Paul Popovich, Ernie Banks and Jim Hickman supplied the scoring punch for the Cubs to back up the pitching of Ken Holtzman, who gained his fifth straight victory by defeating the Giants, 6-1. Willie Mays, who homered in the eighth inning to produce the Giants' run, also singled in the game to move within 20 hits of reaching the 3,000 total for his career.

Popovich hit a homer in the sixth and the Cubs went on to add two more runs in that stanza on a pass to Johnny Callison, a single by Billy Williams and a double by Hickman. Banks accounted for the Cubs' last three runs with a homer in the eighth following a pass to Hickman and a single by Ron Santo. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      17, 1970 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  3    0  3  0  -   6  7  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Popovich ss           5   1   2   1     0   0   .270      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Callison rf           4   1   0   0     1   1   .259      Gallagher 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Williams lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .289      Mays cf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .283
Hickman cf            2   1   1   2     2   0   .343      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Santo 3b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .232      Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .315
Banks 1b              3   1   1   3     1   0   .248      Dietz c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .325
Hiatt c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .229
  Rudolph c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lanier ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Gagliano 2b           3   0   1   0     1   2   .190      Pitlock p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Holtzman p            4   0   0   0     0   0   .256        McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davenport ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Davison p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   7   6     5   7             Totals               34   1   7   1     0  10

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  5,859
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Giants 6
DP: Cubs 0, Giants 0
Doubles: Hickman (13), Dietz (14)
Home Runs: Popovich (3), Banks (7), Mays (15)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(8-3)         9     7   1   1   0  10   1  34   3.41
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0  10   1  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pitlock L(0-2)          5.1   4   3   3   3   4   1  22   6.10
McMahon                 1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   5.08
Davison                 2     3   3   3   1   1   1  10  13.50
Totals                  9     7   6   6   5   7   2  38

Umpires: HP - Frank Secory, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Tony Venzon


CUBS 1ST: Popovich flied out to left; Callison made an out to
shortstop; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (first unassisted); Gallagher was
called out on strikes; Mays was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 2ND: Hickman made an out to first; Santo was called out on
strikes; Banks grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Henderson
singled to center; Dietz grounded out (third to first)
[Henderson to second]; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hiatt grounded out (shortstop to first); Gagliano
walked; On a bunt Holtzman popped to first in foul territory;
Popovich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Lanier grounded out (catcher to first); Pitlock
struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Giants 0.

CUBS 4TH: Callison struck out; Williams grounded out (second to
first); Hickman walked; Santo forced Hickman (third to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: RUDOLPH REPLACED HIATT (PLAYING C ); Gallagher
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mays singled; McCovey singled
to shortstop [Mays to second]; Henderson popped to first in foul
territory [Mays to third]; Dietz popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 5TH: Banks popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudolph
struck out; Gagliano singled to left [Gagliano out at second
(left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes struck out; Lanier struck out; Pitlock
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 6TH: Holtzman grounded out (third to first); Popovich
homered; Callison walked; Williams singled to first [Callison to
second]; Hickman doubled to center [Williams scored, Callison
scored]; MCMAHON REPLACED PITLOCK (PITCHING); Santo struck out;
Banks was walked intentionally; Rudolph forced Hickman (third
unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Gallagher
singled to first; Mays flied out to center; McCovey flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 0.

CUBS 7TH: Gagliano struck out; Holtzman made an out to
shortstop; Popovich popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Dietz
doubled to left; Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Lanier
singled to shortstop [Dietz to third]; DAVENPORT BATTED FOR
MCMAHON; Davenport grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 0.

CUBS 8TH: DAVISON REPLACED DAVENPORT (PITCHING); Callison
grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded out (second to
first); Hickman walked; Santo singled to left [Hickman to
second]; Banks homered [Hickman scored, Santo scored]; Rudolph
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Bonds made an out to second; Gallagher flied out to
center; Mays homered; McCovey grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Giants 1.

CUBS 9TH: Gagliano struck out; Holtzman flied out to right;
Popovich singled to right; Callison flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Dietz
struck out; Fuentes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 6, Giants 1.