San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 1
Played on Saturday, April 15, 1972 (N) at Astrodome
SF N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 - 5 8 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0
San Francisco Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Mays cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Fuentes 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 Henderson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 McCovey 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 10 1 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Kingman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Healy c 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 Speier ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 Marichal p 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 Howarth ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 8 5 3 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 2. Speier-Fuentes-McCovey, McCovey. BATTING - 2B: Marichal (1,off Wilson). HR: McCovey (1,6th inning off Wilson 1 on 2 out); Fuentes (1,8th inning off Wilson 1 on 1 out). SH: Mays (1,off Wilson). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - SB: Henderson (1,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 May 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 Watson lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Rader 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Helms 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Edwards c 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stinson c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 32 0 8 0 2 7 27 10 BATTING - 2B: Rader (1,off Johnson). 3B: Metzger (1,off Marichal). GDP: Cedeno (1,off Marichal). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Cedeno (1,2nd base off Marichal/Healy).
PITCHING
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Marichal W(1-0) 8 6 0 0 2 7 0 30 Johnson SV(1) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 9 8 0 0 2 7 0 34 WP: Johnson (1).
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wilson L(0-1) 7.1 7 4 4 1 4 2 30 Blasingame 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Culver 1.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 6 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 4 2 37 WP: Culver (1). Inherited Runners - Scored: Blasingame 1-0; Culver 1-0. . Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Jerry Dale Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 23021 Starting Lineups: San Francisco Giants Houston Astros 1. Mays cf Metzger ss 2. Fuentes 2b Cedeno cf 3. Henderson lf Wynn rf 4. McCovey 1b May 1b 5. Bonds rf Watson lf 6. Kingman 3b Rader 3b 7. Healy c Helms 2b 8. Speier ss Edwards c 9. Marichal p Wilson p GIANTS 1ST: Mays flied out to center; Fuentes struck out; Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno stole second; Wynn was called out on strikes; May singled to left [Cedeno out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied out to center; Kingman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (third to first); Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 3RD: Healy walked; Speier struck out; Marichal singled to center [Healy to second]; Mays grounded out (third to first) [Healy to third, Marichal to second]; Fuentes flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Edwards made an out to shortstop; Wilson struck out; Metzger tripled to center; Cedeno flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 4TH: Henderson singled to center; McCovey flied to right in foul territory; Bonds flied out to right; Henderson stole second; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Wynn struck out; May grounded out (third to first); Watson walked; Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 5TH: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier lined to pitcher; Marichal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Helms singled to left; Edwards singled to right [Helms to third]; Wilson struck out; Metzger walked [Edwards to second]; Cedeno grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 6TH: Mays grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes singled to right; Henderson flied out to center; McCovey homered [Fuentes scored]; Bonds popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn struck out; May flied out to center; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. GIANTS 7TH: Kingman struck out; Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Rader flied out to center; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. GIANTS 8TH: Marichal doubled to left; Mays out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Marichal to third]; Fuentes homered [Marichal scored]; Henderson singled to right; BLASINGAME REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); McCovey flied out to left; CULVER REPLACED EDWARDS (PITCHING); STINSON REPLACED BLASINGAME (PLAYING C ); Culver threw a wild pitch [Henderson to second]; Bonds lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: Stinson struck out; Metzger struck out; Cedeno singled to center; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 0. GIANTS 9TH: Kingman popped to first in foul territory; Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier walked; HOWARTH BATTED FOR MARICHAL; Howarth walked [Speier to second]; Mays singled to center [Speier scored, Howarth out at third (center to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); May singled to center; Watson lined into a double play (first unassisted) [May out at first]; Rader doubled to center; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Rader to third]; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Giants 5 8 0 5 Astros 0 8 0 7
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