San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 24, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1975 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 6, Houston Astros 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 3 2 2 2
Phillips 2b,3b 4 1 0 0
Murcer rf 4 1 3 2
Matthews lf 4 0 2 2
  Speed lf 0 0 0 0
Thomasson 1b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
  Thomas pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Rader c 4 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Barr p 2 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross lf 5 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Milbourne 2b,ss 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 3 0
May c 4 0 0 1
Watson 1b 5 2 3 0
Cruz rf 2 1 1 1
  Cabell ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 1 2 2
  Andrews pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 1
  Boswell 3b 0 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 1 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Batista ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
San Francisco 120 001 101692
Houston 000 310 0105103
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr   5.0 7 4 3 1 1
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle  W (2-0) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Heaverlo  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
3
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   5.1 4 4 4 8 1
  Scherman   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Granger   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Crawford   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  York   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Forsch  L (0-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
9
1

  E–Ontiveros (3), Rader (1), Metzger 2 (5), Granger (1).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Matthews (7,off Richard); Murcer (6,off Richard); Ontiveros (3,off Forsch), Houston Cedeno 2 (6,off Barr,off Heaverlo); Watson 2 (5,off Barr,off Lavelle).  HR–Houston Rader (1,4th inning off Barr 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Joshua (2,off Richard); Ontiveros (1,off Granger).  HBP–Rader (1,by Granger); Rader 2 (3,by Barr,by Lavelle).  SF–May (1,off Barr).  SB–Murcer (2,2nd base off Crawford/May); Cedeno (12,2nd base off Barr/Rader).  CS–Cedeno (4,3rd base by Barr/Rader); Metzger (2,2nd base by Williams/Rader).  HBP–Barr (1,Rader); Lavelle (1,Rader); Granger (1,Rader).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:48.  A–5,960.
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