San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1973 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 7, Houston Astros 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 0 1
Fuentes 2b 5 1 1 3
Goodson 3b 5 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 2 0
Matthews lf 3 1 2 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 2 1
Rader c 2 2 1 1
Bradley p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Blanco ph 1 0 0 0
  Carrithers p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 0 1 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 5 1 1 1
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 2 2 0
May 1b 3 1 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 2 0
Edwards c 2 2 1 3
  Agee ph 1 0 0 0
  Howard c 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 1 2 1
Reuss p 2 0 0 1
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 6
San Francisco 000 030 4007102
Houston 030 400 001890
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley   3.1 5 7 5 2 0
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Carrithers   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sosa   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Moffitt   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  McDowell  L (1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.1
9
8
6
3
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   6.0 7 5 5 4 4
  Upshaw   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Crawford   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  York  W (3-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
6

  E–Matthews (2), Rader (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Maddox (4,off Reuss); Matthews (7,off Reuss); Kingman (3,off Reuss); Rader (6,off Reuss).  3B–San Francisco Maddox (4,off Reuss); Fuentes (3,off Upshaw).  HR–Houston Edwards (3,2nd inning off Bradley 2 on, 1 out); Wynn (9,9th inning off McDowell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rader (3,off Crawford); Reuss (2,off Williams).  HBP–Maddox (1,by Crawford).  IBB–Edwards (3,by Bradley).  CS–Metzger (2,2nd base by Sosa/Rader).  WP–Reuss (3), Crawford (3).  BK–Crawford (1).  HBP–Crawford (1,Maddox).  IBB–Bradley (1,Edwards).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:50.  A–29,231.
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