April 15, 1972 San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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CAL 1
TEX 0 MIL 5
@CLE 1 DET 3
BOS 2 KCR 2
CHW 1
(11) OAK 4
MIN 3
(11) PHI 4
@CHC 2 LAD 3
@CIN 1 SFG 5
@HOU 0 NYM 4
PIT 0 SDP 6
ATL 5 MON 3
@STL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 23,021

Saturday, April 15, 1972
Time of Game: 2:23

Giants

1-0

Won 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          0  0  0   0  0  2   0  2  1    5  8  0
Astros          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  8  0

W: J Marichal (1-0), L: D Wilson (0-1), S: J Johnson (1)

Astros

0-1

Lost 1

4th, 1 GB

BATTING

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Mays CF                     4   0   1   1    0   0  .250  .500    0    3   0   SH
T Fuentes 2B                  4   2   2   2    0   1  .500 1.750    0    1   2   HR
K Henderson LF                4   0   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000    0    1   1   SB
W McCovey 1B                  4   1   1   2    0   0  .250 1.250    0   10   1   HR
B Bonds RF                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    2   0   
D Kingman 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .000  .000    0    0   3   
F Healy C                     3   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .250    0    8   0   
C Speier SS                   3   1   0   0    1   1  .000  .250    0    1   3   
J Marichal P                  3   1   2   0    0   0  .667 1.667    0    1   1   2B
  J Howarth PH                0   0   0   0    1   0                0    0   0   
  J Johnson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       33   5   8   5    3   4                    27  11

BATTING

2B: J Marichal (1, off D Wilson).

HR: W McCovey (1, off D Wilson; 6th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); T Fuentes (1, off D Wilson; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF).

SH: W Mays (1, off D Wilson).

TB: T Fuentes 5; W McCovey 4; J Marichal 3; K Henderson 2; W Mays.

RBI: W McCovey 2 (2); T Fuentes 2 (2); W Mays (1).

2-out RBI: W McCovey 2; W Mays.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 2 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 2. W McCovey; C Speier-T Fuentes-W McCovey.

BASERUNNING

SB: K Henderson (1, 2nd base off D Wilson/J Edwards).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Metzger SS                  3   0   1   0    1   1  .333 1.500    0    1   5   3B
C Cedeno CF                   4   0   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000    0    4   1   SB,GDP
J Wynn RF                     4   0   0   0    0   3  .000  .000    0    2   0   
L May 1B                      4   0   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000    0   11   1   
B Watson LF                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .250    0    1   0   
D Rader 3B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .750    0    1   1   2B
T Helms 2B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .500    0    1   2   
J Edwards C                   3   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    0    4   0   
  G Culver P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
D Wilson P                    2   0   0   0    0   2  .000  .000    0    2   0   
  W Blasingame P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Stinson C                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   0   
Totals                       32   0   8   0    2   7                    27  10

BATTING

2B: D Rader (1, off J Johnson).

3B: R Metzger (1, off J Marichal).

TB: R Metzger 3; L May 2; D Rader 2; C Cedeno 2; J Edwards; T Helms.

GIDP: C Cedeno (1).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

BASERUNNING

SB: C Cedeno (1, 2nd base off J Marichal/F Healy).

PITCHING

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Marichal, W (1-0)            8     6   0   0    2   7   0   0.00   30     -       ·  ·      8· 6· 1· 6     75    -     1.03   0.42
J Johnson, S (1)               1     2   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    4     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 1· 2          0-0    0.18   0.01
Totals                         9     8   0   0    2   7   0          34     -       ·  ·      9· 6· 2· 8           -

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Wilson, L (0-1)              7.1   7   4   4    1   4   2   4.91   30     -       ·  ·      9· 8· 1· 7     51    -     0.99  -0.08
W Blasingame                   0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.21   0.00
G Culver                       1.1   1   1   1    2   0   0   6.75    6     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 1· 1          1-0    0.11  -0.00
Totals                         9     8   5   5    3   4   2          37     -       ·  ·     10·10· 2· 8          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Johnson (1); G Culver (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Jerry Dale.

Time of Game: 2:23.

Attendance: 23,021.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Night.

