A homer by Steve Huntz in the 15th inning carried the Padres to a 17-16 victory over the Giants in a five-hour, 29-minute slugfest that produced a total of 44 hits, including nine round-trippers. After the game, owner Horace Stoneham of the Giants fired manager Clyde King and announced the appointment of Charlie Fox as his successor.

In addition to Huntz, Chris Cannizzaro, Cito Gaston, Ron Slocum and Nate Colbert homered for the Padres, while the Giants had two circuit clouts by Willie Mays and one each by Ken Henderson and Willie McCovey. The Giants, after wasting an 8-0 lead, came back to tie the score at 14-14 in the ninth inning on singles by Henderson, Dick Dietz, Frank Johnson and Jim Davenport. Colbert socked his homer with a man on base in the 11th, but the Giants rallied again and reknotted the count with a two-run single by Ron Hunt. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 17, San Francisco Giants 16
Game Played on Saturday, May       23, 1970 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  0  5    2  0  0    1  5  1    0  2  0    0  0  1  -  17 21  1
Giants       1  7  0    0  1  0    1  2  2    0  2  0    0  0  0  -  16 23  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campbell 2b           7   2   0   0     2   3   .257      Bonds rf              8   2   3   2     1   1   .301
Huntz ss              8   4   3   1     1   2   .194      Hunt 2b               8   2   3   3     0   0   .289
Gaston cf             5   3   3   3     4   0   .325      Mays cf               6   3   4   4     3   1   .295
Colbert 1b            8   2   5   4     1   1   .245      McCovey 1b            8   1   2   4     1   2   .243
Brown rf              8   0   2   1     0   0   .277      Henderson lf          7   2   2   1     1   3   .333
Murrell lf            7   2   3   1     1   0   .268      Dietz c               6   1   2   0     2   2   .338
Kelly 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .153      Fuentes 3b,ss         6   2   3   0     0   1   .245
  Spiezio ph,3b       2   1   0   0     1   0   .296      Lanier ss             3   1   1   0     0   0   .248
  Arcia 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .088        Mason ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .095
Cannizzaro c          4   1   2   2     0   0   .297        Faul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Slocum pr,c         3   1   1   3     1   2   .222        F. Johnson ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .222
Kirby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Bryant p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Dean ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .278        Gallagher ph        0   1   0   0     1   0   .293
  Dukes p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Puente p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Marichal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Herbel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jerry Johnson p     1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Ferrara ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .248        Taylor ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .167
  Ross p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .667        Reberger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Roberts p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .154        McCormick p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corkins p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .227        Burda ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .211
  Coombs p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Heise pr,ss         0   1   0   0     0   0   .234
                                                            Davenport ph,3b     3   0   1   1     0   0   .207

Totals               63  17  21  15    12  11             Totals               60  16  23  16    10  12

Time of Game: 5:29   Attendance: 15,536
Left on Base: Padres 17, Giants 15
DP: Padres 1, Giants 1
Errors: Arcia, Mays 2, Lanier
Doubles: Brown (7), Murrell (4), Huntz (3), McCovey (8), Fuentes (4)
Home Runs: Cannizzaro (3), Gaston (5), Slocum (1), Colbert (14), Huntz (6), Mays 2 (10), Henderson (7), McCovey (13)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (20)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (2), Fuentes (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Brown (1), Arcia (1), Coombs (3), Marichal (2), Fuentes 2 (4), Davenport (1), Hunt (2), Puente (1)
GIDP: Hunt (2)
Hit by Pitch: Murrell (1,by Jerry Johnson)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby                   2     7   8   8   2   1   3  14   5.71
Dukes                   2     0   0   0   0   4   0   6   1.71
Herbel                  2     2   1   1   1   1   1   8   3.29
Ross                    1.2   4   3   3   2   2   0  11   5.53
Roberts                 2.1   6   3   3   0   3   0  13   3.50
Corkins                 1     1   1   1   3   0   0   7   4.45
Coombs W(4-3)           4     3   0   0   2   1   0  17   2.08
Totals                 15    23  16  16  10  12   4  76

