Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 1 3 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 1 1
May M. c 4 0 0 0
May L. 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson C. ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 2 0
  Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 2 1 3
Matthews lf 4 1 1 0
Ontiveros 1b 3 0 1 1
Kingman 3b 4 0 3 1
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
Bradley p 4 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Houston 000 000 001170
San Francisco 000 230 00x5102
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (0-1) 5.0 8 5 5 1 3
  Forsch   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  W (1-0) 8.1 7 1 1 0 4
  Moffitt   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
4

  E–Fuentes (1), Kingman (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 3.  2B–San Francisco Kingman (1,off Forsch); Speier (1,off J Johnson).  HR–San Francisco Maddox (1,5th inning off Roberts 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Ontiveros (1,by Forsch).  IBB–Rudolph 2 (2,by Forsch,by J Johnson).  CS–Kingman (1,2nd base by Roberts/M May).  HBP–Forsch (1,Ontiveros).  IBB–Forsch (1,Rudolph); J Johnson (1,Rudolph).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:03.  A–17,527.
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