The Astros, who collected 19 hits in the previous night's game, continued to feast on Giants' pitching with 18 more safeties in a 13-4 victory. Bob Watson led the way with a homer, triple and single, driving in four runs. Greg Gross, Milt May and Doug Rader also had three hits apiece, while Lee May rapped a homer and double. The Giants knocked out Tom Griffin in the fifth inning and tied the score at 3-3, but Gary Matthews dropped a line drive by Tommy Helms with two out in the sixth and the error led to three unearned runs that put the Astros ahead to stay. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 13, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    6, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  1  0    2  0  3    2  5  0  -  13 18  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  3  0    1  0  0  -   4 11  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              6   1   3   1     0   1   .320      Bonds rf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .267
Metzger ss            6   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   1     1   0   .211
Cedeno cf             5   2   1   0     1   0   .303      Thomasson cf          3   0   1   1     0   0   .234
L. May 1b             5   2   2   2     0   0   .272        Maddox ph,cf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .300
M. May c              4   3   3   0     1   0   .296      Goodson 1b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .300
Watson lf             5   2   3   4     0   0   .303        Kingman ph,1b       2   0   1   1     0   1   .214
  Howard pr,lf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .286      Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Rader 3b              4   1   3   1     1   1   .255      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Helms 2b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .285      Rader c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .304
  Milbourne 2b        1   0   1   2     0   0   .327        Boccabella ph,c     1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Griffin p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Miller 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .287
  Cosgrove p          3   0   1   0     0   1   .067      Halicki p             1   1   1   0     0   0   .357
                                                            Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .071
                                                            Bradley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45  13  18  10     3   3             Totals               36   4  11   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  2,746
Left on Base: Astros 8, Giants 9
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Matthews
Doubles: Cedeno (25), L. May (20), Halicki (1), Kingman (11)
Triples: Watson (3), Gross (6)
Home Runs: Watson (9), L. May (18)
Stolen Bases: Thomasson (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Halicki (2)
GIDP: Metzger (8)
Hit by Pitch: Matthews (3,by Griffin)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin                 4.2   8   3   3   1   1   0  23   3.31
Cosgrove W(6-1)         4.1   3   1   1   1   4   0  17   2.43
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   5   0  40

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(1-5)          5.2   9   6   3   0   2   2  27   4.57
Sosa                    2     7   7   7   2   0   0  15   3.25
Bradley                 0.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.99
Morris                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.00
Totals                  9    18  13  10   3   3   2  48

Hit by Pitch: Griffin (4)
Wild Pitches: Sosa (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Frank Pulli


ASTROS 1ST: Gross struck out; Metzger flied out to right; Cedeno
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds made an out to second; Fuentes singled to
right; Fuentes was picked off first (catcher to first to
shortstop); Thomasson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: L. May flied out to right; M. May grounded out
(second to first); Watson homered; Rader struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
made an out to third; Speier lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms lined to first; Griffin flied out to center;
Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); Miller
singled to center; Halicki out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Miller to second]; Bonds singled to third [Miller to
third]; Fuentes forced Bonds (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Metzger made an out to shortstop; Cedeno doubled to
right; L. May homered [Cedeno scored]; M. May singled to center;
Watson flied out to right; Rader singled to third [M. May to
second]; Helms forced Rader (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson popped to third in foul territory; Goodson
singled to center; Matthews struck out; Speier grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Griffin singled to right; On a bunt Gross forced
Griffin (third to shortstop); Metzger made an out to second;
Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader singled to center; Miller popped to catcher in
foul territory; Halicki doubled to left [Rader to third]; Bonds
singled to left [Rader scored, Halicki to third]; Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Halicki scored, Bonds to
second]; Thomasson singled [Bonds scored]; Thomasson stole
second; Goodson was walked intentionally; Matthews was hit by a
pitch [Thomasson to third, Goodson to second]; COSGROVE REPLACED
GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Speier lined to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Astros 3, Giants 3.

ASTROS 6TH: L. May grounded out (second to first); M. May
singled to right; Watson flied out to right; Rader singled to
center [M. May to second]; Helms reached on an error by Matthews
[M. May scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rader scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Helms to second]; Cosgrove singled to right [Helms to
third]; SOSA REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Gross singled to
center [Cosgrove to second, Helms scored (unearned)]; Metzger
grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Rader struck out; Miller lined to third; Sosa struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Giants 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); L. May
grounded out (third to first); M. May singled to right; Watson
tripled [M. May scored]; Rader singled to center [Watson
scored]; Helms flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
8, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING 2B); Bonds struck
out; Fuentes walked; MADDOX BATTED FOR THOMASSON; On a bunt
Maddox singled [Fuentes to second]; KINGMAN BATTED FOR GOODSON;
Kingman doubled to left [Fuentes scored, Maddox to third];
Matthews reached on a fielder's choice [Maddox out at home
(pitcher to third to catcher)]; Speier popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 8, Giants 4.

ASTROS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); KINGMAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cosgrove grounded out (third to first);
Gross tripled; Metzger grounded out (second to first); Sosa
threw a wild pitch [Gross scored]; Cedeno walked; L. May doubled
to center [Cedeno to third]; M. May was walked intentionally;
Watson singled to center [Cedeno scored, L. May scored, M. May
to third, Watson to second (on throw)]; HOWARD RAN FOR WATSON;
BRADLEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Rader walked; Milbourne
singled to center [M. May scored, Howard scored, Rader to
second]; Cosgrove struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 13,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BOCCABELLA
BATTED FOR RADER; Boccabella grounded out (third to first);
Miller singled to right; ARNOLD BATTED FOR BRADLEY; Arnold flied
out to right; Bonds popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 13, Giants 4.

ASTROS 9TH: MORRIS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); BOCCABELLA STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Gross singled to right; Metzger grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Gross out at
second]; Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 13, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
made an out to first; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 13, Giants 4.