San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 9, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1974 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 1 0 0
Fuentes 2b 3 2 1 1
Bonds rf 3 3 2 2
  Thomasson rf 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 2 3
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 2
Goodson 3b 3 0 1 0
  Barr pr 0 0 0 0
  Miller 3b 1 0 0 0
Phillips ss 4 0 0 0
Rader c 4 0 0 0
Montefusco p 4 1 1 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 8 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0
May L. 1b 5 0 1 3
  Campbell pr 0 0 0 0
May M. c 4 1 2 0
Rader 3b 3 1 2 0
Howard lf 4 1 1 1
Milbourne 2b 4 1 1 0
Dierker p 3 0 1 2
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 0
  Kelleher pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
San Francisco 100 002 050880
Houston 030 000 0036110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  W (2-0) 8.2 11 6 6 3 5
  Sosa  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (9-9) 7.1 7 8 8 2 7
  Johnson   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
2
9

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Matthews 2 (23,off Dierker 2), Houston Howard (4,off Montefusco); Rader (24,off Montefusco); L May (25,off Montefusco).  3B–San Francisco Kingman (2,off J Johnson), Houston M May (4,off Montefusco).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (18,6th inning off Dierker 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bonds (7,by Dierker).  CS–Phillips (4,2nd base by Dierker/M May).  WP–Sosa (4).  IBB–Dierker (3,Bonds).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:22.  A–3,741.
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