LINEUPS

   San Francisco Giants          Houston Astros                       
1. W Mays               CF    1. R Metzger            SS 
2. T Fuentes            2B    2. C Cedeno             CF 
3. K Henderson          LF    3. J Wynn               RF 
4. W McCovey            1B    4. L May                1B 
5. B Bonds              RF    5. B Watson             LF 
6. D Kingman            3B    6. D Rader              3B 
7. F Healy              C     7. T Helms              2B 
8. C Speier             SS    8. J Edwards            C  
9. J Marichal           P     9. D Wilson             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   2  0-0  1--      32%  78% W McCovey       D Wilson        Home Run; Fuentes Scores
   b 5   1  0-0  123      19%  50% C Cedeno        J Marichal      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   b 5   0  0-0  1--     -13%  26% J Edwards       J Marichal      Single to RF; Helms to 3B
   b 5   0  0-0  1-3       8%  34% D Wilson        J Marichal      Strikeout
   t 3   2  0-0  -23      -7%  45% T Fuentes       D Wilson        Flyball: CF

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Wilson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  W Mays          Flyball: CF
   O      ---      46%  T Fuentes       Strikeout
   O      ---      46%  K Henderson     Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Juan Marichal facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      48%  R Metzger       Groundout: P-1B
          ---      45%  C Cedeno        Single to CF
          1--      43%  J Wynn          Cedeno Steals 2B
   O      -2-      47%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-      50%  L May           Single to LF; Cedeno out at Hm/LF-C
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Wilson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      48%  W McCovey       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      46%  B Bonds         Flyball: CF
   O      ---      45%  D Kingman       Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Juan Marichal facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      47%  B Watson        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      49%  D Rader         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---      50%  T Helms         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Wilson facing 7-8-9
          ---      54%  F Healy         Walk
   O      1--      50%  C Speier        Strikeout
          1--      55%  J Marichal      Single to CF; Healy to 2B
   O      12-      51%  W Mays          Groundout: 3B-1B; Healy to 3B; Marichal to 2B
   O      -23      45%  T Fuentes       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Juan Marichal facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      47%  J Edwards       Flyball: SS
   O      ---      49%  D Wilson        Strikeout
          ---      46%  R Metzger       Triple to CF
   O      --3      50%  C Cedeno        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Wilson facing 3-4-5
          ---      54%  K Henderson     Single to CF
   O      1--      50%  W McCovey       Foul Flyball: RF
   O      1--      47%  B Bonds         Flyball: RF
          1--      48%  D Kingman       Henderson Steals 2B
   O      -2-      44%  " "             Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Juan Marichal facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      47%  J Wynn          Strikeout
   O      ---      49%  L May           Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      47%  B Watson        Walk
   O      1--      50%  D Rader         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Wilson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      47%  F Healy         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      45%  C Speier        Lineout: P
   O      ---      44%  J Marichal      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Juan Marichal facing 7-8-9
          ---      39%  T Helms         Single to LF
          1--      26%  J Edwards       Single to RF; Helms to 3B
   O      1-3      34%  D Wilson        Strikeout
          1-3      31%  R Metzger       Walk; Edwards to 2B
   OO     123      50%  C Cedeno        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Wilson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      47%  W Mays          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      50%  T Fuentes       Single to RF
   O      1--      46%  K Henderson     Flyball: CF
   RR     1--      78%  W McCovey       Home Run; Fuentes Scores
   O      ---      78%  B Bonds         Foul Flyball: 1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-2, Juan Marichal facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      81%  J Wynn          Strikeout
   O      ---      83%  L May           Flyball: CF
   O      ---      84%  B Watson        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Ahead 2-0, Don Wilson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      83%  D Kingman       Strikeout
   O      ---      82%  F Healy         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      81%  C Speier        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-2, Juan Marichal facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      85%  D Rader         Flyball: CF
   O      ---      87%  T Helms         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      89%  J Edwards       Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Ahead 2-0, Don Wilson facing 9-1-2
          ---      92%  J Marichal      Double to LF
   O      -2-      91%  W Mays          Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; Marichal to 3B
   RR     --3      97%  T Fuentes       Home Run; Marichal Scores
          ---      97%  K Henderson     Single to RF
                  Wade Blasingame replaces Don Wilson pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--      97%  W McCovey       Flyball: LF
                  George Culver replaces Johnny Edwards pitching and batting 8th; Bob Stinson replaces Wade Blasingame playing C batting 9th
          1--      97%  B Bonds         Wild Pitch; Henderson to 2B
   O      -2-      97%  " "             Lineout: SS
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-4, Juan Marichal facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      98%  B Stinson       Strikeout
   O      ---      99%  R Metzger       Strikeout
          ---      98%  C Cedeno        Single to CF
   O      1--      99%  J Wynn          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 0.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-0, George Culver facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      99%  D Kingman       Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      ---      99%  F Healy         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      99%  C Speier        Walk
                  Jim Howarth pinch hits for Juan Marichal batting 9th
          1--      99%  J Howarth       Walk; Speier to 2B
   RO     12-      99%  W Mays          Single to CF; Speier Scores; Howarth out at 3B/CF-3B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Jerry Johnson facing 4-5-6
                  Jerry Johnson replaces Jim Howarth pitching and batting 9th
          ---      99%  L May           Single to CF
   OO     1--     100%  B Watson        Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted
          ---     100%  D Rader         Double to CF
          -2-     100%  T Helms         Wild Pitch; Rader to 3B
   O      --3     100%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 0.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU197204150

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation