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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 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 7, San Francisco Giants 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf 6 0 1 0
Gross rf 6 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 3 3 0
  Cabell ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 2 2
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b,3b 4 0 2 1
Rader 3b,ss 5 1 1 0
Milbourne ss 2 0 1 1
  Helms ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  de la Rosa ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 14 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 4 2 3 3
Thomas 2b 6 0 2 1
Murcer rf 5 0 2 0
Matthews lf 5 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 2 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Rader c 3 1 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Miller 3b 5 1 2 2
Barr p 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 1 1 1
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph,c 3 0 1 0
  Sadek pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 42 8 17 7
Houston 102 120 001 07140
San Francisco 100 023 100 18173
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   5.1 9 6 6 1 1
  Cosgrove   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Granger   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Sosa   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Crawford  L (0-3) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
17
8
8
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr   5.0 8 6 4 2 3
  Caldwell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Moffitt   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Heaverlo  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
14
7
5
3
5

  E–Thomas (10), Montanez (7), Speier (7).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Rader (20,off Barr); Watson (22,off Barr), San Francisco Montanez (19,off Dierker); Matthews (15,off Cosgrove).  3B–San Francisco Joshua (7,off Dierker).  HR–San Francisco Joshua (5,1st inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out); Thomasson (3,5th inning off Dierker 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Milbourne (3,off Barr); Joshua (4,off Crawford).  SF–Watson (5,off Barr).  IBB–Boswell (7,by Barr); Speier (6,by Cosgrove).  HBP–Ontiveros (2,by Sosa).  WP–Crawford (2).  BK–Barr (1).  HBP–Sosa (1,Ontiveros).  IBB–Cosgrove (1,Speier); Barr (5,Boswell).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:54.  A–5,339.
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