Houston Astros 12, San Francisco Giants 8 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, May 4, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros 3 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 - 12 10 1 Giants 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 - 8 7 2 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gross lf 4 1 1 1 2 0 .162 Joshua cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .340 Metzger ss 5 2 2 0 1 0 .244 Thomas 2b 1 1 0 0 2 0 .200 Cedeno cf 4 3 1 1 2 1 .296 Arnold ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Johnson 1b 5 1 2 0 1 1 .275 Murcer rf 2 2 0 0 2 1 .299 Cruz rf 3 1 0 1 3 1 .265 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May c 4 1 1 2 1 1 .220 Goodson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Jutze c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boswell 3b 6 1 1 1 0 1 .233 Matthews lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .303 Andrews 2b 2 2 1 2 3 1 .200 Speed pr,lf,rf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .182 Richard p 4 0 1 1 0 3 .250 Thomasson 1b 4 2 1 2 1 0 .114 Granger p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Speier ss 2 0 0 0 3 2 .292 Ontiveros 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .271 Rader c 5 0 2 2 0 0 .189 D'Acquisto p 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Williams p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Toms p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph,lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Totals 39 12 10 9 13 10 Totals 32 8 7 5 13 7 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 9,451 Left on Base: Astros 13, Giants 10 DP: Astros 3, Giants 0 Errors: Metzger, Thomas, Ontiveros Doubles: Richard (2), Cedeno (9), Rader (2) Triples: Andrews (3) Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (17), Cruz (3), Andrews (1) GIDP: Thomasson (1), Ontiveros (4), Arnold (1) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard W(3-1) 6 4 7 7 11 6 0 32 5.50 Granger SV(3) 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 13 1.17 Totals 9 7 8 7 13 7 0 45 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D'Acquisto L(1-3) 3.2 4 8 8 9 5 0 25 9.70 Williams 0.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 5 3.38 Toms 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 9 0.00 Heaverlo 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 10 1.54 Lavelle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.98 Totals 9 10 12 12 13 10 0 52 Wild Pitches: Richard (1), D'Acquisto 3 (4) Balks: Richard (1), Toms (1) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry ASTROS 1ST: Gross walked; Metzger walked [Gross to second]; Cedeno walked [Gross to third, Metzger to second]; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Gross scored, Metzger to third, Cedeno to second]; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Metzger scored, Cedeno to third]; Johnson walked; Cruz reached on an error by Thomas [Cedeno scored (RBI), Johnson to second, Cruz to first]; May struck out; Boswell struck out; Andrews struck out; 3 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas walked; Murcer grounded out (second to first) [Thomas to second]; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Richard struck out; Gross walked; Metzger singled to center [Gross to second]; Cedeno flied out to center; Johnson forced Metzger (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Speier struck out; Ontiveros singled to left; Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Cruz walked; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Cruz to second]; May popped to third in foul territory; Boswell grounded out (first unassisted) [Cruz to third]; Andrews walked; Richard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: D'Acquisto walked; Joshua struck out; Thomas walked [D'Acquisto to second]; Murcer walked [D'Acquisto to third, Thomas to second]; Matthews walked [D'Acquisto scored, Thomas to third, Murcer to second]; Thomasson singled to center [Thomas scored, Murcer scored, Matthews to third]; Speier struck out; Richard threw a wild pitch [Matthews scored, Thomasson to second]; Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 4. ASTROS 4TH: Gross flied out to left; Metzger flied out to left; Cedeno walked; Johnson singled to center [Cedeno to second]; Cruz walked [Cedeno to third, Johnson to second]; May singled to right [Cedeno scored, Johnson scored, Cruz to second]; Boswell singled to center [Cruz scored, May to second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Andrews tripled to left [May scored, Boswell scored]; Richard doubled to center [Andrews scored]; Gross made an out to shortstop; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 9, Giants 4. GIANTS 4TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Williams was called out on strikes; Joshua walked; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 9, Giants 4. ASTROS 5TH: Metzger singled to right; Cedeno doubled to center [Metzger scored]; TOMS REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Cedeno stole third; Debut game for Tommy Toms; Johnson struck out; Cruz was walked intentionally; Cruz stole second; May was walked intentionally; Toms balked [Cedeno scored, Cruz to third, May to second]; Boswell made an out to third; Andrews walked; Richard struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 4. GIANTS 5TH: Murcer walked; Matthews singled to pitcher [Murcer to second]; SPEED RAN FOR MATTHEWS; Thomasson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murcer to third, Speed out at second]; Speier walked; Richard balked [Murcer scored, Speier to second]; Ontiveros struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 5. ASTROS 6TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Gross flied out to right; Metzger flied out to center; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 5. GIANTS 6TH: Rader flied out to center; ADAMS BATTED FOR TOMS; Adams walked; Debut game for Glenn Adams; Joshua forced Adams (second to shortstop); ARNOLD BATTED FOR THOMAS; Arnold singled to right [Joshua to second]; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 5. ASTROS 7TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SPEED CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HEAVERLO REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING); ARNOLD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Johnson singled to left; Cruz struck out; May forced Johnson (first to shortstop); Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 5. GIANTS 7TH: JUTZE REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C ); Speed walked; Thomasson walked [Speed to second]; GRANGER REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Speier walked [Speed to third, Thomasson to second]; Ontiveros grounded into a double play (second to first) [Speed scored (no RBI), Thomasson to third, Speier out at second]; Rader doubled to left [Thomasson scored]; Adams flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Giants 7. ASTROS 8TH: Andrews walked; Andrews stole second; Granger struck out; Gross singled to center [Andrews scored]; Metzger forced Gross (shortstop to second); Cedeno reached on an error by Ontiveros [Metzger to third, Cedeno to first]; Cedeno stole second; Johnson flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 12, Giants 7. GIANTS 8TH: Joshua singled to right; Arnold grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Joshua out at second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Goodson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 12, Giants 7. ASTROS 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Cruz flied out to center; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Boswell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 12, Giants 7. GIANTS 9TH: Speed flied out to center; Thomasson reached on an error by Metzger [Thomasson to first]; Speier walked [Thomasson to second]; Ontiveros flied out to left; Rader singled to center [Thomasson scored (unearned), Speier to second]; Adams struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 12, Giants 8.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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