Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 2, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1975 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 4, San Francisco Giants 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 3 1 2 0
Cabell lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1
Watson 1b 4 1 2 0
Johnson c 3 1 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz rf 4 1 1 3
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Milbourne 2b 0 0 0 0
Konieczny p 2 0 1 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 4 1 1 1
Thomas 2b 5 1 4 1
Murcer rf 3 1 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Goodson 1b 4 1 2 2
Speier ss 2 0 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 1
Rader c 4 1 1 0
Caldwell p 2 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Houston 100 000 003483
San Francisco 001 000 0315100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Konieczny   4.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Griffin   3.2 4 3 3 3 3
  Scherman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  York  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.1
10
5
4
4
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell   8.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Moffitt  W (3-0) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
5

  E–Andrews 2 (3), York (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Thomas (2,off Konieczny); Rader (1,off Konieczny); Goodson (5,off Griffin).  HR–Houston Cruz (3,9th inning off Moffitt 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Caldwell (3,off Konieczny).  SB–Metzger (1,2nd base off Caldwell/Rader); Ontiveros (1,2nd base off Scherman/Johnson).  CS–Thomas (2,2nd base by Konieczny/Johnson).  BK–Griffin (2).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:34.  A–4,110.
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