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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 7, 1974
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros, played on April 7, 1974 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | April 7, 1974 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 7, 1974 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Claude Osteen |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Willoughby |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 10,341 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nick Colosi 1B: Art Williams 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: Harry Wendelstedt |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
Milt May | Catcher |
Lee May | First Baseman |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Claude Osteen | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Steve Ontiveros | First Baseman |
Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
Mike Phillips | Second Baseman |
Ken Rudolph | Catcher |
Jim Willoughby | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 7, 1974
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Willoughby
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Willoughby
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it and throws to first for the out. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Willoughby
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Willoughby
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Osteen
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Osteen
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Osteen
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Osteen
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 -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ontiveros vs. Osteen
Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Osteen
Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Osteen
Phillips takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudolph vs. Osteen
Rudolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Phillips moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Willoughby vs. Osteen
Willoughby hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Willoughby
May hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rudolph fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Willoughby
May hits a popup towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Willoughby
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Osteen
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Metzger. Bonds moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Speier vs. Osteen
The umpire calls a balk on Osteen Bonds scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Osteen
Speier strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Osteen
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Osteen covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Osteen
Matthews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Osteen
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Willoughby
Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Matthews. Helms reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Osteen vs. Willoughby
Osteen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gross vs. Willoughby
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms scores. Osteen moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metzger vs. Willoughby
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ontiveros scoops it up and throws to first, with Willoughby covering, for the out. Osteen moves to third. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cedeno vs. Willoughby
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Watson vs. Willoughby
Watson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rudolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Osteen
Kingman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Osteen
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Phillips for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Osteen
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Willoughby vs. Osteen
Willoughby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Willoughby reaches second base with a double. Rudolph moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bonds vs. Osteen
Bonds hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Rudolph scores. Willoughby scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Osteen
Speier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bonds scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Nagy
Mike Nagy now pitching.
Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Willoughby
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ontiveros scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Willoughby
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Willoughby
Rader hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Willoughby
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagy vs. Willoughby
Nagy hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Nagy
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Nagy
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 -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Nagy
Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Willoughby
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Willoughby
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Speier fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Willoughby
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Metzger moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Watson vs. Willoughby
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Metzger scores. Cedeno moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
May vs. Willoughby
May 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
Bottom 5
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Nagy
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Nagy
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Nagy
Gary Thomasson pinch hits for Jim Willoughby.
Thomasson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Nagy
Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
Jim Barr now pitching.
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Barr
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Barr
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Nagy
Speier is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Nagy
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Nagy
There's a wild pitch. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Matthews vs. Nagy
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ontiveros vs. Nagy
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Barr
Bob Gallagher pinch hits for Mike Nagy.
Gallagher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Barr
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Barr
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cedeno vs. Barr
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watson vs. Barr
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Forsch
Greg Gross now playing left field. Ken Forsch now pitching. Bob Gallagher now playing right field.
Kingman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Forsch
Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudolph vs. Forsch
Rudolph hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barr vs. Forsch
Barr hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Barr
May is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Barr
Dave Campbell pinch runs for Lee May.
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Barr
Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Forsch
Dave Campbell now playing first base.
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Forsch
Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Barr
Gallagher hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Barr
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Barr
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barr fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/7/1974 -- Houston at San Francisco (D) Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Gross G, rf-lf 5 0 4 1 Bonds B, rf 5 2 1 2 Metzger R, ss 5 1 1 0 Speier C, ss 5 0 1 1 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 1 0 Maddox G, cf 5 1 2 0 Watson B, lf 4 0 0 1 Matthews G, lf 3 1 1 1 Forsch K, p 0 0 0 0 Ontiveros S, 1b 3 1 0 0 May M, c 4 0 0 0 Kingman D, 3b 4 1 2 3 May L, 1b 3 1 2 0 Phillips M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Campbell D, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Rudolph K, c 4 1 1 0 Rader D, 3b 4 1 1 2 Willoughby J, p 2 1 1 0 Helms T, 2b 4 1 1 0 Thomasson G, ph 0 0 0 0 Osteen C, p 1 0 1 0 Barr J, p 1 0 0 0 Nagy M, p 1 0 0 0 Gallagher B, ph-rf 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 4 11 4 35 8 9 7 Houston 001 210 000 -- 4 San Francisco 413 000 00x -- 8 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Osteen C (L) 2.2 7 8 4 3 2 Nagy M 3.1 1 0 0 1 1 Forsch K 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Willoughby J (W) 5.0 8 4 4 0 0 Barr J (S) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 E -- Metzger R, Rader D DP -- San Francisco 1 LOB -- Houston 7, San Francisco 7 2B -- Helms T, Willoughby J, Bonds B, Cedeno C 3B -- Matthews G HR -- Kingman D, Rader D HBP -- by Barr J (May L) WP -- Nagy M Balk -- Osteen C T -- 2:07 A -- 10341
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