Willie McCovey hit two homers in one inning, tying a major league record, during an eight-run outburst by the Giants in a 9-3 victory over the Astros. McCovey led off the fourth with a round-tripper. Garry Maddox singled and, with one out, Gary Thomasson also hit for the circuit. Dave Rader doubled, Tom Bradley singled and Bobby Bonds doubled for another run to chase Ken Forsch.

After Jim Crawford relieved, Bradley scored on a wild pitch. Tito Fuentes went out, but Chris Speier walked and McCovey, coming to bat again, hit his second homer of the inning to drive in three runs. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Astros 3

Game Played on Thursday, April 12, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Astros 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 1 Giants 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 x - 9 14 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Bonds rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .387 Helms 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Matthews rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .345 Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Watson lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .217 Speier ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .192 May 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .207 McCovey 1b 3 2 2 4 0 1 .286 Rader 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .179 Kingman 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Edwards c 4 0 2 2 0 1 .333 Goodson 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .353 Torres pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .448 Metzger ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .107 Thomasson lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .077 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rader c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .174 Crawford p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Bradley p 4 1 1 0 0 2 .167 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 34 3 7 3 2 7 Totals 39 9 14 8 1 6 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 3,704 Left on Base: Astros 6, Giants 7 DP: Astros 0, Giants 0 Errors: Rader, Maddox Doubles: Edwards (1), Goodson (2), Rader (2), Bonds (5) Triples: Maddox (1) Home Runs: McCovey 2 (4), Thomasson (1) Stolen Bases: Bonds (1), Fuentes (2) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(1-1) 3.1 8 6 6 0 2 2 19 6.57 Crawford 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 1 8 5.06 Cosgrove 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 13.50 Gladding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10.13 York 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.70 Totals 8 14 9 9 1 6 3 40 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bradley W(1-1) 9 7 3 2 2 7 0 36 1.72 Totals 9 7 3 2 2 7 0 36 Wild Pitches: Crawford (1) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas ASTROS 1ST: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Helms struck out; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds made an out to second; Fuentes grounded out (first to pitcher); Speier reached on an error by Rader [Speier to first]; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled; May singled [Watson to third (error by Maddox), May to second]; Rader made an out to first; Edwards singled [Watson scored, May to third]; Metzger forced Edwards (second to shortstop) [May scored (unearned)]; Forsch flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Goodson doubled; Maddox flied out to right; Thomasson lined to shortstop; Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Wynn lined to third; Helms flied out to center; Cedeno made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bradley struck out; Bonds singled; Fuentes forced Bonds (shortstop to second); Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); May made an out to first; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey homered; Goodson grounded out (second to first); Maddox singled; Thomasson homered [Maddox scored]; Rader doubled; Bradley singled to pitcher [Rader stayed at second]; Bonds doubled [Rader scored, Bradley to third]; CRAWFORD REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Crawford threw a wild pitch [Bradley scored, Bonds to third]; Fuentes flied out to left; Speier walked; McCovey homered [Bonds scored, Speier scored]; Goodson struck out; 8 R, 7 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 8. ASTROS 5TH: KINGMAN REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Edwards was called out on strikes; Metzger made an out to second; Crawford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 8. GIANTS 5TH: Maddox tripled; Thomasson made an out to second; Rader made an out to third; Bradley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 8. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn grounded out (second to shortstop to first); Helms singled; Cedeno made an out to first; Watson walked [Helms to second]; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 8. GIANTS 6TH: COSGROVE REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Bonds singled; Fuentes singled [Bonds to second]; Bonds stole third and Fuentes stole second; Speier made an out to shortstop; Kingman struck out; Goodson singled [Bonds scored, Fuentes to third]; Maddox flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 9. ASTROS 7TH: MATTHEWS REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Rader singled; Edwards flied out to center; Metzger singled [Rader to second]; MILLER BATTED FOR COSGROVE; Miller struck out; Wynn forced Metzger (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 9. GIANTS 7TH: GLADDING REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Thomasson flied out to center; Rader flied out to right; Bradley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 9. ASTROS 8TH: Helms flied out to right; Cedeno struck out; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 9. GIANTS 8TH: YORK REPLACED GLADDING (PITCHING); Matthews struck out; Fuentes flied out to left; Speier singled; Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 9. ASTROS 9TH: May struck out; Rader walked; Edwards doubled [Rader scored]; TORRES RAN FOR EDWARDS; Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); GALLAGHER BATTED FOR YORK; Gallagher struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 9.

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