1966 NL Game: No-hitter in Houston

September 25, 1966

San Francisco Giant pitcher Bobby Bolin threw a no-hitter today against the Houston Astros. The Giants won the game by a score of 4-0. The win was Bolin's 17th of the season.

Event Codes:  N
BOXSCORE: 1966 San Francisco Giants At 1966 Houston Astros          9/25/1966
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Fuentes SS        4  0  0  0 .231     R.Davis CF          4  0  0  0 .272  
  H.Lanier 2B         4  0  1  1 .194     S.Jackson SS        3  0  0  0 .307  
  W.Mays CF           4  1  1  1 .247     J.Morgan 2B         2  0  0  0 .272  
  W.McCovey 1B        0  0  0  0 .262     R.Staub RF          3  0  0  0 .248  
  J.Hart 3B           3  0  0  0 .286     C.Harrison 1B       3  0  0  0 .266  
  J.Alou LF           4  1  1  0 .252     L.Maye LF           3  0  0  0 .311  
  T.Haller C          4  1  1  2 .206     B.Heath C           3  0  0  0 .218  
  O.Brown RF          3  1  0  0 .193     B.Aspromonte 3B     3  0  0  0 .242  
  B.Bolin P           2  0  0  0 .169     L.Dierker P         2  0  0  0 .078  
                                          D.Wilson P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-A.Pointer PH        1  0  0  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  4  4  4                 Totals      27  0  0  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 9th Inning
 
Giants.......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  4  4  0
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
 
Giants (85-70)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Bolin WIN(17-7)         9       0   0   0   1   5   0   2.62
Totals                    9       0   0   0   1   5   0
 
Astros (72-84)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Dierker LOSS(10-12)     7 1/3   4   4   4   5   4   2   3.74
D.Wilson                  1 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       4   4   4   5   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 12,092 DATE- Sunday, September 25th 1966 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- John Kibler, Bill Jackowski, Ed Sudol, Paul Pryor
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 4  Astros: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0  Astros: 2
ERRORS- R.Staub
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(38th), T.Haller(23rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Hart, B.Bolin
WALKS- W.McCovey-4, O.Brown, J.Morgan
STRIKE OUTS- W.Mays-2, O.Brown-2, B.Bolin, R.Davis, J.Morgan, C.Harrison,
             L.Maye, B.Aspromonte
GIDP- J.Hart-2
2-out RBI- H.Lanier
RLISP 2-out- T.Haller
 
Bobby Bolin(17-7) thrilled the fans at The Astrodome as he crafted a no-hit
masterpiece against the Houston Astros.  The San Francisco Giants won by a
final score of 4 to 0.
 
Bolin was obviously at the top of his game as he set the Houston batters down
like so many dominoes.  He walked just one Houston batter.  The tension
started to build around the 6th inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd was
electrified.  San Francisco had only 4 hits for the game.  
 
Larry Dierker(10-12) absorbed the loss.  He surrendered 4 hits and 5 walks in
7 and 1/3 innings.  It took a while to pry Bolin way from his teammates as
they all wanted to show their appreciation and joy.  Finally, however, Herman
Franks got to offer his own congratulations with a big bear hug and the
comment, 'That was one of the best pitched games I have seen in all my years
in baseball - Bolin was masterful out there this afternoon!'