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Tuesday May 12, 1970
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The relief pitching of Tom Dukes enabled the Padres to gain a 6-5 victory over the Giants. The Padres built up a 6-1 lead, scoring two of their runs on passes with the bases loaded in the fourth inning. Dick Dietz tripled with the bases loaded for the Giants in the fifth, When Willie McCovey homered in the seventh, Dukes replaced Mike Corkins and held the Giants scoreless on one hit in the last 2 1/3 innings. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 6, San Francisco Giants 5

Game Played on Tuesday, May 12, 1970 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Giants       0  0  1    0  3  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  3
Padres       0  0  2    4  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  7  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              3   2   1   0     2   1   .326      Dean ss               1   0   0   1     2   0   .276
Hunt 2b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .308      Campbell 2b           3   0   0   1     1   0   .273
Mays cf               5   0   1   0     0   2   .269      Gaston cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .302
McCovey 1b            2   2   1   1     3   0   .230      Ferrara lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .241
Henderson lf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .364        Morales lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .155
Dietz c               3   0   2   3     1   0   .382      Webster 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .241
Fuentes 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Brown rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .276
Lanier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Huntz 3b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .176
  Taylor ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .136      Barton c              4   2   2   2     0   0   .290
  Heise pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Corkins p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
Puente p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Faul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mason ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reberger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   5     7   6             Totals               28   6   7   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  7,716
Left on Base: Giants 8, Padres 5
DP: Giants 2, Padres 3
Errors: Hunt, Mays, Puente, Dean
Doubles: Mays (4), Hunt (6), Huntz (2)
Triples: Dietz (2)
Home Runs: McCovey (10)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (15), Webster (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Corkins 2 (2), Dean (2)
GIDP: Lanier (3), Henderson (3), Bonds (2), Brown (5)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Puente L(1-1)           3.1   6   6   5   2   2   0  19   7.07
Faul                    1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   7   0.00
Reberger                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   7.66
Linzy                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.20
Totals                  8     7   6   5   4   3   0  35

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corkins W(2-3)          6.2   8   5   5   6   4   1  32   4.05
Dukes SV(2)             2.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.38
Totals                  9     9   5   5   7   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 3B - Shag Crawford


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Hunt flied out to right; Mays
doubled to center; McCovey was walked intentionally; Henderson
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Dean walked; Campbell lined into a double play
(third to first) [Dean out at first]; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Dietz singled to right; Fuentes singled to center
[Dietz to second]; Lanier grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Dietz to third, Fuentes out at second];
Puente struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ferrara made an out to shortstop; Webster grounded
out (pitcher to first); Brown grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds walked; Hunt doubled to left [Bonds scored];
Mays struck out; McCovey was walked intentionally; Henderson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [McCovey out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Huntz doubled to center; Barton singled to right
[Huntz scored]; Corkins reached on an error by Puente on a
sacrifice bunt [Barton scored (error by Mays), Corkins to
second]; Dean out on a sacrifice bunt (first to pitcher)
[Corkins to third]; Campbell flied out to center; Gaston
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Padres 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
flied out to right; Lanier reached on an error by Dean; Puente
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Ferrara singled to center; Webster singled to right
[Ferrara to third]; Brown singled to left [Webster to second,
Ferrara scored]; Webster stole third; Huntz struck out; Barton
singled to center [Brown to second, Webster scored]; Corkins
reached on an error by Hunt (assist by McCovey) on a sacrifice
bunt [Barton to second, Brown to third]; Giants Manager Clyde
King ejected by HP umpire Doug Harvey; Dean walked [Brown
scored, Barton to third, Corkins to second]; FAUL REPLACED
PUENTE (PITCHING); Campbell walked [Barton scored (unearned),
Corkins to third, Dean to second]; Gaston made an out to
shortstop; Ferrara flied out to left; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds singled to center; Hunt grounded out (third to
first) [Bonds to second]; Mays flied out to right [Bonds to
third]; McCovey walked; Henderson walked [McCovey to second];
Dietz tripled [Henderson scored, McCovey scored, Bonds scored];
Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Giants 4, Padres 6.

PADRES 5TH: Webster walked; Brown grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Webster out at second]; Huntz
singled to third; Barton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Lanier flied out to left; MASON BATTED FOR FAUL;
Mason popped to third in foul territory; Bonds walked; Bonds
stole second; Hunt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 6.

PADRES 6TH: REBERGER REPLACED MASON (PITCHING); Corkins struck
out; Dean grounded out (shortstop to first); Campbell grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Padres 6.

GIANTS 7TH: Mays grounded out (second to first); McCovey
homered; Henderson singled to right [Henderson out at second
(right to shortstop to first to shortstop)]; DUKES REPLACED
CORKINS (PITCHING); Dietz walked; Fuentes was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 6.

PADRES 7TH: Gaston made an out to second; Ferrara flied out to
right; Webster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
5, Padres 6.

GIANTS 8TH: MORALES REPLACED FERRARA (PLAYING LF); TAYLOR BATTED
FOR LANIER; Taylor singled to right; HEISE RAN FOR TAYLOR; BURDA
BATTED FOR REBERGER; Burda popped to third in foul territory;
Bonds grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Heise out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 6.

PADRES 8TH: HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LINZY REPLACED
BURDA (PITCHING); Brown flied out to center; Huntz flied out to
right; Barton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
5, Padres 6.

GIANTS 9TH: Hunt flied out to right; Mays struck out; McCovey
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 6.



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