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Houston Astros @ San Francisco Giants

1970-08-07 · Night game · Candlestick Park · Att: 5394 · 2:58

Houston Astros defeated San Francisco Giants 11–2. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 1st. Larry Dierker earned the win. Doug Rader went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	3	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	11	14
SFN	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Larry Dierker L: Ron Bryant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Dezelan · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Stan Landes · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jesus Alou	6	2	2	1	0	0
Joe Morgan	3	2	0	0	2	0
Jim Wynn	5	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Rader	4	2	2	3	1	1
Denis Menke	3	0	1	1	1	1
Bob Watson	4	1	2	0	1	1
Cesar Cedeno	5	2	2	0	0	1
Johnny Edwards	4	2	3	3	1	0
Larry Dierker	4	0	1	1	0	0
Cesar Geronimo	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Bonds	5	1	3	0	0	0
Tito Fuentes	3	0	1	0	2	0
Ken Henderson	5	0	2	0	0	0
Willie McCovey	3	0	0	1	0	1
Dick Dietz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Ray Hart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Hunt	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Lanier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Carrithers	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rich Robertson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mason	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Dierker	9.0	6	4	5

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Bryant	0.1	3	2	0
Don Carrithers	3.2	4	4	3
Rich Robertson	2.0	3	0	0
Mike Davison	3.0	4	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jesus Alou: S8
Joe Morgan: W.1-2
Jim Wynn: 7
Doug Rader: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Denis Menke: W
Bob Watson: S7.1-2
Cesar Cedeno: K
Johnny Edwards: W.2-3;1-2
Larry Dierker: 13

Bot 1

Bobby Bonds: T/89.B-H(E8/TH)
Tito Fuentes: 63
Ken Henderson: D/78
Willie McCovey: 8
Dick Dietz: 9

Top 2

Jesus Alou: 43
Joe Morgan: 5
Jim Wynn: 8

Bot 2

Jim Ray Hart: K
Ron Hunt: 53
Hal Lanier: 7

Top 3

Doug Rader: K
Denis Menke: K
Bob Watson: W
Cesar Cedeno: 53

Bot 3

Don Carrithers: W
Bobby Bonds: 5
Tito Fuentes: D9.1-3
Ken Henderson: 5
Willie McCovey: HP
Dick Dietz: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Johnny Edwards: 43
Larry Dierker: S7
Jesus Alou: 16(1)/FO
Joe Morgan: W.1-2
Jim Wynn: S7.1-3;2-H
Doug Rader: WP.3-H
Doug Rader: W.1-2
Denis Menke: 43

Bot 4

Jim Ray Hart: 3/G
Ron Hunt: 1/L
Hal Lanier: 63

Top 5

Bob Watson: S
Cesar Cedeno: S9.1-2
Johnny Edwards: T9.1-H;2-H
Larry Dierker: 9
Jesus Alou: S8.3-H
Joe Morgan: 4
Jim Wynn: 5/FL

Bot 5

Rich Robertson: E6
Bobby Bonds: 5/FL
Tito Fuentes: W.1-2
Ken Henderson: S9.1-2;2-3
Willie McCovey: 46(1)/FO.2-3;3-H(UR)
Dick Dietz: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Doug Rader: D9
Denis Menke: WP.2-3
Denis Menke: 7/SF.3-H
Bob Watson: 8
Cesar Cedeno: 63

Bot 6

Jim Ray Hart: 8
Ron Hunt: W
Hal Lanier: 8
Bob Taylor: 8

Top 7

Johnny Edwards: T7
Larry Dierker: 9/SF.3-H
Jesus Alou: 63
Joe Morgan: 31

Bot 7

Bobby Bonds: S7
Tito Fuentes: W.1-2
Ken Henderson: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Willie McCovey: K
Dick Dietz: K

Top 8

Jim Wynn: 7
Doug Rader: 3
Denis Menke: S8
Bob Watson: K

Bot 8

Jim Ray Hart: 9
Ron Hunt: 4
Hal Lanier: K

Top 9

Cesar Cedeno: D8
Johnny Edwards: S9.2-H;B-2(THH)
Larry Dierker: 43
Jesus Alou: 63
Cesar Geronimo: K

Bot 9

Don Mason: K
Bobby Bonds: S
Tito Fuentes: 7
Ken Henderson: 43