A three-run rally with two out in the eighth inning brought the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Reds. Richie Scheinblum and Tony Perez each homered with a man on base to give the Reds a 4-2 lead before the Giants made their comeback in the eighth.

Chris Speier, who had homered earlier in the game, walked and Dave Kingman, Willie McCovey and Garry Maddox followed with singles for two runs to tie the score. Gary Matthews then doubled to drive in Damaso Blanco, the pinch-runner for McCovey, to decide the game. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 4
Game Played on Friday, April     13, 1973 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    2  2  0  -   4  9  1
Giants       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  3  x  -   5 11  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .433      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .343
Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .310      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Tolan rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .345      Speier ss             3   2   2   1     1   0   .241
Bench c               2   1   0   0     2   0   .190      Kingman 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .222
Perez 1b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .370      Goodson 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .350
Gagliano 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Gallagher pr,3b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
  Menke 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        McCovey ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .318
Concepcion ss,cf      4   1   3   0     0   0   .333        Blanco pr,3b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Geronimo cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Maddox cf             2   0   2   1     1   0   .484
  Scheinblum ph       1   1   1   2     0   0   .500      Matthews lf           4   0   3   1     0   0   .294
  Chaney ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .056      Rader c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .160
Grimsley p            3   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Hart ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sadek c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bryant p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McDowell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     4   2             Totals               31   5  11   5     2   2

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance:  7,353
Left on Base: Reds 7, Giants 6
DP: Reds 1, Giants 1
Errors: Menke
Doubles: Matthews (1)
Triples: Concepcion (1)
Home Runs: Scheinblum (1), Perez (2), Speier (2)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (3)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Maddox (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hart (1)
GIDP: Morgan (1), Matthews (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley                7.2   8   4   4   2   2   1  31   2.76
Hall L(1-1)             0     3   1   1   0   0   0   3  10.13
Borbon                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8    11   5   5   2   2   1  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant                  7.1   8   4   4   3   2   2  32   2.20
Sosa W(2-0)             1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   0.00
McDowell SV(1)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   2   2  38

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
grounded out (second to first); Tolan grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Fuentes singled; Speier
flied out to right; Kingman made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to center; Perez grounded out (pitcher
to first); Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
singled to right; Matthews grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion singled to right; Geronimo forced
Concepcion (shortstop to second); Grimsley forced Geronimo
(pitcher to shortstop); Rose singled [Grimsley to second];
Morgan walked [Grimsley to third, Rose to second]; Tolan made an
out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader popped to second; Bryant grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez grounded
out (pitcher to first); Gagliano grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes made an out to shortstop; Speier homered;
Kingman struck out; Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion singled to left [Concepcion out at second
(left to shortstop)]; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted);
Grimsley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox walked; Maddox was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Matthews singled; Rader popped to catcher
in foul territory; Bryant struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan singled
to right; Morgan stole second; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted) [Morgan to third]; Bench walked; Perez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds flied out to left; Fuentes flied out to left;
Speier singled; Kingman made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
tripled; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR GERONIMO; Scheinblum homered
[Concepcion scored]; Grimsley struck out; Rose singled; Morgan
made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants
1.

GIANTS 7TH: CHANEY REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING SS); CONCEPCION
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Goodson singled to third;
GALLAGHER RAN FOR GOODSON; Maddox out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Gallagher to second]; Matthews singled [Gallagher to
third]; HART BATTED FOR RADER; Hart hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Gallagher scored]; Bryant popped to first in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

REDS 8TH: SADEK REPLACED HART (PLAYING C ); GALLAGHER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); Tolan flied out to right; Debut game for
Mike Sadek; Bench walked; Perez homered [Bench scored]; SOSA
REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Gagliano singled to left; Concepcion
forced Gagliano (pitcher to second); Chaney popped to second; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: MENKE REPLACED GAGLIANO (PLAYING 3B); Bonds grounded
out (third to first); Fuentes flied out to center; Speier
walked; Kingman singled [Speier to second]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR
GALLAGHER; HALL REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); McCovey singled
[Speier scored, Kingman to third]; BLANCO RAN FOR MCCOVEY;
Maddox singled to left [Kingman scored, Blanco to third (error
by Menke)]; Matthews doubled [Blanco scored, Maddox to third];
BORBON REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Sadek grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

REDS 9TH: BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); STAHL BATTED FOR
BORBON; Stahl grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose walked;
MCDOWELL REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Morgan grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.