Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 4, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1975 at Candlestick Park. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 12, San Francisco Giants 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross lf 4 1 1 1
Metzger ss 5 2 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 3 1 1
Johnson 1b 5 1 2 0
Cruz rf 3 1 0 1
May c 4 1 1 2
  Jutze c 1 0 0 0
Boswell 3b 6 1 1 1
Andrews 2b 2 2 1 2
Richard p 4 0 1 1
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 10 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 4 0 1 0
Thomas 2b 1 1 0 0
  Arnold ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Murcer rf 2 2 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 2 1 1 1
  Speed pr,lf,rf 1 1 0 0
Thomasson 1b 4 2 1 2
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 5 0 1 0
Rader c 5 0 2 2
D'Acquisto p 0 1 0 0
  Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Toms p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 7 5
Houston 300 620 01012101
San Francisco 004 010 201872
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (3-1) 6.0 4 7 7 11 6
  Granger  SV (3) 3.0 3 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
8
7
13
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  L (1-3) 3.2 4 8 8 9 5
  Williams   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Toms   2.0 0 0 0 3 3
  Heaverlo   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Lavelle   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
12
12
13
10

  E–Metzger (8), Thomas (2), Ontiveros (6).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Richard (2,off Williams); Cedeno (9,off Williams), San Francisco Rader (2,off Granger).  3B–Houston Andrews (3,off Williams).  IBB–Cruz (5,by Toms); May (1,by Toms).  SB–Cedeno 2 (17,3rd base off Toms/Rader,2nd base off Heaverlo/Rader); Cruz (3,2nd base off Toms/Rader); Andrews (1,2nd base off Heaverlo/Rader).  BK–Richard (1), Toms (1).  IBB–Toms 2 (2,Cruz,May).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:05.  A–9,451.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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