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Houston Astros @ San Francisco Giants

1974-09-15 · Day game · Candlestick Park · Att: 4736 · 2:34

San Francisco Giants defeated Houston Astros 8–4. San Francisco Giants put up 4 in the 4th. John D'Acquisto earned the win. Bobby Bonds went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	7
SFN	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0		8	10

W: John D'Acquisto L: Dave Roberts SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Bill Williams · 3B: Satch Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wilbur Howard	4	0	1	0	1	1
Roger Metzger	5	1	1	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	2	1	0	0	1	2
Cliff Johnson	2	1	0	0	2	1
Milt May	4	0	3	3	0	0
Doug Rader	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Gallagher	2	0	0	0	2	2
Larry Milbourne	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Roberts	2	0	1	0	0	1
Lee May	1	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Gross	2	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Garry Maddox	5	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Arnold	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Bonds	3	2	1	1	2	1
Gary Matthews	5	2	3	2	0	1
Dave Kingman	3	2	1	0	1	1
Glenn Redmon	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Miller	4	1	2	3	0	0
John Boccabella	3	0	1	1	1	1
John D'Acquisto	2	0	0	0	1	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	3.2	5	2	2
Jerry Johnson	1.1	3	1	1
Jim York	2.0	2	2	1
Fred Scherman	1.0	0	0	2

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John D'Acquisto	9.0	7	7	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wilbur Howard: S
Roger Metzger: CS2(24)
Roger Metzger: 8
Cesar Cedeno: K/C

Bot 1

Garry Maddox: 7
Chris Arnold: 63
Bobby Bonds: HR/7
Gary Matthews: K

Top 2

Cliff Johnson: 4
Milt May: 7
Doug Rader: 63

Bot 2

Dave Kingman: K
Glenn Redmon: 8
Bruce Miller: 63

Top 3

Bob Gallagher: K
Larry Milbourne: 63
Dave Roberts: DGR/89
Wilbur Howard: W
Roger Metzger: 43

Bot 3

John Boccabella: 8
John D'Acquisto: 4/L
Garry Maddox: 13

Top 4

Cesar Cedeno: W
Cliff Johnson: SB2
Cliff Johnson: W
Milt May: S8.2-H;1-H(E8)(UR);B-2
Doug Rader: K
Bob Gallagher: W
Larry Milbourne: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Dave Roberts: K

Bot 4

Chris Arnold: 8
Bobby Bonds: W
Gary Matthews: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Gary Matthews: S/78.3-H
Dave Kingman: S.1-2
Glenn Redmon: 7/L
Bruce Miller: D/78.2-H;1-H
John Boccabella: D7.2-H
John D'Acquisto: W
Garry Maddox: 7

Top 5

Wilbur Howard: K23
Roger Metzger: 6
Cesar Cedeno: K/C

Bot 5

Chris Arnold: 53
Bobby Bonds: 43
Gary Matthews: D/89
Dave Kingman: W
Glenn Redmon: D.2-H;1-3
Bruce Miller: S6.3-H;2-3
John Boccabella: SB2
John Boccabella: K

Top 6

Cliff Johnson: K
Milt May: S
Doug Rader: 7
Bob Gallagher: W.1-2
Larry Milbourne: W.2-3;1-2
Lee May: K/C

Bot 6

John D'Acquisto: K
Garry Maddox: E4
Chris Arnold: D9.1-3
Bobby Bonds: IW
Gary Matthews: S.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Dave Kingman: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Glenn Redmon: 13

Top 7

Wilbur Howard: 8
Roger Metzger: D
Greg Gross: S7.2-3
Cliff Johnson: W.1-2
Milt May: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Doug Rader: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bruce Miller: 43
John Boccabella: W
John D'Acquisto: 14/SH.1-2
Garry Maddox: 1/L

Top 8

Bob Gallagher: K
Larry Milbourne: 13
Johnny Edwards: 9

Bot 8

Chris Arnold: K
Bobby Bonds: K
Gary Matthews: 53

Top 9

Wilbur Howard: 63
Roger Metzger: 8
Greg Gross: 7