After failing to hold a 5-0 lead, the Giants came back with two runs on a bases-loaded double by Bobby Bonds in the 11th inning to defeat the Reds, 7-5. Willie McCovey homered for the Giants in the third inning and Jim Willoughby and Bonds connected for the circuit in succession in the seventh. The Reds rallied to tie the score in the eighth, three of their runs coming on a homer by Bobby Tolan.

In the 11th, Garry Maddox singled. After a sacrifice, Dave Rader was passed intentionally and Al Gallagher was hit by a pitch before Bonds delivered his winning double off Clay Carroll. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 5
Game Played on Saturday, April     7, 1973 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  2  1    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  -   7 11  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  -   5  8  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              6   1   3   3     0   2   .364      Rose lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .444
Fuentes 2b            6   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Morgan 2b             4   1   3   1     1   0   .500
Speier ss             5   0   0   0     1   3   .111      Tolan rf              5   1   1   3     0   1   .222
McCovey 1b            3   2   1   1     2   0   .333      Bench c               4   0   1   0     1   2   .143
  Kingman pr,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Goodson 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .400        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scheinblum ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .333        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thomasson lf          2   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Geronimo cf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Rader c               4   1   1   1     1   1   .286      Concepcion ss         2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Willoughby p          3   1   1   2     0   0   .333        Chaney ph,ss        3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Menke 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stahl ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Plummer 3b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Billingham p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Matthews pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blanco 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hague ph,1b         1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Gagliano ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               41   7  11   7     5   9             Totals               41   5   8   5     3   9

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 10,464
Left on Base: Giants 9, Reds 6
DP: Giants 0, Reds 1
Errors: Rose
Doubles: Goodson (1), Bonds (2), Morgan (1)
Home Runs: McCovey (1), Willoughby (1), Bonds (1), Tolan (1)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomasson 2 (2)
GIDP: Fuentes (1)
Hit by Pitch: Gallagher (1,by Carroll)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Willoughby              7.1   6   5   5   2   6   1  30   6.14
Moffitt                 1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00
Morris                  0.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   4   0.00
Sosa W(1-0)             1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                 11     8   5   5   3   9   1  44

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              6     5   3   3   2   5   1  24   4.50
Hall                    2     2   2   2   0   3   2   8   9.00
Borbon                  2     2   0   0   2   0   0   9   0.00
Carroll L(0-1)          1     2   2   2   1   1   0   8  18.00
Totals                 11    11   7   7   5   9   3  49

Hit by Pitch: Carroll (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Augie Donatelli


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes popped to shortstop;
Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan walked;
Tolan flied out to right; Bench singled to center [Morgan to
third]; Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey walked; Goodson doubled to center [McCovey
to third]; Maddox struck out; Thomasson was walked
intentionally; Rader singled to right [McCovey scored, Goodson
to third, Thomasson to second]; Willoughby grounded out (third
to first) [Goodson scored, Thomasson to third, Rader to second];
Bonds struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
struck out; Menke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Reds 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Speier struck
out; McCovey homered; Goodson singled to center; Maddox forced
Goodson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Billingham grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose
grounded out (second to first); Morgan popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson struck out; Rader grounded out (second to
first); Willoughby flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Tolan flied out to right; Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first); Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds singled to pitcher; Fuentes grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second]; Speier
made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo popped to catcher in foul territory;
Concepcion struck out; Menke grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Goodson
flied out to center; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; Locklear grounded out
(first unassisted); Rose flied out to left; Morgan doubled to
left; Tolan lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 0.

GIANTS 7TH: HALL REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Thomasson flied
out to right; Rader struck out; Willoughby homered; Bonds
homered; Fuentes struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: Bench struck out; Perez struck out; Geronimo grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier struck out; McCovey flied out to center;
Goodson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
5, Reds 0.

REDS 8TH: CHANEY BATTED FOR CONCEPCION; Chaney struck out; STAHL
BATTED FOR MENKE; Stahl walked; HAGUE BATTED FOR HALL; Hague
singled to right [Stahl to second]; Rose singled to center
[Stahl scored, Hague to second]; Morgan singled to center [Hague
scored, Rose to second]; Tolan homered [Rose scored, Morgan
scored]; MOFFITT REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Bench struck
out; Perez flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Reds 5.

GIANTS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); HAGUE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); PLUMMER
REPLACED STAHL (PLAYING 3B); Maddox singled to third; Thomasson
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Maddox to second];
Maddox was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Rader flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 5.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Chaney lined
to shortstop; Plummer made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 5.

GIANTS 10TH: HOWARTH BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Howarth flied out to
left; Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes singled to left; Speier
walked [Fuentes to second]; McCovey was walked intentionally
[Fuentes to third, Speier to second]; KINGMAN RAN FOR MCCOVEY;
Goodson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 5,
Reds 5.

REDS 10TH: KINGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MORRIS REPLACED
HOWARTH (PITCHING); GAGLIANO BATTED FOR HAGUE; Gagliano was
called out on strikes; Rose singled to second; Morgan singled to
right [Rose to second]; Tolan struck out; SOSA REPLACED GOODSON
(PITCHING); GALLAGHER REPLACED MORRIS (PLAYING 3B); Bench walked
[Rose to third, Morgan to second]; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR BORBON;
Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Giants 5, Reds 5.

GIANTS 11TH: GAGLIANO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CARROLL
REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PITCHING); Maddox singled to center;
Thomasson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Maddox to
second]; Rader was walked intentionally; Gallagher was hit by a
pitch [Maddox to third, Rader to second]; MATTHEWS RAN FOR
GALLAGHER; Bonds doubled to left [Maddox scored, Rader scored,
Matthews to third]; Fuentes reached on an error by Rose [Fuentes
to first]; Speier was called out on strikes; Kingman flied out
to left; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 7, Reds 5.

REDS 11TH: BLANCO REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING 3B); Geronimo flied
out to left; Chaney flied out to left; Plummer popped to third;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 7, Reds 5.