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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 26, 1976
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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 September 26, 1976 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 26, 1976 |
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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 | September 26, 1976 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mark Lemongello |
Home Starting Pitcher | Charlie Williams |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 15,048 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 9 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Art Williams 1B: John Kibler 2B: Jim Quick 3B: Ed Montague |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wilbur Howard | Left Fielder |
Alex Taveras | Shortstop |
Jose Cruz | Center Fielder |
Cliff Johnson | First Baseman |
Art Howe | Third Baseman |
Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Ed Herrmann | Catcher |
Roger Metzger | Second Baseman |
Mark Lemongello | Pitcher |
Bill Virdon | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jack Clark | Center Fielder |
Marty Perez | Second Baseman |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
Gary Thomasson | First Baseman |
Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Charlie Williams | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 26, 1976
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Williams
Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Williams
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Williams
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Williams
There goes Cruz. The throw from Rader and he is out, Perez applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Lemongello
Clark hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Lemongello
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Lemongello
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Lemongello
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Williams
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark throws the ball in to Speier who tags Johnson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Williams
Howe 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: ---
Gross vs. Williams
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herrmann vs. Williams
Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Lemongello
Thomasson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Lemongello
There goes Thomasson. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Metzger applying the tag. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Lemongello
Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Lemongello
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reitz moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Lemongello
Rader is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Lemongello
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Williams
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemongello vs. Williams
Lemongello bunts towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Williams
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Metzger moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Taveras vs. Williams
Taveras hits a fly ball towards cemter. Clark catches it and throws to home to double up Metzger. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Lemongello
Clark hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Lemongello
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Lemongello
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lavelle
Gary Lavelle now pitching.
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Lavelle
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields the ball and throws to first. Thomasson drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Thomasson. Cruz goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Lavelle
Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lavelle
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herrmann vs. Lavelle
Herrmann strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Lemongello
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Lemongello
Thomasson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Lemongello
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Speier vs. Lemongello
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Murcer scores. Reitz moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Lemongello
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out. Reitz moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lavelle vs. Lemongello
Lavelle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras 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: ---
Metzger vs. Lavelle
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemongello vs. Lavelle
Lemongello takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Lavelle
Howard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Clark. Howard reaches second base with a double. Lemongello moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Taveras vs. Lavelle
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cruz vs. Lavelle
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Lemongello
Clark hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Lemongello
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Lemongello
Matthews hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Lemongello
Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lavelle
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Lavelle
Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lavelle
Gross 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: ---
Thomasson vs. Lemongello
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Lemongello
Reitz bunts towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Metzger covering, for the out. Thomasson moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Lemongello
Speier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomasson scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Lemongello
Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Rader reaches second base with a double. Speier goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adams vs. Lemongello
Glenn Adams pinch hits for Gary Lavelle.
Adams strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Lemongello
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Moffitt
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boswell vs. Moffitt
Ken Boswell pinch hits for Mark Lemongello.
Boswell hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Moffitt
Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Sosa
Jose Sosa now pitching.
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Sosa
Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Sosa
Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Murcer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomasson vs. Sosa
Thomasson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Thomasson reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reitz vs. Sosa
Reitz hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Howard fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Howard. Thomasson scores. Reitz moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Speier vs. Sosa
Speier is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rader vs. Sosa
Rader hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Moffitt
Darrell Evans now playing first base.
Taveras hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Moffitt
Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Moffitt
Bob Watson pinch hits for Cliff Johnson.
Watson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moffitt vs. Sosa
Bob Watson now playing first base.
Moffitt hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Sosa
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Sosa
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Sosa covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Moffitt
Larry Herndon now playing center field.
Howe hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Moffitt
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herrmann vs. Moffitt
Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Moffitt
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/26/1976 -- Houston at San Francisco (D) Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Howard W, lf 4 0 2 0 Clark J, cf 5 0 0 0 Taveras A, ss 4 0 0 0 Herndon L, cf 0 0 0 0 Cruz J, cf 4 1 3 0 Perez M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Johnson C, 1b 3 0 1 0 Matthews G, lf 4 0 0 0 Watson B, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Murcer B, rf 4 2 2 0 Howe A, 3b 4 0 0 0 Thomasson G, 1b 4 2 4 1 Gross G, rf 3 0 2 0 Evans D, 1b 0 0 0 0 Herrmann E, c 4 0 0 0 Reitz K, 3b 3 0 2 1 Metzger R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Speier C, ss 3 1 2 2 Lemongello M, p 0 0 0 0 Rader D, c 4 0 1 1 Boswell K, ph 1 0 0 0 Williams C, p 1 0 0 0 Sosa J, p 0 0 0 0 Lavelle G, p 1 0 0 0 Adams G, ph 1 0 0 0 Moffitt R, p 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 1 9 0 34 5 11 5 Houston 000 100 000 -- 1 San Francisco 000 102 20x -- 5 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Lemongello M (L) 6.0 8 3 3 2 2 Sosa J 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Williams C 3.0 4 0 0 1 0 Lavelle G (W) 3.0 2 1 1 2 1 Moffitt R (S) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 E -- Thomasson G, Howard W DP -- San Francisco 2 LOB -- Houston 7, San Francisco 9 2B -- Howard W, Rader D, Murcer B, Thomasson G, Reitz K CS -- Cruz J, Thomasson G SH -- Lemongello M, Reitz K HBP -- by Sosa J (Speier C) T -- 2:09 A -- 15048
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