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Wednesday April 25, 1973
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Juan Marichal pitched the Giants to a 5-0 victory and continued his career mastery of the Cubs, whom he defeated for 22nd time in 30 decisions. Chris Speier homered in the first inning and Dave Kingman hit for the circuit in the second to provide early support for Marichal. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 5, Chicago Cubs 0

Game Played on Wednesday, April 25, 1973 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Giants       1  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   5  9  0
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Fuentes 2b            4   2   1   0     0   2   .341      Beckert 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Speier ss             4   2   2   1     0   1   .289      Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
McCovey 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .296      Pepitone 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Kingman 3b            4   1   1   1     0   2   .125      Santo 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .327
Thomasson cf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .233      Garrett rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Matthews lf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .294      Hundley c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .146
Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Kessinger ss          3   0   2   0     0   0   .241
Marichal p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Jenkins p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .059
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   4     1   8             Totals               34   0   8   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 13,299
Left on Base: Giants 4, Cubs 7
DP: Giants 1, Cubs 2
Errors: Kessinger, LaRoche
Doubles: Pepitone (2)
Home Runs: Speier (3), Kingman (1)
Stolen Bases: Fuentes (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Marichal (2)
GIDP: Marichal (1), Pepitone (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(4-1)         9     8   0   0   0   4   0  34   2.27
Totals                  9     8   0   0   0   4   0  34

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(1-2)          7     5   3   2   1   8   2  28   4.08
LaRoche                 1     3   2   1   0   0   0   5  15.00
Burris                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     9   5   3   1   8   2  36

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Art Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds was called out on strikes; Fuentes was called
out on strikes; Speier homered; McCovey flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday grounded out (second to first); Beckert flied
out to left; Williams popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman homered; Thomasson flied out to left;
Matthews struck out; Rader flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Pepitone doubled to center; Santo lined to center;
Garrett struck out; Hundley popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Marichal was called out on strikes; Bonds grounded
out (third to first); Fuentes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger flied out to left; Jenkins grounded out
(third to first); Monday popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 2, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier flied out to left; McCovey popped to
shortstop; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Beckert grounded out (second to first); Williams
singled to center; Pepitone singled to center [Williams to
second]; Santo singled to right [Williams to third, Pepitone to
second]; Garrett struck out; Hundley grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Matthews singled to third; Rader singled to right [Matthews to
second]; Marichal out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Matthews to third, Rader to second]; Bonds flied out to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger singled to second; On a bunt Jenkins struck
out; Monday singled to left [Kessinger to second]; Beckert
popped to shortstop; Williams grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes reached on an error by Kessinger [Fuentes to
first]; Fuentes stole second; Speier struck out; McCovey was
walked intentionally; Kingman struck out; Thomasson singled to
left [Fuentes scored (unearned), McCovey to second]; Matthews
flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cubs
0.

CUBS 6TH: Pepitone popped to second; Santo popped to second;
Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Rader flied out to center; Marichal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Hundley grounded out (second to first); Kessinger
singled to center; HICKMAN BATTED FOR JENKINS; Hickman struck
out; Monday flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Cubs 0.

GIANTS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); Fuentes singled
to third; Speier singled to right [Fuentes to third]; Speier was
picked off first but was safe on an error by LaRoche [Fuentes
scored, Speier to second]; McCovey singled to center [Speier
scored (unearned)]; Kingman lined to center; Thomasson hit into
a double play (shortstop to first) [McCovey out at second]; 2 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 8TH: Beckert singled to left; Williams lined to right;
Pepitone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Beckert out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Cubs 0.

GIANTS 9TH: BURRIS REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Matthews singled
to third; Rader flied out to center; On a bunt Marichal grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Matthews out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 9TH: Santo grounded out (third to first); Garrett flied out
to center; Hundley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 5, Cubs 0.



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