After failing to hold a three-run lead in the ninth inning, Randy Moffitt was credited with a victory -- "but I don't deserve it" -- when the Giants came back to defeat the Astros, 5-4. The Giants took a 4-1 lead in the eighth when Ed Goodson knocked in two runs with a double and Steve Ontiveros added another tally with a single. Mike Caldwell, who started for the Giants, was removed in the ninth after giving up a single by Bob Watson.

Moffitt, in relief, passed Cliff Johnson and then served up a score-tying homer by Jose Cruz. In the Giants' half, Von Joshua walked, raced to third on a wild pickoff throw by Jim York and scored the winning run when Derrel Thomas singled for his fourth hit of the game. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Friday, May       2, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   4  8  3
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   5 10  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Metzger ss            3   1   2   0     1   0   .235      Joshua cf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .348
Cabell lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Thomas 2b             5   1   4   1     0   0   .200
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .293      Murcer rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .309
Watson 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .382      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Johnson c             3   1   0   0     1   1   .270      Goodson 1b            4   1   2   2     0   1   .233
Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .315      Speier ss             2   0   1   0     2   0   .310
Cruz rf               4   1   1   3     0   0   .276      Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .279
Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .191      Rader c               4   1   1   0     0   2   .156
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Caldwell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Milbourne 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Konieczny p           2   0   1   0     0   1   .154        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .056
  Griffin p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .172
  York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   8   4     2   5             Totals               33   5  10   5     4   6

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  4,110
Left on Base: Astros 5, Giants 8
DP: Astros 1, Giants 1
Errors: Andrews 2, York
Doubles: Thomas (2), Rader (1), Goodson (5)
Home Runs: Cruz (3)
Stolen Bases: Metzger (1), Ontiveros (1)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (3)
GIDP: Johnson (1), Ontiveros (3)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Konieczny               4     5   1   1   0   1   0  15   4.50
Griffin                 3.2   4   3   3   3   3   0  19   5.26
Scherman                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.17
York L(0-1)             0.1   1   1   0   1   1   0   3   5.63
Totals                  8.1  10   5   4   4   6   0  38

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                8     7   3   3   2   5   0  32   3.60
Moffitt W(3-0)          1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   0.79
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   5   1  36

Balks: Griffin (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor


ASTROS 1ST: Metzger singled to right; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Metzger to second]; Cedeno singled to
center [Metzger scored]; Watson forced Cedeno (shortstop to
second); Johnson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
doubled to left; Murcer made an out to third; Matthews struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader struck out; Cruz flied out to left; Andrews
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson singled to center; Speier forced Goodson
(third to second); Ontiveros grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Konieczny struck out; Metzger singled to pitcher;
Cabell struck out; Metzger stole second; Cedeno flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader doubled to left; Caldwell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Rader to third]; Joshua grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Rader scored]; Thomas singled to left;
Thomas was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson singled to right; Johnson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson out at
second]; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer flied out to center; Matthews flied out to
center; Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews struck
out; Konieczny singled to center; Metzger forced Konieczny
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier singled to shortstop; GRIFFIN REPLACED
KONIECZNY (PITCHING); Ontiveros popped to third in foul
territory; Rader struck out; Caldwell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Cabell made an out to third; Cedeno made an out to
shortstop; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Joshua grounded out (first to pitcher); Thomas
singled to right; Griffin balked [Thomas to second]; Murcer made
an out to third; Matthews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Johnson flied out to center; Rader singled to
center; Cruz forced Rader (first to shortstop); Andrews forced
Cruz (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants
1.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson struck out; Speier walked; Ontiveros reached
on an error by Andrews [Speier to second, Ontiveros to first];
Rader flied out to left; Caldwell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
walked; Cabell popped to first in foul territory; Cedeno flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Joshua singled to center; Thomas reached on a
fielder's choice [Joshua to second]; Joshua was picked off
second (catcher to shortstop); Murcer walked [Thomas to second];
Matthews flied out to right [Thomas to third (error by
Andrews)]; Goodson doubled to right [Thomas scored, Murcer
scored]; Speier walked; Ontiveros singled to center [Goodson
scored, Speier to third]; SCHERMAN REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING);
Ontiveros stole second; Rader struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 4.

ASTROS 9TH: Watson singled to center; MOFFITT REPLACED CALDWELL
(PITCHING); Johnson walked (walk was charged to Caldwell)
[Watson to second]; Rader flied out to center; Cruz homered
[Watson scored, Johnson scored]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR ANDREWS;
Boswell flied out to center; GROSS BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Gross
grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
4, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: YORK REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); MILBOURNE REPLACED
BOSWELL (PLAYING 2B); THOMASSON BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Thomasson
struck out; Joshua walked; Joshua was picked off first but was
safe on an error by York [Joshua to third]; Thomas singled to
left [Joshua scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 4, Giants 5.