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Friday April 20, 1973
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Willie McCovey and Chris Speier collected seven hits between them to lead the Giants' support of Juan Marichal, who defeated the Dodgers, 7-3. McCovey drove in three runs with a single, double and homer. Speier rapped four singles and was on base when McCovey hit his homer in the eighth inning. Garry Maddox contributed a two-run triple to the Giants' scoring. Joe Ferguson and Willie Davis hit solo homers for the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Friday, April 20, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Giants       0  1  3    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   7 15  1
Dodgers      0  1  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  5  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   1   1   0     1   2   .314      Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Fuentes 2b            6   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Buckner 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Speier ss             5   1   4   0     0   1   .288      Davis cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .290
McCovey 1b            4   2   3   3     1   0   .300      Crawford rf           4   1   0   0     0   0   .196
Goodson 3b            3   1   1   0     2   0   .385      Ferguson c            4   1   2   1     0   1   .278
Maddox cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .369      Garvey lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Matthews lf           4   1   1   2     1   0   .267      Cey 3b                3   0   1   1     0   0   .184
Rader c               5   0   2   1     0   0   .240      Lacy 2b               3   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Marichal p            4   0   1   0     1   2   .429      Downing p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Rau p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Paciorek ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
                                                            Culver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   7  15   6     6   7             Totals               33   3   5   3     0   5

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 27,437
Left on Base: Giants 13, Dodgers 3
DP: Giants 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Marichal, Russell
Doubles: Rader (4), Goodson (3), McCovey (2), Lacy (1)
Triples: Matthews (2)
Home Runs: McCovey (5), Ferguson (3), Davis (4)
Caught Stealing: Fuentes (1)
GIDP: Matthews (3)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(3-1)         9     5   3   2   0   5   2  33   3.04
Totals                  9     5   3   2   0   5   2  33

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing L(1-1)          3.2   8   5   2   4   3   0  23   2.41
Rau                     3.1   4   0   0   0   3   0  13   4.32
Culver                  2     3   2   2   2   1   1  11   3.38
Totals                  9    15   7   4   6   7   1  47

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out
(second to first); Speier singled to center; McCovey grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 1ST: Russell lined to third; Buckner grounded out (first
to pitcher); Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson flied out to left; Maddox lined to first;
Matthews walked; Rader doubled to right [Matthews scored];
Marichal singled to left [Rader to third]; Bonds struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford flied out to center; Ferguson homered;
Garvey flied out to right; Cey popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes singled to center; Fuentes was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Speier was called out on
strikes; McCovey walked; Goodson doubled to center [McCovey to
third]; Maddox reached on an error by Russell [McCovey scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Goodson to third, Maddox to first];
Matthews tripled to right [Goodson scored (unearned), Maddox
scored (unearned)]; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy doubled to left; Downing was called out on
strikes; Russell popped to second; Buckner popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Dodgers 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Marichal struck out; Bonds walked; Fuentes flied out
to left; Speier singled to right [Bonds to third]; McCovey
doubled to right [Bonds scored, Speier to third]; Goodson
walked; RAU REPLACED DOWNING (PITCHING); Maddox was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis flied out to center; Crawford reached on an
error by Marichal [Crawford to first]; Ferguson singled to
center [Crawford to third]; Garvey struck out; Cey singled to
shortstop [Crawford scored (unearned), Ferguson to second]; Lacy
was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
5, Dodgers 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Rader popped
to shortstop; Marichal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
5, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Rau popped to second; Russell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Fuentes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Speier singled to center; McCovey
singled to right [Speier to second]; Goodson grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Davis homered; Crawford flied out to left; Ferguson
was called out on strikes; Garvey grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Maddox singled to left; Matthews grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; Rader
singled to right; Marichal flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
grounded out (third to first); PACIOREK BATTED FOR RAU; Paciorek
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 8TH: CULVER REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Bonds popped to
first; Fuentes was called out on strikes; Speier singled to
third; McCovey homered [Speier scored]; Goodson walked; Maddox
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
7, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner
flied out to center; Davis grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 7, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
flied out to left; Marichal walked; Bonds singled to left
[Marichal to second]; Fuentes forced Bonds (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Crawford flied out to center; Ferguson flied out to
left; Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 7, Dodgers 3.



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