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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 6, 1974
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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 6, 1974 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 6, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 6, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Griffin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Caldwell |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 16,727 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Wendelstedt 1B: Nick Colosi 2B: Art Williams 3B: Doug Harvey |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Milt May | Catcher |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Ollie Brown | Right Fielder |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Tom Griffin | Pitcher |
| Preston Gomez | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Steve Ontiveros | First Baseman |
| Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
| Mike Phillips | Second Baseman |
| Ken Rudolph | Catcher |
| Mike Caldwell | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 6, 1974
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 left field, out of the reach of Matthews. Metzger reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Caldwell
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Matthews. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Metzger scores. May goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Caldwell
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and has Cedeno trapped. There's the throw to Speier who tags Cedeno for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Caldwell
May strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Caldwell
There goes Watson. The throw from Rudolph and he is out, Phillips applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Griffin
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Griffin
Speier is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Griffin
Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Matthews vs. Griffin
There goes Maddox. The throw from May and he is safe. Maddox steals second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Matthews vs. Griffin
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. Speier scores. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
There's a wild pitch. Maddox scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Griffin
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Caldwell
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Caldwell
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Caldwell
Helms hits a popup towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Griffin
Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudolph vs. Griffin
There goes Phillips. The throw from May and he is out, Metzger applying the tag. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Griffin
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Griffin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caldwell vs. Griffin
Caldwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Caldwell
Griffin strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Caldwell
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Caldwell
May hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Caldwell
Cedeno bunts towards the mound. Caldwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Griffin
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Griffin
Speier hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Speier reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Griffin
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Griffin
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Griffin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, 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 -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Caldwell
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Caldwell
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Caldwell
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
Ontiveros hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Griffin
Kingman hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Griffin
Phillips hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Phillips reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rudolph vs. Griffin
Rudolph takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Caldwell vs. Griffin
Caldwell bunts towards the mound. Griffin fields it and throws to third for the out. Rudolph moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Griffin
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Caldwell
Helms hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Caldwell
Griffin bunts in front of the plate. Rudolph fields it and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metzger vs. Caldwell
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Caldwell
May hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Phillips catches it. Metzger is attempting to advance to second base. Here's the throw, and he's out. Double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Griffin
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Griffin
Maddox hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Griffin
Matthews hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Griffin
Ontiveros strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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 -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Caldwell
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Caldwell
May hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Caldwell
Rader hits a popup in front of the plate. Rudolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Griffin
Kingman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Griffin
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudolph vs. Griffin
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caldwell vs. Griffin
Caldwell strikes out. View Play
Top 7
-
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Caldwell
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Caldwell
Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Matthews. Helms reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Moffitt
Larry Milbourne pinch runs for Tommy Helms. Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Tom Griffin. Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Johnson hits a popup towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metzger vs. Moffitt
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Wilson
Larry Milbourne now playing second base. Don Wilson now pitching.
Bonds hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Wilson
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Wilson
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Moffitt
May hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Moffitt
Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Moffitt
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Moffitt
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Wilson
Dave Campbell now playing left field.
Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Wilson
Ontiveros bunts towards the mound. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Wilson
There goes Matthews. The throw from May and he is safe. Matthews steals second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Wilson
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Arnold vs. Scherman
Fred Scherman now pitching. Chris Arnold pinch hits for Mike Phillips.
Arnold strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Moffitt
Bruce Miller now playing second base.
Rader hits a popup towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Moffitt
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Moffitt
Bob Gallagher pinch hits for Larry Milbourne.
Gallagher hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/6/1974 -- Houston at San Francisco (D)
Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Metzger R, ss 3 1 2 0 Bonds B, rf 4 0 0 0
May M, c 4 1 1 0 Speier C, ss 2 1 1 0
Cedeno C, cf 4 0 1 2 Maddox G, cf 4 1 1 0
Watson B, lf 3 0 1 0 Matthews G, lf 4 0 1 1
Campbell D, lf 0 0 0 0 Ontiveros S, 1b 3 1 1 1
May L, 1b 4 0 1 0 Kingman D, 3b 3 0 0 0
Rader D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Phillips M, 2b 3 0 2 0
Brown O, rf 4 0 0 0 Arnold C, ph 1 0 0 0
Helms T, 2b 3 0 2 0 Miller B, 2b 0 0 0 0
Milbourne L, pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Rudolph K, c 2 0 0 0
Gallagher B, ph 1 0 0 0 Caldwell M, p 3 0 0 0
Griffin T, p 1 0 0 0 Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0
Johnson C, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson D, p 0 0 0 0
Scherman F, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 8 2 29 3 6 2
Houston 200 000 000 -- 2
San Francisco 200 100 00x -- 3
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin T (L) 6.0 5 3 3 4 5
Wilson D 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Scherman F 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell M (W) 6.1 7 2 2 2 4
Moffitt R (S) 2.2 1 0 0 0 0
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- Houston 6, San Francisco 7
2B -- Metzger R, Cedeno C, Speier C, Phillips M, Helms T
HR -- Ontiveros S
SB -- Maddox G, Matthews G
CS -- Watson B, Phillips M
SH -- Griffin T
HBP -- by Griffin T (Speier C)
WP -- Griffin T
T -- 2:14
A -- 16727
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