Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 1
Regular Season Game 18
Played on Thursday, April 28, 1977 (D) at Candlestick Park
HOU N 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1 SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 2
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 Cabell 3b 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Howe 3b 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 Crawford lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gardner lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz rf 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Watson 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 11 2 Herrmann c 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Sperring 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 Andujar p 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 10 3 4 5 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 2. Gonzalez-Sperring-Watson, Sperring-Gonzalez-Watson. E: Gonzalez (3). BATTING - 2B: Watson (2,off Montefusco); Cedeno (3,off Williams); Howe (2,off Curtis). HR: Watson (1,2nd inning off Montefusco 1 on 1 out). SF: Howe (1,off Montefusco). GDP: Gonzalez (1,off Curtis). IBB: Sperring (1,by Montefusco); Cedeno (2,by Curtis). Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING - CS: Cabell (5,2nd base by Montefusco/Sadek).
San Francisco Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Thomas 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Foli ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Evans lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 Clark rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Thomasson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sadek c 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Montefusco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 30 1 5 1 2 3 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Curtis-Foli-McCovey. E: Thomas (1), Foli (1). PB: Sadek (1). BATTING - SF: Clark (1,off Andujar). GDP: Madlock 2 (6,off Andujar 2). Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Andujar W(2-1) 8.1 5 1 0 2 2 0 31 Sambito 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Forsch SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 9 5 1 0 2 3 0 33 Inherited Runners - Scored: Sambito 2-0; Forsch 2-0. .
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Montefusco L(2-2) 6 6 3 1 2 5 1 27 Williams 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 Curtis 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 Totals 9 10 3 1 4 5 1 40 IBB: Montefusco (1,Sperring); Curtis (3,Cedeno). Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Dutch Rennert Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 3153 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros San Francisco Giants 1. Gonzalez ss Thomas 2b 2. Cabell 3b Foli ss 3. Cedeno cf Madlock 3b 4. Crawford lf Evans lf 5. Cruz rf McCovey 1b 6. Watson 1b Clark rf 7. Herrmann c Thomasson cf 8. Sperring 2b Sadek c 9. Andujar p Montefusco p ASTROS 1ST: Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Cabell singled to center; Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Cabell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Thomas grounded out (second to first); Foli singled; Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foli out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz reached on an error by Foli [Cruz to first]; Watson homered [Cruz scored (unearned)]; Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Sperring grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans walked; McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher) [Evans to second]; Clark grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomasson made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Andujar was called out on strikes; Gonzalez walked; Cabell singled to right [Gonzalez to third]; Cedeno flied out to center; Crawford flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: HOWE REPLACED CABELL (PLAYING 3B); Sadek grounded out (second to first); Montefusco flied out to center; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz struck out; Watson popped to third in foul territory; Herrmann reached on an error by Thomas [Herrmann to first]; Sperring singled to center [Herrmann to second]; Andujar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Foli singled to center; Madlock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Foli out at second]; Evans singled; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 5TH: Gonzalez singled to left; Sadek allowed a passed ball [Gonzalez to third]; Howe hit a sacrifice fly to left [Gonzalez scored (unearned)]; Cedeno made an out to pitcher; Crawford made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Clark flied out to center; Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher); Sadek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 6TH: Cruz struck out; Watson doubled to left; Herrmann grounded out (first to pitcher) [Watson to third]; Sperring was walked intentionally; Andujar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: ANDREWS BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Andrews was called out on strikes; Thomas walked; Foli popped to first in foul territory; Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Howe singled; Cedeno doubled to right [Howe out at home (second to catcher)]; Crawford walked; Cruz forced Crawford (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: GARDNER REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING LF); Evans reached on an error by Gonzalez [Evans to second]; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted) [Evans to third]; Clark hit a sacrifice fly to center [Evans scored (unearned)]; Thomasson flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1. ASTROS 8TH: Watson grounded out (first to pitcher); Herrmann flied out to right; Sperring made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: Sadek flied out to center; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Whitfield flied out to center; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1. ASTROS 9TH: CURTIS REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); Andujar singled; Gonzalez grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Andujar out at second]; Howe doubled to right; Cedeno was walked intentionally; Gardner forced Howe (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Foli singled to center; Madlock popped to third in foul territory; Evans singled to right [Foli to second]; SAMBITO REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); McCovey struck out; FORSCH REPLACED SAMBITO (PITCHING); Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 3 10 1 10 Giants 1 5 2 5
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