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal                2.2   5   5   5   1   1   2  14   6.94
Jerry Johnson           3.1   2   2   0   4   2   0  18   2.45
Reberger                1     3   3   3   2   0   0   8   6.96
McCormick               1     3   3   3   1   0   1   6   4.78
Faul                    1     3   1   1   1   1   0   7   6.75
Bryant                  2     1   2   2   1   3   1   8   5.51
Puente L(1-3)           4     4   1   1   2   4   1  18   8.20
Totals                 15    21  17  15  12  11   5  79

Hit by Pitch: Jerry Johnson (1)
Wild Pitches: Corkins (1), Jerry Johnson (1)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - John Kibler


PADRES 1ST: Campbell made an out to first; Huntz grounded out
(second to first); Gaston flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Hunt grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second]; Mays
homered; McCovey grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert flied out to center; Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murrell grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson homered; Dietz struck out; Fuentes singled
to right; Lanier singled to left [Fuentes to second]; Marichal
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lanier to second,
Fuentes to third]; Bonds singled to left [Lanier scored, Fuentes
scored]; Bonds stole second; Hunt singled to left [Bonds
scored]; Mays walked [Hunt to second]; McCovey homered [Hunt
scored, Mays scored]; Henderson grounded out (second to first);
7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 8.

PADRES 3RD: Kelly flied out to center; Cannizzaro homered; DEAN
BATTED FOR KIRBY; Dean singled to center; Campbell walked [Dean
to second]; Huntz struck out; Gaston homered [Dean scored,
Campbell scored]; Colbert singled to left; Brown doubled to
center [Colbert scored]; JERRY JOHNSON REPLACED MARICHAL
(PITCHING); Jerry Johnson threw a wild pitch [Brown to third];
Murrell was hit by a pitch; Kelly flied out to center; 5 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 8.

GIANTS 3RD: DUKES REPLACED DEAN (PITCHING); Dietz struck out;
Fuentes struck out; Lanier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 8.

PADRES 4TH: Cannizzaro flied out to right; Dukes was called out
on strikes; Campbell walked; Huntz walked [Campbell to second];
Gaston reached on an error by Lanier [Huntz to third, Campbell
scored (unearned)]; Colbert singled to left [Gaston to second,
Huntz scored (unearned)]; Brown popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 7, Giants 8.

GIANTS 4TH: Jerry Johnson struck out; Bonds struck out; Hunt
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 7, Giants 8.

PADRES 5TH: Murrell popped to catcher in foul territory; Kelly
walked; Cannizzaro forced Kelly (third to second); WEBSTER
BATTED FOR DUKES; Webster forced Cannizzaro (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 7, Giants 8.

GIANTS 5TH: HERBEL REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); Mays homered;
McCovey made an out to second; Henderson struck out; Dietz
walked; Fuentes made an out to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 7, Giants 9.

PADRES 6TH: Campbell struck out; Huntz grounded out (shortstop
to first); Gaston walked; Colbert singled to left [Gaston to
second]; Brown grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 7, Giants 9.

GIANTS 6TH: Lanier flied out to center; TAYLOR BATTED FOR JERRY
JOHNSON; Taylor singled to left; Bonds forced Taylor (third to
second); Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 7, Giants 9.

PADRES 7TH: REBERGER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Murrell doubled
to center; Kelly grounded out (third to first); Cannizzaro
singled to center [Murrell scored]; SLOCUM RAN FOR CANNIZZARO;
FERRARA BATTED FOR HERBEL; Ferrara grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Slocum to second]; Campbell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 8, Giants 9.

GIANTS 7TH: SLOCUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ROSS REPLACED
FERRARA (PITCHING); Hunt singled; Mays flied out to left;
McCovey doubled to center [Hunt scored]; Henderson was called
out on strikes; Dietz was walked intentionally; Fuentes forced
Dietz (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 8,
Giants 10.

PADRES 8TH: Huntz singled to center [Huntz scored (error by
Mays) (error by Mays)]; Gaston walked; Colbert walked [Gaston to
second]; MCCORMICK REPLACED REBERGER (PITCHING); Brown lined
into a double play (second to first) [Colbert out at first];
Murrell singled [Gaston scored]; SPIEZIO BATTED FOR KELLY;
Spiezio walked [Murrell to second]; Slocum homered [Murrell
scored, Spiezio scored]; Ross singled to left; Campbell flied
out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 13, Giants 10.

