San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 16, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1974 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 0, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Matthews lf 3 0 1 0
Ontiveros 1b 2 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
Kingman 3b 3 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Willoughby p 2 0 0 0
  Goodson 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
  Gallagher rf 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 3 0
Watson lf 3 0 0 0
  Gross lf 1 0 1 0
May 1b 4 0 2 1
  Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 1
Edwards c 3 1 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Griffin p 3 1 2 2
Totals 32 4 9 4
San Francisco 000 000 000030
Houston 000 021 01x490
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Willoughby  L (1-2) 5.1 6 3 3 1 3
  Barr   2.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (2-1) 9.0 3 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
4

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Speier (3,off Griffin), Houston L May (1,off Willoughby).  HR–Houston Griffin (1,5th inning off Willoughby 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Rader (1,off Barr).  SB–Matthews (2,2nd base off Griffin/Edwards); Cedeno 2 (6,2nd base off Willoughby/Rudolph 2).  WP–Barr (1).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–1:59.  A–8,191.
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