San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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 2, Houston Astros 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 0 2 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 5 0 1 0
Ontiveros 1b 4 0 1 0
  Rader c 1 0 1 0
Matthews lf 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 2 1 0
Miller 3b 3 0 1 0
  Arnold ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Rudolph c 3 0 1 1
  Goodson ph 1 0 1 1
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Williams p 3 0 1 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 12 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 2 0
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
May L. 1b 5 0 2 2
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
  Howard pr 0 0 0 0
  May M. c 0 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Helms 2b 3 0 2 1
  Milbourne ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Roberts p 3 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
San Francisco 010 000 001 02121
Houston 000 001 100 13120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   6.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Bryant   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sosa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt  L (4-5) 1.0 5 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   8.0 8 2 2 2 4
  Forsch   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  York  W (2-1) 1.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
2
2
2
7

  E–Ontiveros (16).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Speier (15,off Roberts), Houston Cedeno (22,off Williams); L May (17,off Williams); Helms (17,off Williams).  SH–Fuentes (5,off Roberts).  SB–Bonds (27,3rd base off Roberts/Edwards); Speier (3,2nd base off Roberts/Edwards); Fuentes (3,2nd base off York/M May); Gross (11,2nd base off Williams/Rudolph); Rader (7,2nd base off Williams/Rudolph).  CS–Miller (1,2nd base by Roberts/Edwards); Howard (2,2nd base by Sosa/Rudolph).  WP–Williams (3).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Art Williams.
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