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On September 4 , 1974 — At the Astrodome, Don Wilson is taken out after eight innings of no-hit ball. He is behind, 2-1. Two walks and an error have put Cincinnati ahead. Wilson’s spot was to lead off the inning, Wilson had been hitting at a .206 clip the best of his career, The 15,840 persons in the Astrodome, watching their team going nowhere again this season, booed lustily when Tommy Helms was announced as an eighth‐inning pinch‐hitter for Wilson. Helms was retired on an infield grounder. Ironicly, the Astros next two hitters stroke singles and with first and third, and Gomez’s questionable managing comes into play again as the Astros end the frame with a strikeout/thrown out stealing double play to end the inning, Cesar Cedeno strikeouts, and Roger Metzger gets caught stealing to end the inning.
Ironies abound. Wilson is approaching a rare third career no-hitter. The man who hit into the error is Pete Rose, who hit into the run-scoring error that made Ken Johnson a no-hit loser in 1964.
They booed again in the ninth when Tony Perez, after fouling off several pitches, got the only hit, off Mike Cosgrove in the 9th and Houston loses, 2 – 1. It’s the second time Gomez has pinch-hit for his pitcher late in a game while he is throwing a no-no; Clay Kirby was the victim on July 21, 1970. Gomez hears the boos.
Wilson, with a 10–11 won lost record this season, had walked five batters, struck out three and hit one through his eight innings.
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