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San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros

1970-09-28 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 6160 · 2:10

Houston Astros defeated San Francisco Giants 3–0. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 2nd. Jack Billingham earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
HOU	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7

W: Jack Billingham L: Ron Bryant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Stan Landes · 2B: Nick Colosi · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Bobby Bonds	4	0	0	3
Tito Fuentes	3	1	1	2
Willie Mays	3	0	1	0
Willie McCovey	2	1	1	0
Ken Henderson	4	0	0	3
Dick Dietz	4	0	0	1
Al Gallagher	4	1	0	0
Bob Heise	4	2	0	1
Ed Goodson	1	1	0	0
Rich Robertson	1	0	0	0
George Foster	1	0	0	1
Jim Ray Hart	1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Cedeno	4	0	2	1	0	1
Joe Morgan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Watson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Menke	3	1	0	0	1	0
Doug Rader	3	1	2	0	0	1
Larry Howard	3	1	1	1	0	0
Norm Miller	2	0	0	1	1	0
Jack Billingham	2	0	1	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Bryant	2.0	4	1	0
Rich Robertson	3.0	2	0	2
Jerry Johnson	3.0	1	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Billingham	9.0	6	3	12

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Bonds: K
Tito Fuentes: K
Willie Mays: W
Willie McCovey: WP.1-2
Willie McCovey: W
Ken Henderson: K

Bot 1

Cesar Cedeno: S7
Joe Morgan: 43.1-2
Jim Wynn: 63.2-3
Bob Watson: 9

Top 2

Dick Dietz: 53
Al Gallagher: 43
Bob Heise: 63

Bot 2

Denis Menke: W
Doug Rader: S7.1-2
Larry Howard: S9.1-3;2-H
Norm Miller: 53.1-2;3-H
Jack Billingham: 63.2-3
Cesar Cedeno: S/BG.3-H
Joe Morgan: SB2
Joe Morgan: 3

Top 3

Ed Goodson: S7
Bobby Bonds: K/C
Tito Fuentes: S9.1-2
Willie Mays: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Willie McCovey: HP.1-2
Ken Henderson: K

Bot 3

Jim Wynn: S7
Bob Watson: 54(1)3/GDP
Denis Menke: 63

Top 4

Dick Dietz: 53
Al Gallagher: 9
Bob Heise: S7
Rich Robertson: 53

Bot 4

Doug Rader: K
Larry Howard: 63
Norm Miller: 43

Top 5

Bobby Bonds: 53
Tito Fuentes: W
Willie Mays: 2/FL
Willie McCovey: D/89.1XH(862)

Bot 5

Jack Billingham: S8
Cesar Cedeno: K
Joe Morgan: 7
Jim Wynn: 8

Top 6

Ken Henderson: K
Dick Dietz: K
Al Gallagher: S
Bob Heise: S8.1-2
George Foster: K

Bot 6

Bob Watson: 7
Denis Menke: 53
Doug Rader: S9
Larry Howard: 53

Top 7

Bobby Bonds: K
Tito Fuentes: K
Willie Mays: 4

Bot 7

Norm Miller: W
Jack Billingham: 34/SH.1-2
Cesar Cedeno: 53
Joe Morgan: 6

Top 8

Willie McCovey: 8
Ken Henderson: 3/G
Dick Dietz: 7

Bot 8

Jim Wynn: 7
Bob Watson: 6
Denis Menke: 8

Top 9

Al Gallagher: 63
Bob Heise: K/C
Jim Ray Hart: K