The Giants rallied with five runs in the eighth, Gary Matthews driving in two with a double, to defeat the Astros, 8-6. Tito Fuentes singled home the first run of the inning to snap a 3-3 tie, Matthews later stroked a bases-loaded two-bagger, then scored behind Fuentes when Dave Kingman tripled. Lee May cracked a bases-loaded double for the final three Astro runs in the ninth to kayo starter John Montefusco. Elias Sosa then retired Milt May to earn the save. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 6
Game Played on Monday, September 9, 1974 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  2    0  5  0  -   8  8  0
Astros       0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   6 11  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             5   1   0   0     0   2   .292      Gross rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Fuentes 2b            3   2   1   1     1   0   .249      Metzger ss            4   1   1   0     1   0   .264
Bonds rf              3   3   2   2     1   1   .262      Cedeno cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .278
  Thomasson rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      L. May 1b             5   0   1   3     0   2   .275
Matthews lf           4   1   2   3     0   0   .284        Campbell pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Kingman 1b            4   0   1   2     0   2   .232      M. May c              4   1   2   0     1   1   .287
Goodson 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Rader 3b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .255
  Barr pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Howard lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .294
  Miller 3b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Milbourne 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .297
Phillips ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Dierker p             3   0   1   2     0   0   .177
Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .287        J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Montefusco p          4   1   1   0     0   2   .286        Edwards ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .218
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067        Kelleher pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .173

Totals               35   8   8   8     2   9             Totals               38   6  11   6     3   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  3,741
Left on Base: Giants 2, Astros 8
DP: Giants 0, Astros 0
Doubles: Matthews 2 (23), Howard (4), Rader (24), L. May (25)
Triples: Kingman (2), M. May (4)
Home Runs: Bonds (18)
Caught Stealing: Phillips (4)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(2-0)       8.2  11   6   6   3   5   0  40   3.57
Sosa SV(6)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.15
Totals                  9    11   6   6   3   5   0  41

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker L(9-9)          7.1   7   8   8   2   7   1  31   3.06
J. Johnson              1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   5.08
Totals                  9     8   8   8   2   9   1  37

Wild Pitches: Sosa (4)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata


GIANTS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds singled; Matthews doubled
to left [Bonds scored]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

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

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson lined to left; Phillips grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: L. May flied out to right; M. May tripled; Rader
walked; Howard doubled to left [M. May scored, Rader to third];
Milbourne grounded out (third to first); Dierker singled [Rader
scored, Howard scored]; Gross grounded out (second to first); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Montefusco struck out; Maddox struck out; Fuentes
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger walked; Cedeno singled to third [Metzger to
second]; L. May struck out; M. May struck out; Rader forced
Cedeno (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds struck out; Matthews made an out to second;
Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Howard flied out to center; Milbourne grounded out
(second to first); Dierker popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Goodson struck out; Phillips flied out to center;
Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger flied
out to left; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Astros 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Montefusco was called out on strikes; Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Fuentes walked; Bonds homered
[Fuentes scored]; Matthews flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: L. May struck out; M. May singled; Rader singled [M.
May to second]; Howard forced Rader (shortstop unassisted) [M.
May to third]; Milbourne flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Kingman was called out on strikes; Goodson singled;
BARR RAN FOR GOODSON; Phillips forced Barr (second to
shortstop); Phillips was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED BARR (PLAYING 3B); Dierker lined to
third; Gross flied out to left; Metzger flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Rader grounded out (catcher to first); Montefusco
singled to third; Maddox reached on a fielder's choice
[Montefusco to second]; Fuentes singled to right [Montefusco
scored, Maddox to third, Fuentes to second (on throw)]; Bonds
was walked intentionally; Matthews doubled [Maddox scored,
Fuentes scored, Bonds to third]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED DIERKER
(PITCHING); Kingman tripled [Bonds scored, Matthews scored];
Miller struck out; Phillips grounded out (second to first); 5 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: THOMASSON REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Cedeno
grounded out (pitcher to first); L. May grounded out (shortstop
to first); M. May walked; Rader doubled [M. May to third];
Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 8, Astros 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Montefusco
grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Milbourne singled to left; EDWARDS BATTED FOR J.
JOHNSON; Edwards singled [Milbourne to second]; KELLEHER RAN FOR
EDWARDS; Gross lined to left; Metzger singled [Milbourne to
third, Kelleher to second]; Cedeno popped to third in foul
territory; L. May doubled [Milbourne scored, Kelleher scored,
Metzger scored]; SOSA REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); CAMPBELL
RAN FOR L. MAY; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Campbell to third]; M.
May lined to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Astros 6.