GIANTS 8TH: SPIEZIO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MASON BATTED
FOR LANIER; Mason was called out on strikes; BURDA BATTED FOR
MCCORMICK; Burda walked; HEISE RAN FOR BURDA; Bonds singled to
center [Heise to second]; Hunt flied out to right [Heise to
third]; Mays singled to center [Bonds scored, Heise scored];
ROBERTS REPLACED ROSS (PITCHING); McCovey struck out; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 13, Giants 12.

PADRES 9TH: FAUL REPLACED MASON (PITCHING); HEISE STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING SS); Huntz doubled to right; Gaston singled [Huntz to
third]; Colbert singled to center [Gaston to second, Huntz
scored]; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Colbert to second, Gaston to third]; Murrell was walked
intentionally; Spiezio made an out to first; Slocum struck out;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 14, Giants 12.

GIANTS 9TH: Henderson singled; Dietz singled to center
[Henderson to second]; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Dietz to second, Henderson to third]; F. JOHNSON
BATTED FOR FAUL; F. Johnson singled to left [Dietz to third,
Henderson scored]; DAVENPORT BATTED FOR HEISE; Davenport singled
to center [F. Johnson to second, Dietz scored]; Bonds forced F.
Johnson (third unassisted) [Davenport to second]; Hunt made an
out to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 14, Giants 14.

PADRES 10TH: DAVENPORT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FUENTES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); BRYANT REPLACED F. JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Roberts struck out; Campbell was called out on
strikes; Huntz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 14,
Giants 14.

GIANTS 10TH: Mays singled; McCovey was called out on strikes;
Henderson struck out; Dietz made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 14, Giants 14.

PADRES 11TH: Gaston walked; Colbert homered [Gaston scored];
Brown flied out to right; Murrell made an out to shortstop;
Spiezio made an out to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 16,
Giants 14.

GIANTS 11TH: ARCIA REPLACED SPIEZIO (PLAYING 3B); Fuentes
doubled to left; CORKINS REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); GALLAGHER
BATTED FOR BRYANT; Gallagher walked; Davenport out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gallagher to second, Fuentes
to third]; Bonds grounded out (third to first); Hunt singled to
left [Fuentes scored, Gallagher scored, Hunt to second (on throw
to home)]; Mays walked; Corkins threw a wild pitch [Hunt to
third]; McCovey was walked intentionally [Mays to second];
Henderson flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 16,
Giants 16.

PADRES 12TH: PUENTE REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Slocum struck
out; Corkins struck out; Campbell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 16, Giants 16.

GIANTS 12TH: COOMBS REPLACED CORKINS (PITCHING); Dietz singled
to center; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Dietz to second]; Puente flied out to left; Davenport flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 16, Giants 16.

PADRES 13TH: Huntz grounded out (pitcher to first); Gaston
singled; Colbert flied out to right; Brown flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 16, Giants 16.

GIANTS 13TH: Bonds singled to center; Hunt out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Bonds to second]; Mays was walked
intentionally; McCovey forced Mays (first to second) [Bonds to
third]; Henderson walked [McCovey to second]; Dietz forced
McCovey (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 16,
Giants 16.

PADRES 14TH: Murrell singled to left; Arcia out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Murrell to second]; Slocum was walked
intentionally; Coombs out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Slocum to second, Murrell to third]; Campbell was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 16, Giants
16.

GIANTS 14TH: Fuentes singled to left; Puente out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Fuentes to second]; Fuentes was caught
stealing third but was safe at third (error by Arcia; assist by
Slocum); Davenport grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 16, Giants 16.

PADRES 15TH: Huntz homered; Gaston walked; Colbert struck out;
Brown singled to left [Gaston to second]; Murrell flied out to
left; Arcia made an out to catcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 17, Giants 16.

GIANTS 15TH: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays struck
out; McCovey made an out to first; This was Clyde King's
final game as manager; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 17,
Giants 16.