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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 13, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants, played on April 13, 1976 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 13, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 13, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Montefusco |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Cosgrove |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 7,591 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Dale 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Bob Engel 3B: Bruce Froemming |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
| Von Joshua | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
| Mike Sadek | Catcher |
| John Montefusco | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Milbourne | Second Baseman |
| Enos Cabell | Third Baseman |
| Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
| Bob Watson | First Baseman |
| Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
| Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
| Skip Jutze | Catcher |
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Mike Cosgrove | Pitcher |
| Bill Virdon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 13, 1976
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Cosgrove
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell juggles the ball. That's an error on Cabell. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joshua vs. Cosgrove
Cosgrove fires to first and has Thomas trapped. There's the throw to Metzger who tags Thomas for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Cosgrove
Joshua hits a line drive into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Cosgrove
Murcer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Cosgrove
Matthews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Montanez vs. Cosgrove
Montanez hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Montefusco
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Montefusco
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Montefusco
Cedeno takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Montefusco
There goes Cedeno. The throw from Sadek and he is safe. Cedeno steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Montefusco
Watson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Montefusco
There goes Cedeno. The throw from Sadek and he is out, Reitz applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cosgrove
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Cosgrove
Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadek vs. Cosgrove
Sadek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Sadek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Montefusco vs. Cosgrove
Montefusco strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Montefusco
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Montefusco
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Montefusco
Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Cosgrove
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Cosgrove
Joshua hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Cosgrove
Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Cosgrove
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Matthews for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Montefusco
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cosgrove vs. Montefusco
Cosgrove bunts towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milbourne vs. Montefusco
Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Milbourne for the out. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cabell vs. Montefusco
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Montefusco fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Cosgrove
Montanez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cosgrove
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Cosgrove
Reitz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadek vs. Cosgrove
Sadek takes first base on ball four. Reitz moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Montefusco vs. Cosgrove
Montefusco takes first base on ball four. Reitz moves to third. Sadek moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomas vs. Cosgrove
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Montefusco
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Montefusco
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Montefusco
Cruz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Thomas catches it and throws to second with Speier covering, to double up Cedeno. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Montefusco
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Cosgrove
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Cosgrove
Murcer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Cosgrove
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Cosgrove
Montanez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matthews moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Cosgrove
Speier takes first base on ball four. Matthews moves to third. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Reitz vs. Barlow
Mike Barlow now pitching.
Reitz hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Montefusco
Jutze strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Montefusco
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barlow vs. Montefusco
Barlow strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadek vs. Barlow
Sadek strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montefusco vs. Barlow
Montefusco strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Barlow
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Montefusco
Milbourne hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Montefusco
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Montefusco
Cedeno strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joshua vs. Barlow
Joshua strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Barlow
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Barlow
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Montefusco
Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Montefusco
The ball gets by Sadek for a passed ball. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Montefusco
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Montefusco
Gross is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jutze vs. Montefusco
Jutze hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watson scores. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metzger vs. Montefusco
Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross scores. Jutze moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boswell vs. Montefusco
Ken Boswell pinch hits for Mike Barlow.
Boswell hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Milbourne vs. Montefusco
Milbourne hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Forsch
Ken Forsch now pitching.
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson juggles the ball. That's an error on Watson. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Forsch
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne misplays the ball. That's an error on Milbourne. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Forsch
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Montanez moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adams vs. Forsch
Glenn Adams pinch hits for Mike Sadek.
Adams hits a fly ball towards left. Cruz settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cruz. Montanez scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Forsch
Craig Robinson pinch runs for Glenn Adams. Steve Ontiveros pinch hits for John Montefusco.
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Moffitt
Dave Rader now catching. Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Moffitt
Cedeno hits a popup towards the mound. Moffitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Moffitt
Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Forsch
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joshua vs. Forsch
Joshua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Forsch
Murcer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/13/1976 -- San Francisco at Houston (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Thomas D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Milbourne L, 2b 4 0 0 0
Joshua V, cf 5 0 1 0 Cabell E, 3b 4 0 0 0
Murcer B, rf 4 0 1 0 Cedeno C, cf 3 0 1 0
Matthews G, lf 4 0 1 0 Watson B, 1b 3 1 2 0
Montanez W, 1b 4 1 1 0 Cruz J, lf 3 0 0 0
Speier C, ss 3 0 0 0 Gross G, rf 2 1 0 0
Reitz K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Jutze S, c 3 0 1 1
Sadek M, c 2 0 1 0 Metzger R, ss 2 0 1 1
Adams G, ph 1 0 0 0 Cosgrove M, p 1 0 0 0
Robinson C, pr 0 0 0 0 Barlow M, p 1 0 0 0
Rader D, c 0 0 0 0 Boswell K, ph 1 0 0 0
Montefusco J, p 2 0 0 0 Forsch K, p 0 0 0 0
Ontiveros S, ph 1 0 0 0
Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 1 6 0 27 2 5 2
San Francisco 000 000 010 -- 1
Houston 000 000 20x -- 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco J (L) 7.0 5 2 2 4 3
Moffitt R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Cosgrove M 4.2 6 0 0 4 1
Barlow M (W) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3
Forsch K (S) 2.0 0 1 0 1 0
E -- Cabell E, Watson B, Milbourne L, Cruz J
DP -- San Francisco 1, Houston 2
LOB -- San Francisco 11, Houston 5
2B -- Sadek M
SB -- Cedeno C
CS -- Thomas D, Cedeno C
PB -- Sadek M
T -- 2:08
A -- 7591
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