Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 6, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 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."

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Houston Astros 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 3 1 2 0
May M. c 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 2
Watson lf 3 0 1 0
  Campbell lf 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 2 0
  Milbourne pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 2 1 1 0
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
Matthews lf 4 0 1 1
Ontiveros 1b 3 1 1 1
Kingman 3b 3 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 2 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller 2b 0 0 0 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
Caldwell p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 2
Houston 200 000 000280
San Francisco 200 100 00x360
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Wilson   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Scherman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
4
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell  W (1-0) 6.1 7 2 2 2 4
  Moffitt  SV (1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Metzger (1,off Caldwell); Cedeno (1,off Caldwell); Helms (1,off Caldwell), San Francisco Speier (2,off Griffin); Phillips (1,off Griffin).  HR–San Francisco Ontiveros (1,4th inning off Griffin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (1,off Caldwell).  HBP–Speier (1,by Griffin).  CS–Watson (1,2nd base by Caldwell/Rudolph); Phillips (1,2nd base by Griffin/M May).  SB–Maddox (1,2nd base off Griffin/M May); Matthews (1,2nd base off Wilson/M May).  WP–Griffin (1).  HBP–Griffin (1,Speier).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:14.  A–16,727.
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