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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 2, 1975
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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 May 2, 1975 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 2, 1975 |
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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 | May 2, 1975 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doug Konieczny |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Caldwell |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 4,110 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nick Colosi 1B: John McSherry 2B: Chris Pelekoudas 3B: Paul Pryor |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Enos Cabell | Left Fielder |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Bob Watson | First Baseman |
Cliff Johnson | Catcher |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Jose Cruz | Right Fielder |
Rob Andrews | Second Baseman |
Doug Konieczny | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Von Joshua | Center Fielder |
Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Ed Goodson | First Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Steve Ontiveros | Third Baseman |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Mike Caldwell | Pitcher |
Wes Westrum | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 2, 1975
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Caldwell
Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cabell vs. Caldwell
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metzger scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Caldwell
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Caldwell
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Konieczny
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Konieczny
Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cabell. Thomas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Konieczny
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Konieczny
Matthews strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Caldwell
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Caldwell
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Caldwell
Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Konieczny
Goodson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Konieczny
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Konieczny
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konieczny vs. Caldwell
Konieczny strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Caldwell
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cabell vs. Caldwell
Cabell strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
There goes Metzger. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Metzger steals second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Konieczny
Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cabell. Rader reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caldwell vs. Konieczny
Caldwell bunts towards the mound. Konieczny fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Joshua vs. Konieczny
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rader scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Konieczny
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Konieczny
Konieczny fires to first and has Thomas trapped. There's the throw to Metzger who tags Thomas for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Caldwell
Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Caldwell
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Caldwell
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Konieczny
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Konieczny
Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Konieczny
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Caldwell
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Caldwell
Andrews strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konieczny vs. Caldwell
Konieczny hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Caldwell
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Konieczny
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
Tom Griffin now pitching.
Ontiveros hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Griffin
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caldwell vs. Griffin
Caldwell strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Caldwell
Cabell hits a popup towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Caldwell
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Griffin
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Griffin covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Griffin
Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Griffin
The umpire calls a balk on Griffin Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Griffin
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Griffin
Matthews 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, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Caldwell
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Caldwell
Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Caldwell
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Caldwell
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Griffin
Goodson strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Griffin
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Griffin
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Cabell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Caldwell vs. Griffin
Caldwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Caldwell
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Caldwell
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cabell vs. Caldwell
Cabell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Griffin
Joshua hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Griffin
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Joshua moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Griffin
Johnson fires to second and picks off Joshua for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Griffin
Murcer takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Matthews vs. Griffin
Matthews hits a fly ball towards right field. Cruz fields the ball and throws to second. Andrews drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Andrews. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goodson vs. Griffin
Goodson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Goodson reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores. Murcer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Griffin
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodson scores. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rader vs. Scherman
Fred Scherman now pitching.
There goes Ontiveros. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Ontiveros steals second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rader vs. Scherman
Rader strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Caldwell
Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Moffitt
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Moffitt
Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Moffitt
Ken Boswell pinch hits for Rob Andrews.
Boswell hits a fly ball into center field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Moffitt
Greg Gross pinch hits for Fred Scherman.
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops it up and throws to first, with Moffitt covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. York
Jim York now pitching. Larry Milbourne now playing second base. Gary Thomasson pinch hits for Randy Moffitt.
Thomasson strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. York
Joshua takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. York
York fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on York. Joshua moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. York
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Joshua scores. That run is unearned. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/2/1975 -- Houston at San Francisco (N) Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Metzger R, ss 3 1 2 0 Joshua V, cf 4 1 1 1 Cabell E, lf 4 0 0 0 Thomas D, 2b 5 1 4 1 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 1 1 Murcer B, rf 3 1 0 0 Watson B, 1b 4 1 2 0 Matthews G, lf 4 0 0 0 Johnson C, c 3 1 0 0 Goodson E, 1b 4 1 2 2 Rader D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Speier C, ss 2 0 1 0 Cruz J, rf 4 1 1 3 Ontiveros S, 3b 4 0 1 1 Andrews R, 2b 3 0 0 0 Rader D, c 4 1 1 0 Boswell K, ph 1 0 0 0 Caldwell M, p 2 0 0 0 Milbourne L, 2b 0 0 0 0 Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0 Konieczny D, p 2 0 1 0 Thomasson G, ph 1 0 0 0 Griffin T, p 1 0 0 0 Scherman F, p 0 0 0 0 Gross G, ph 1 0 0 0 York J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 8 4 33 5 10 5 Houston 100 000 003 -- 4 San Francisco 001 000 031 -- 5 1 out when winning run was scored. Houston IP H R ER BB SO Konieczny D* 4.0 5 1 1 0 1 Griffin T 3.2 4 3 3 3 3 Scherman F 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 York J (L) 0.1 1 1 0 1 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Caldwell M+ 8.0 7 3 3 2 5 Moffitt R (W) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 5th + Pitched to 1 batter in 9th E -- Andrews R 2, York J DP -- Houston 1, San Francisco 1 LOB -- Houston 5, San Francisco 8 2B -- Thomas D, Rader D, Goodson E HR -- Cruz J SB -- Metzger R, Ontiveros S CS -- Thomas D SH -- Caldwell M Balk -- Griffin T T -- 2:34 A -- 4110
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