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Saturday May 16, 1970
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Returning to action after missing two games with a sore shoulder, Willie McCovey smashed two homers and drove in three runs to lead the Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Dodgers. Willie Davis homered with two men on base in the first inning to give the Dodgers a 3-1 lead, but Willie Mays walked and McCovey hit for the circuit to tie the score in the third. The Giants added a run in the seventh on singles by Al Gallagher and Bob Heise around an infield out, before McCovey homered again in the eighth to produce the deciding marker. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Game Played on Saturday, May 16, 1970 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Giants       1  0  2    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   5  8  1
Dodgers      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 11  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .325      Wills ss              5   1   3   0     0   0   .281
Heise ss              4   1   1   1     1   0   .256      Mota lf               4   1   0   0     1   1   .317
Mays cf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .288      Davis cf              4   1   2   3     0   0   .244
McCovey 1b            2   2   2   3     3   0   .237      Parker 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .313
Henderson lf          5   0   1   1     0   2   .331      Crawford rf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .258
Dietz c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .358      Grabarkewitz 3b,2b    4   0   3   0     0   1   .412
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Haller c              4   0   1   1     0   2   .306
Gallagher 3b          3   1   2   0     1   0   .295        Joshua pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .100        Torborg c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Reberger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .250
                                                            Sudakis ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
                                                          Foster p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .095
                                                            Gabrielson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Norman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lefebvre ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .206

Totals               33   5   8   5     7   7             Totals               34   4  11   4     4   8

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 42,241
Left on Base: Giants 9, Dodgers 7
DP: Giants 2, Dodgers 1
Errors: Henderson
Doubles: Wills (4)
Home Runs: McCovey 2 (12), Davis (1)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (3), Grabarkewitz (7)
Caught Stealing: Grabarkewitz (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (3)
GIDP: Fuentes (1), Haller (1), Parker (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(5-4)            7.2  11   4   4   4   6   1  34   4.90
Reberger SV(1)          1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   6.46
Totals                  9    11   4   4   4   8   1  38

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster L(2-4)           7     5   4   4   5   5   1  30   3.23
Lamb                    1.2   3   1   1   1   2   1   9   2.70
Norman                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.55
Totals                  9     8   5   5   7   7   2  41

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Bill Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds popped to catcher in foul territory; Heise
walked; Mays singled to center [Heise to third]; McCovey walked
[Mays to second]; Henderson forced McCovey (first to shortstop)
[Mays to third, Heise scored]; Dietz flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills singled to left [Wills to second (error by
Henderson)]; Mota walked; Davis homered [Wills scored, Mota
scored]; Parker made an out to second; Crawford popped to first
in foul territory; Grabarkewitz singled; Grabarkewitz was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 2ND: Fuentes flied out to center; Gallagher grounded out
(second to first); Perry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Haller struck out; Sizemore popped to first in foul
territory; Foster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Heise
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays walked; McCovey homered
[Mays scored]; Henderson struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Wills doubled to left; Mota grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Wills to third]; Davis grounded out (second to
first); Parker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Dietz struck out; Fuentes made an out to first;
Gallagher singled to right; Perry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford singled; Crawford was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Grabarkewitz singled to left; Haller struck
out; Grabarkewitz stole second; Sizemore walked; Foster struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds flied out to center; Heise grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Mays grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Wills flied out to left; Mota flied out to right;
Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey walked; Henderson struck out; Dietz walked
[McCovey to second]; Fuentes grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Dietz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Parker walked; Crawford walked [Parker to second];
Grabarkewitz was called out on strikes; Haller grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Parker out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Gallagher singled to left; Perry out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Gallagher to second]; Bonds grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Gallagher to third]; Heise singled to
second [Gallagher scored]; Mays popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); GABRIELSON
BATTED FOR FOSTER; Gabrielson flied out to left; Wills singled
to third; Mota grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 8TH: LAMB REPLACED GABRIELSON (PITCHING); McCovey
homered; Henderson singled; Henderson stole second; Dietz
grounded out (third to first); Fuentes made an out to third;
Gallagher was walked intentionally; Perry was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis singled to center; Parker grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Davis out at
second]; Crawford singled to shortstop; Grabarkewitz singled to
shortstop [Crawford to second]; Haller singled to right
[Grabarkewitz to third, Crawford scored]; JOSHUA RAN FOR HALLER;
REBERGER REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); SUDAKIS BATTED FOR SIZEMORE;
Sudakis flied out to left; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5,
Dodgers 4.

GIANTS 9TH: SUDAKIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TORBORG
REPLACED JOSHUA (PLAYING C ); GRABARKEWITZ CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); Bonds struck out; Heise grounded out (second to
first); Mays singled to center; NORMAN REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING);
McCovey walked [Mays to second]; Henderson flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 9TH: LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR NORMAN; Lefebvre struck out;
Wills grounded out (third to first); Mota struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 4.



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