Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 25, 1973 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1
Astros       1  0  1    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   5 12  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Gross rf              3   2   1   0     2   1   .222
Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .280      Metzger ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .313      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .317
McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .266      Watson lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .316
Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .298      Rader 3b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .251
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250      May 1b                4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
Kingman 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .212      Edwards c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .242
Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Sutherland 2b         4   0   2   0     0   1   .229
D'Acquisto p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Griffin p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .107
  Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .063

Totals               31   1   4   0     1   5             Totals               34   5  12   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  4,969
Left on Base: Giants 4, Astros 8
DP: Giants 1, Astros 0
Errors: Kingman
Doubles: Fuentes (24), Cedeno (35), Rader (25), May (24), Sutherland (4)
Home Runs: Watson (16)
Stolen Bases: Gross (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (4)
GIDP: Metzger (9)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(1-1)       5.1   7   4   3   2   3   1  24   3.24
Barr                    1.2   4   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.64
Moffitt                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.40
Totals                  8    12   5   4   2   5   1  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin W(4-6)          9     4   1   1   1   5   0  32   4.14
Totals                  9     4   1   1   1   5   0  32

Wild Pitches: Griffin (5)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
doubled; Maddox flied out to center [Fuentes to third]; Griffin
threw a wild pitch [Fuentes scored]; McCovey walked; Matthews
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Gross stole second; Metzger grounded
out (second to first) [Gross to third]; Cedeno struck out;
Watson reached on an error by Kingman [Gross scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Watson to first]; Rader singled [Watson to second];
May was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
struck out; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Sutherland
was called out on strikes; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 1.

GIANTS 3RD: D'Acquisto grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds
flied out to right; Fuentes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Gross walked; Metzger grounded out (second to first)
[Gross to second]; Cedeno doubled [Gross to third]; Watson
singled [Gross scored, Cedeno to third]; Rader reached on a
fielder's choice [Cedeno out at home (pitcher to catcher),
Watson to second]; May forced Rader (shortstop to second); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Maddox popped to catcher in foul territory; McCovey
grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Sutherland
flied out to center; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier singled; Kingman struck out; Rader flied out
to center; D'Acquisto grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 2.

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

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes grounded out
(second to first); Maddox singled; McCovey flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson homered; Rader doubled to right [Rader out at
third (right to shortstop to third)]; May doubled; BARR REPLACED
D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Edwards singled [May scored]; Sutherland
singled [Edwards to second]; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Edwards to third, Sutherland to second];
Gross struck out; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews struck out; Speier popped to third in foul
territory; Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Metzger singled; Cedeno flied out to right; Watson
grounded out (second to first) [Metzger to second]; Rader
singled [Metzger scored, Rader to second (on throw)]; May
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Rader flied out to center; THOMASSON BATTED FOR
BARR; Thomasson flied out to center; Bonds singled; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Edwards made
an out to shortstop; Sutherland doubled; Griffin struck out;
Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox flied out to center; McCovey popped to first
in foul territory; Matthews made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 5.