John Montefusco, who pitched five innings before his shoulder began to tighten, received credit for his 10th victory of the season when the Giants defeated the Astros, 3-1. The Giants opened the scoring with a run in the second on a double by Gary Matthews, a balk by J.R. Richard and sacrifice fly by Willie Montanez.

After adding an unearned run in the third, the Giants completed their scoring with a homer by Chris Speier in the fourth. Doug Rader accounted for the Astros' run with a round-tripper in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      27, 1975 (Day game) at Astrodome
Giants       0  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .314      Howard cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .349
Sadek c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Gross rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .298
Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Cabell lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .286      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .327
Montanez 1b           3   0   0   1     0   1   .285      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   2   .248
Speier ss             4   1   1   1     0   0   .281      Rader 3b              4   1   2   1     0   2   .245
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   2   0     0   2   .263      Boswell 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .240
Miller 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .241      Milbourne ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Montefusco p          2   0   1   0     0   1   .064        Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .284
  Lavelle p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .125        Andrews pr,ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
                                                          Richard p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .227
                                                            Helms ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .164
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  10   2     0   8             Totals               32   1   7   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 10,117
Left on Base: Giants 6, Astros 7
DP: Giants 1, Astros 0
Errors: Rader
Doubles: Matthews (14)
Triples: Boswell (2)
Home Runs: Speier (7), Rader (7)
Caught Stealing: Joshua (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (6)
GIDP: Boswell (3)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (2,by Lavelle)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(10-4)      5     4   1   1   0   5   1  18   2.77
Lavelle SV(6)           4     3   0   0   2   3   0  17   2.24
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   8   1  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard L(7-6)          7     8   3   2   0   7   1  28   4.70
Granger                 2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.50
Totals                  9    10   3   2   0   8   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Lavelle (3)
Balks: Richard (4)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Runge


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Sadek grounded out (third to
first); Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard made an out to shortstop; Gross grounded out
(third to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews doubled to left; Richard balked [Matthews
to third]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Matthews
scored]; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros
singled to right; Miller was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; May was called out on strikes;
Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Montefusco struck out; Joshua singled to center;
Sadek singled to third [Joshua scored (error by Rader)
(unearned) (no RBI), Sadek to second]; Murcer flied out to
center; Matthews grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Boswell singled to pitcher; Milbourne flied out to
left; Richard struck out; Howard singled to center [Boswell to
third, Howard out at second (center to shortstop to second)]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez flied out to left; Speier homered;
Ontiveros struck out; Miller singled to center; Montefusco
singled to left [Miller to second]; Joshua grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Cabell struck
out; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 3, Astros 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Sadek lined to third; Murcer made an out to
shortstop; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Rader homered;
Boswell tripled to right; Milbourne lined to second; Richard
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
3, Astros 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Montanez struck out; Speier lined to center;
Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Howard flied
out to left; Gross singled to left; Cabell flied out to center;
Watson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Miller grounded out (first unassisted); Lavelle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Joshua singled to left;
Joshua was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: May popped to catcher; Rader struck out; Boswell
walked; JOHNSON BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Johnson was hit by a pitch
[Boswell to second]; ANDREWS RAN FOR JOHNSON; HELMS BATTED FOR
RICHARD; Helms walked [Boswell to third, Andrews to second];
Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 3, Astros 1.

GIANTS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); ANDREWS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Sadek grounded out (second to first); Murcer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Gross flied out to left; Cabell singled to left;
Watson made an out to first; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Montanez flied out to left; Speier grounded out
(first unassisted); Ontiveros singled to center; Miller singled
to right [Ontiveros to second]; Lavelle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: Rader singled to left; Boswell grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rader out at
second]; Andrews grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 1.