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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 22, 1972
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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 22, 1972 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 22, 1972 |
|---|---|
| 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 22, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Roberts |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Carrithers |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 11,095 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Wendelstedt 1B: Bruce Froemming 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Paul Pryor |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Jim Wynn | Right Fielder |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Dave Roberts | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | First Baseman |
| Ken Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Al Gallagher | Third Baseman |
| Don Carrithers | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 22, 1972
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Carrithers
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Carrithers
There goes Metzger. The throw from Healy and he is safe. Metzger steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Carrithers
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Wynn vs. Carrithers
Wynn 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-
May vs. Carrithers
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Speier. Metzger scores. May moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Carrithers
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, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Roberts
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Carrithers
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Carrithers
Helms hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Carrithers
Edwards hits a line drive into center field. Mays 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: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Roberts
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gallagher vs. Roberts
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Carrithers vs. Roberts
Carrithers hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Carrithers
Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Carrithers
Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Carrithers
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Roberts
There goes Fuentes. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Fuentes steals second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Roberts
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fuentes moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Carrithers
Wynn hits a popup towards first. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
May vs. Carrithers
May hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Carrithers
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Carrithers
Rader hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Rader reaches second base with a double. Watson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Helms vs. Carrithers
Helms hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. There goes Rader trying to get to home. Henderson throws the ball in to Healy who tags Rader, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Roberts
Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Roberts
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Carrithers vs. Roberts
Carrithers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Carrithers
Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Edwards reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Carrithers
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Metzger vs. Carrithers
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carrithers fields it and throws to second for the out. Edwards moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cedeno vs. Carrithers
Cedeno hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Wynn vs. Carrithers
Wynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carrithers
May hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Bryant
Ron Bryant now pitching.
Watson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Roberts
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bryant
Rader hits a line drive towards short. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Bryant
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Bryant
Edwards hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Bryant
Roberts strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Roberts
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Bryant
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 -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Bryant
Cedeno hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Bryant
Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Roberts
Gallagher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Arnold vs. Roberts
Chris Arnold pinch hits for Ron Bryant.
Arnold strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Roberts
There's a wild pitch. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
May vs. McMahon
Don McMahon now pitching.
May hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Watson vs. McMahon
Watson strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. McMahon
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. McMahon
Helms hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Roberts
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds hits a line drive into left field. Watson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Watson. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Roberts
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. McMahon
Edwards 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 -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. McMahon
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. McMahon
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. McMahon
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Roberts
Healy strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Roberts
Gallagher strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Roberts
Bernie Williams pinch hits for Don McMahon.
Williams strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/22/1972 -- Houston at San Francisco (D)
Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Metzger R, ss 3 2 0 0 Speier C, ss 3 0 0 0
Cedeno C, cf 5 0 0 0 Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 2 0
Wynn J, rf 4 1 1 3 Mays W, cf 3 0 0 0
May L, 1b 4 0 2 0 Bonds B, rf 4 0 1 0
Watson B, lf 3 1 0 0 Kingman D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader D, 3b 4 0 2 1 Henderson K, lf 4 0 2 0
Helms T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Healy F, c 4 0 0 0
Edwards J, c 4 2 2 1 Gallagher A, 3b 3 0 2 0
Roberts D, p 3 0 0 0 Carrithers D, p 2 0 0 0
Bryant R, p 0 0 0 0
Arnold C, ph 1 0 0 0
McMahon D, p 0 0 0 0
Williams B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 8 5 33 0 7 0
Houston 100 131 000 -- 6
San Francisco 000 000 000 -- 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts D (W) 9.0 7 0 0 3 5
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Carrithers D (L) 4.2 6 5 4 3 1
Bryant R 2.1 1 1 1 0 2
McMahon D 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Speier C, Watson B
DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- Houston 5, San Francisco 9
2B -- Rader D, Edwards J
HR -- Wynn J, Edwards J
SB -- Metzger R, Fuentes T
WP -- Roberts D
T -- 2:21
A -- 11095
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