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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
July 29, 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 July 29, 1974 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | July 29, 1974 |
|---|---|
| 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 29, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Halicki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Claude Osteen |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 15,491 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Dale 1B: Harry Wendelstedt 2B: Art Williams 3B: Doug Harvey |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Chris Arnold | Second Baseman |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | First Baseman |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Bruce Miller | Third Baseman |
| Ken Rudolph | Catcher |
| Ed Halicki | Pitcher |
| Wes Westrum | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Milt May | Catcher |
| Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Claude Osteen | Pitcher |
| Preston Gomez | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
July 29, 1974
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Osteen
Bonds 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: ---
Arnold vs. Osteen
Arnold hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 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 -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Osteen
There goes Maddox. The throw from May and he is safe. Maddox steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Osteen
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Halicki
Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Gross reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metzger vs. Halicki
Metzger bunts towards third. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cedeno vs. Halicki
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Halicki
The umpire calls a balk on Halicki Cedeno moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Halicki
May strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Osteen
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Osteen
Speier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matthews moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Osteen
Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matthews scores. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rudolph vs. Osteen
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. Speier scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Halicki vs. Osteen
Halicki bunts towards the mound. Osteen fields it and throws to first for the out. Rudolph moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Osteen
Bonds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rudolph scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arnold vs. Osteen
There goes Bonds. The throw from May and he is out, Helms applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Halicki
Watson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Halicki
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Halicki
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnold vs. Osteen
Arnold strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Osteen
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Osteen
Kingman hits a popup, foul, towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osteen vs. Halicki
Osteen strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Halicki
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arnold scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Halicki
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metzger for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Osteen
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 -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Osteen
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Osteen
Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudolph vs. Osteen
Rudolph hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Halicki
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Halicki
Halicki fires to first and picks off Cedeno. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller juggles the ball. That's an error on Miller. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Arnold fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Halicki
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Halicki vs. Osteen
Halicki hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Osteen
Bonds hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Cedeno chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Helms. Helms fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Helms. Halicki goes all the way around to score. Bonds moves all the way to home. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnold vs. Osteen
Arnold hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. York
Jim York now pitching.
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Arnold moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goodson vs. York
Ed Goodson pinch hits for Dave Kingman.
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Arnold moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Matthews vs. York
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Arnold scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. York
Speier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matthews moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. York
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Halicki
Ed Goodson now playing first base.
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Halicki
Helms hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Halicki
Bob Gallagher pinch hits for Jim York.
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Halicki
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to third. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Metzger vs. Halicki
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms scores. Gallagher moves to third. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cedeno vs. Halicki
Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Richard
J.R. Richard now pitching.
Rudolph hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Halicki vs. Richard
Halicki strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Richard
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arnold vs. Richard
There goes Bonds. The throw from May and he is out, Metzger applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arnold scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Halicki
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Halicki
Rader strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnold vs. Richard
Arnold hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Richard
Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Richard
Goodson 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, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Halicki
Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Halicki
Wilbur Howard pinch hits for J.R. Richard.
Howard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Halicki
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Halicki
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops it up and throws to first, with Halicki covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Scherman
Fred Scherman now pitching.
Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Scherman
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Scherman
Miller takes first base on ball four. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rudolph vs. Scherman
Rudolph strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Halicki vs. Scherman
Halicki hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Speier scores. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonds vs. Scherman
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Halicki
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Halicki
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. May moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watson vs. Halicki
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arnold scoops it up and throws to first for the out. May moves to third. May moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rader vs. Halicki
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnold vs. Scherman
Arnold hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Scherman
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodson vs. Scherman
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Scherman covering, for the out. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Scherman
There goes Maddox. The throw from May and he is safe. Maddox steals third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Matthews vs. Scherman
Matthews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Speier vs. Scherman
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Halicki
Helms strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Halicki
Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Fred Scherman.
Edwards strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Halicki
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/29/1974 -- San Francisco at Houston (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 4 1 2 2 Gross G, rf 5 1 2 0
Arnold C, 2b 5 1 1 0 Metzger R, ss 3 0 1 1
Maddox G, cf 5 0 3 0 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 3 1
Kingman D, 1b 2 0 0 0 May L, 1b 4 0 0 0
Goodson E, ph-1b 3 0 0 0 May M, c 4 0 1 0
Matthews G, lf 4 1 2 1 Watson B, lf 4 0 0 0
Speier C, ss 4 2 2 0 Rader D, 3b 4 0 0 0
Miller B, 3b 3 0 2 1 Helms T, 2b 4 1 1 0
Rudolph K, c 4 1 0 1 Osteen C, p 1 0 0 0
Halicki E, p 3 1 2 1 York J, p 0 0 0 0
Gallagher B, ph 1 0 1 0
Richard J, p 0 0 0 0
Howard W, ph 1 0 1 0
Scherman F, p 0 0 0 0
Edwards J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 7 14 6 36 2 10 2
San Francisco 030 030 010 -- 7
Houston 100 010 000 -- 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki E (W) 9.0 10 2 2 0 7
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen C (L)* 4.0 9 6 6 0 2
York J 1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Richard J 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Scherman F 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Miller B, Helms T
DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- San Francisco 8, Houston 8
2B -- Gross G
3B -- Bonds B
SB -- Maddox G 2
CS -- Bonds B 2
SH -- Metzger R, Halicki E
Balk -- Halicki E
T -- 2:10
A -- 15491
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