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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 20, 1973
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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 May 20, 1973 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | May 20, 1973 |
|---|---|
| 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 | May 20, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Bradley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jerry Reuss |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 29,231 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nick Colosi 1B: John McSherry 2B: Ed Sudol 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Ed Goodson | Third Baseman |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | First Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Tom Bradley | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Wynn | Right Fielder |
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Reuss | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 20, 1973
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reuss
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Reuss
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Reuss
Goodson 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--
Speier vs. Reuss
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Bradley
Wynn 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: ---
Metzger vs. Bradley
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Bradley
Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Reuss
Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Maddox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Reuss
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Reuss
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rader vs. Reuss
Rader hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms catches it and throws to first to double up Matthews. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Bradley
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Bradley
May hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Bradley
Rader hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Edwards vs. Bradley
Edwards hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Bradley
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, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reuss vs. Bradley
Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Reuss
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reuss
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Reuss
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Bradley
Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Bradley
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Bradley
Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Reuss
Goodson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Reuss
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Reuss
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Bradley
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Bradley
May takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Bradley
Rader hits a popup in front of the plate. Rader makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Rader. Watson moves to third. May moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Edwards vs. Bradley
Edwards is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Helms vs. Bradley
Helms hits a line drive into left field. Matthews picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Matthews. Watson scores. May scores. Edwards goes all the way around to score. Helms moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Reuss vs. Williams
Charlie Williams now pitching.
Reuss bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Helms scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynn vs. Williams
Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Williams
Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Reuss
Matthews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Matthews reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Reuss
Kingman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Kingman reaches second base with a double. Matthews scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rader vs. Reuss
Rader hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Rader reaches second base with a double. Kingman scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blanco vs. Reuss
Damaso Blanco pinch hits for Charlie Williams.
There's a wild pitch. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Blanco vs. Reuss
Blanco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bonds vs. Reuss
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rader scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Reuss
Fuentes 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, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Carrithers
Don Carrithers now pitching.
Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Carrithers
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Watson for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carrithers
May strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Reuss
Goodson 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, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Reuss
Speier hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Reuss
Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Maddox reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Matthews vs. Reuss
Matthews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Reuss
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Carrithers
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Carrithers
Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Carrithers
Helms hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reuss vs. Carrithers
Reuss strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Reuss
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Reuss
Gary Thomasson pinch hits for Don Carrithers.
Thomasson takes first base on ball four. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw now pitching.
Bonds takes first base on ball four. Rader moves to third. Thomasson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fuentes vs. Upshaw
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Fuentes reaches third base with a triple. Rader scores. Thomasson scores. Bonds goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Goodson vs. Crawford
Jim Crawford now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Fuentes scores. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. Crawford
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodson for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Crawford
Speier hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Crawford
Maddox is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Crawford
The umpire calls a balk on Crawford Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Crawford
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Sosa
Elias Sosa now pitching.
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Sosa
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Sosa
There goes Metzger. The throw from Rader and he is out, Fuentes applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Sosa
Cedeno strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Crawford
Kingman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Crawford
Rader bunts towards the mound. Crawford fields it and throws to first for the out. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Arnold vs. Crawford
Chris Arnold pinch hits for Elias Sosa.
Arnold strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. York
Jim York now pitching.
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Moffitt
May strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Moffitt
Rader hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Agee vs. McDowell
Sam McDowell now pitching. Tommie Agee pinch hits for Johnny Edwards.
Agee strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Helms vs. McDowell
Helms strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. York
Larry Howard now catching.
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodson vs. York
Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. York fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. York
Speier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. York
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. McDowell
Jesus Alou pinch hits for Jim York.
Alou strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. McDowell
Wynn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/20/1973 -- San Francisco at Houston (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 4 1 0 1 Wynn J, rf 5 1 1 1
Fuentes T, 2b 5 1 1 3 Metzger R, ss 4 0 1 0
Goodson E, 3b 5 0 1 0 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 0 0
Speier C, ss 4 0 1 0 Watson B, lf 3 2 2 0
Maddox G, cf 4 0 2 0 May L, 1b 3 1 0 0
Matthews G, lf 3 1 2 0 Rader D, 3b 4 1 2 0
Kingman D, 1b 4 1 2 1 Edwards J, c 2 2 1 3
Rader D, c 2 2 1 1 Agee T, ph 1 0 0 0
Bradley T, p 1 0 0 0 Howard L, c 0 0 0 0
Williams C, p 0 0 0 0 Helms T, 2b 4 1 2 1
Blanco D, ph 1 0 0 0 Reuss J, p 2 0 0 1
Carrithers D, p 0 0 0 0 Upshaw C, p 0 0 0 0
Thomasson G, ph 0 1 0 0 Crawford J, p 0 0 0 0
Sosa E, p 0 0 0 0 York J, p 0 0 0 0
Arnold C, ph 1 0 0 0 Alou J, ph 1 0 0 0
Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0
McDowell S, p 0 0 0 0
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34 7 10 6 33 8 9 6
San Francisco 000 030 400 -- 7
Houston 030 400 001 -- 8
1 out when winning run was scored.
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley T 3.1 5 7 5 2 0
Williams C 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Carrithers D 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Sosa E 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Moffitt R 0.1 1 0 0 1 1
McDowell S (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss J* 6.0 7 5 5 4 4
Upshaw C+ 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Crawford J 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
York J (W) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Rader D, Matthews G
DP -- Houston 2
LOB -- San Francisco 7, Houston 4
2B -- Maddox G, Matthews G, Kingman D, Rader D
3B -- Maddox G, Fuentes T
HR -- Edwards J, Wynn J
CS -- Metzger R
SH -- Reuss J, Rader D
HBP -- by Crawford J (Maddox G)
WP -- Reuss J, Crawford J
Balk -- Crawford J
T -- 2:50
A -- 29231
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