San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 21, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1973 at Astrodome. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 2 2 1 0
  Howarth rf 1 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 1
Maddox cf 5 2 2 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Goodson 3b 5 2 3 1
Matthews lf 5 2 3 1
Speier ss 5 1 3 4
Rader c 3 0 1 0
Bryant p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 1 2 1
Metzger ss 4 0 2 0
Cedeno cf 0 0 0 0
  Agee cf 5 0 1 0
Watson lf 3 1 0 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 1 2 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Torres 2b 0 0 0 0
Howard c 3 1 2 1
  Reuss pr 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 2
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Jutze ph 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
San Francisco 400 001 3019140
Houston 020 011 0004103
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  W (6-3) 5.2 8 4 4 1 2
  Moffitt  SV (8) 3.1 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (4-4) 0.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Griffin   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Ray   4.0 4 1 1 2 3
  York   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Crawford   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
4
5

  E–Rader (7), Crawford (1), Edwards (3).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Matthews (8,off Ray), Houston Howard (3,off Bryant).  3B–San Francisco Speier (2,off Forsch).  HR–San Francisco Maddox (2,7th inning off York 0 on, 0 out); Speier (6,7th inning off York 1 on, 2 out); Goodson (2,9th inning off Crawford 0 on, 0 out), Houston Wynn (10,5th inning off Bryant 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Bonds (1,by Ray); Watson (2,by Bryant).  IBB–Rader 2 (9,by Griffin,by Ray).  SB–Bonds 2 (15,2nd base off Forsch/Howard,2nd base off Ray/Howard); Matthews (3,2nd base off York/Edwards).  WP–Crawford (4).  HBP–Bryant (1,Watson); Ray (3,Bonds).  IBB–Griffin (3,Rader); Ray (3,Rader).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:52.  A–24,186.
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