard W CS -- Murcer B T -- 2:12 A -- 0
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