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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 7, 1973
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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 7, 1973 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 1973 |
|---|---|
| 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 7, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Roberts |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Bradley |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 4,925 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Bill Williams 2B: Dick Stello 3B: Jerry Dale |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Gallagher | Right Fielder |
| Hector Torres | Shortstop |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Dave Roberts | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Tom Bradley | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 7, 1973
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Bradley
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Bradley
Torres hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
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
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes 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 -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maddox scores. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Bradley
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bradley
Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Bradley
May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Bradley
Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Bradley
Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Bradley
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Edwards scores. Helms goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gallagher vs. Willoughby
Jim Willoughby now pitching.
Gallagher hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torres vs. Willoughby
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Torres. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Willoughby vs. Roberts
Willoughby bunts towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Helms covering, for the out. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Willoughby
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Willoughby
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Willoughby
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Willoughby
May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox 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 -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey 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 -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Roberts
Speier strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Willoughby
Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Willoughby
Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Willoughby
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Roberts
Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader 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 -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Roberts
Willoughby strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Willoughby
Gallagher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Willoughby
Torres bunts towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Fuentes covering, for the out. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Willoughby
Cedeno hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Moffitt
Rader strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. McCovey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Roberts
Matthews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Moffitt
May strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Moffitt
Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Moffitt
Helms hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Moffitt
Roberts hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, 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, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Roberts
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Roberts
Steve Ontiveros pinch hits for Randy Moffitt.
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. McMahon
Don McMahon now pitching.
Gallagher hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. McMahon
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. McMahon
Cedeno takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. McMahon
There goes Cedeno. The throw from Rader and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Watson vs. McMahon
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rader vs. McMahon
Rader hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Roberts
Bonds hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Bonds reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Roberts
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Roberts
Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Bonds scores. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Maddox scores. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Forsch
Ken Forsch now pitching.
Matthews strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. McMahon
May hits a popup towards the mound. McMahon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. McMahon
Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. McMahon
Helms strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Forsch vs. McMahon
Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Forsch
Gary Sutherland now playing second base.
Kingman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Forsch
Rader takes first base on ball four. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howarth vs. Forsch
Mike Sadek pinch runs for Dave Rader. Jim Howarth pinch hits for Don McMahon.
Howarth takes first base on ball four. Kingman moves to third. Sadek moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bonds vs. Ray
Jim Ray now pitching.
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fuentes vs. Ray
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kingman scores. Sadek moves to third. Howarth moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maddox vs. Ray
Maddox 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. Rader fumbles the ball. That's an error on Rader. Sadek scores. Howarth scores. Fuentes goes all the way around to score. Maddox moves all the way to home. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Ray
McCovey hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Ray
Matthews hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Sosa
Mike Sadek now catching. Elias Sosa now pitching.
Gallagher strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Sosa
Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Hector Torres.
Stewart hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Sosa
Cedeno hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/1973 -- Houston at San Francisco (N)
Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Gallagher B, rf 5 1 1 0 Bonds B, rf 4 1 1 0
Torres H, ss 3 0 0 0 Fuentes T, 2b 5 1 1 1
Stewart J, ph 1 0 0 0 Maddox G, cf 5 3 3 3
Cedeno C, cf 4 1 1 2 McCovey W, 1b 5 0 3 1
Watson B, lf 2 0 0 0 Matthews G, lf 5 0 2 1
Rader D, 3b 4 1 1 0 Speier C, ss 4 0 0 0
May L, 1b 4 1 1 2 Kingman D, 3b 3 2 1 1
Edwards J, c 4 1 2 0 Rader D, c 3 0 1 0
Helms T, 2b 4 1 2 0 Sadek M, pr-c 0 1 0 0
Sutherland G, 2b 0 0 0 0 Bradley T, p 0 0 0 0
Roberts D, p 3 0 1 2 Willoughby J, p 1 0 0 0
Forsch K, p 1 0 0 0 Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0
Ray J, p 0 0 0 0 Ontiveros S, ph 1 0 0 0
McMahon D, p 0 0 0 0
Howarth J, ph 0 1 0 0
Sosa E, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 9 6 36 9 12 7
Houston 040 020 000 -- 6
San Francisco 100 100 25x -- 9
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts D 6.1 10 4 4 1 4
Forsch K (L)* 0.2 0 3 3 3 1
Ray J 1.0 2 2 0 0 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley T 1.1 5 4 4 0 0
Willoughby J 3.0 3 2 2 1 0
Moffitt R 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
McMahon D (W) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Sosa E (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
E -- Torres H, Rader D, Rader D, Watson B
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- Houston 6, San Francisco 8
2B -- Roberts D, McCovey W 2, Bonds B, Maddox G
HR -- May L, Kingman D, Cedeno C
SB -- Cedeno C
SH -- Willoughby J, Torres H
WP -- McMahon D
T -- 2:36
A -- 4925
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