Willie McCovey homered with Chris Speier on base in the ninth inning to carry the Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Astros. The Giants also had a homer by Ed Goodson, while Jim Wynn hit two and Johnny Edwards one for the Astros. Chris Speier walked in the ninth and the Astros then brought in southpaw Mike Cosgrove to face McCovey in a move that failed when the lefthanded slugger hit his homer. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Wednesday, April     11, 1973 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       1  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   4  8  1
Giants       1  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   5  6  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wynn rf               5   2   2   2     0   2   .259      Bonds rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .333
Helms 2b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .308      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Cedeno cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .400      Speier ss             2   1   0   0     2   0   .182
Watson lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .200      McCovey 1b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .222
May 1b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Goodson 3b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .308
Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .160      Maddox cf             3   1   2   0     0   0   .440
Edwards c             4   1   2   2     0   0   .294      Thomasson lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Howard c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .083      Rader c               2   0   0   1     0   0   .158
Griffin p             4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Willoughby p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Matthews lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               34   4   8   4     4   7             Totals               28   5   6   4     2   0

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  4,133
Left on Base: Astros 7, Giants 2
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Watson
Doubles: Cedeno (5), Bonds (4)
Home Runs: Wynn 2 (4), Edwards (1), Goodson (1), McCovey (2)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (2), Speier (1), Maddox (1)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rader (1)
GIDP: Cedeno (3)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin                 8     5   4   4   2   0   1  30   4.50
Cosgrove L(0-1)         0     1   1   1   0   0   1   1  27.00
Totals                  8     6   5   5   2   0   2  31

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Willoughby              7.1   7   4   4   4   5   3  32   5.52
Moffitt W(1-0)          1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4   7   3  38

Wild Pitches: Griffin 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ed Sudol


ASTROS 1ST: Wynn homered; Helms made an out to shortstop; Cedeno
doubled; Watson walked; May flied out to center; Rader struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds doubled; Griffin threw a wild pitch [Bonds to
third]; Griffin threw a wild pitch [Bonds scored]; Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier walked; McCovey lined to
right; Speier stole second; Goodson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards made an out to first; Metzger grounded out
(second to first); Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Maddox singled; Maddox stole second; Thomasson
grounded out (first unassisted) [Maddox to third]; Rader hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Maddox scored]; Willoughby made an out
to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second;
Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 4TH: May flied out to left; Rader singled; Edwards
grounded out (second to first) [Rader to second]; Metzger
walked; Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey made an out to third; Goodson flied out to
center; Maddox singled to left [Maddox to second (error by
Watson)]; Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Wynn homered; Helms walked; Cedeno grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Helms out at
second]; Watson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader made an out to catcher; Willoughby grounded
out (third to first); Bonds singled; Bonds was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

ASTROS 6TH: May made an out to third; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); Edwards homered; Metzger flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Speier flied
out to left; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Griffin struck out; Wynn struck out; Helms grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson homered; Maddox made an out to shortstop;
Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Rader flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno struck out; Watson singled; May singled
[Watson to second]; MOFFITT REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING);
MATTHEWS REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PLAYING LF); Rader flied out to
center; Edwards singled [Watson scored, May to second]; Metzger
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: HOWARD REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING C ); Matthews flied
out to right; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Wynn struck
out; Helms struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Speier walked; COSGROVE REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING);
McCovey homered [Speier scored]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
4, Giants 5.