Tom Seaver yielded only three hits, struck out 16 and smashed a homer in his own behalf, but was in danger of losing until the Mets erupted for four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Giants, 5-2. Seaver, who hit for the circuit in the fifth, fell behind when Tito Fuentes doubled and Willie McCovey homered in the sixth.

Ken Boswell walked to open the Mets' rally in the ninth, Bud Harrelson singled and Seaver bunted safely to load the bases. Wayne Garrett drew a walk to force in the tying run. Felix Millan then singled to drive in two tallies and later scored himself on a sacrifice fly by George Theodore. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       29, 1973 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Mets         0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  4  -   5 11  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  3  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            4   0   1   1     1   0   .250      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   4   .312
Millan 2b             5   1   2   2     0   0   .269      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .299      Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .359
Staub rf              4   0   2   0     1   0   .252      McCovey 1b            4   1   1   2     0   3   .225
Kranepool lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Goodson 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .324
  Theodore ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .295      Matthews lf           2   0   0   0     1   2   .341
  May c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .279
Gosger cf,lf          4   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .206
Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .146      Barr p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .080
  Boswell ph          1   1   0   0     1   0   .240        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martinez cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        McDowell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Harrelson ss          3   1   2   0     1   0   .264
Seaver p              3   2   2   1     0   0   .185

Totals               35   5  11   5     6   2             Totals               30   2   3   2     2  16

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  7,289
Left on Base: Mets 11, Giants 3
DP: Mets 0, Giants 1
Doubles: Maddox (7), Fuentes (10)
Home Runs: Seaver (1), McCovey (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Theodore (1)
GIDP: Milner (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(6-3)           9     3   2   2   2  16   1  32   1.71
Totals                  9     3   2   2   2  16   1  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    8     8   2   2   3   2   1  34   3.53
Moffitt L(2-1)          0     3   3   3   1   0   0   4   2.40
McDowell                1     0   0   0   2   0   0   5   5.09
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   2   1  43

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


METS 1ST: Garrett singled to left; Millan flied to right; Milner
flied to left; Staub flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to
first); Maddox doubled to right; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool flied to center; Gosger singled to center;
Dyer forced Gosger (third to second); Harrelson walked [Dyer to
second]; Seaver forced Dyer (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson struck out; Matthews struck out; Speier
walked; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants
0.

METS 3RD: Garrett popped to shortstop; Millan flied to right;
Milner flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Barr grounded out (second to first); Bonds struck
out; Fuentes popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Giants 0.

METS 4TH: Staub singled to left; Kranepool grounded out (second
to first) [Staub to second]; Gosger flied to left; Dyer grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Maddox was called out on strikes; McCovey struck
out; Goodson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 5TH: Harrelson flied to left; Seaver homered; Garrett
grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews walked; Speier struck out; Rader flied to
left; Barr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 0.

METS 6TH: Milner was called out on strikes; Staub walked;
Kranepool forced Staub (third to second); Gosger forced
Kranepool (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds struck out; Fuentes doubled to left; Maddox
grounded out (third to first); McCovey homered [Fuentes scored];
Goodson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 2.

METS 7TH: Dyer was called out on strikes; Harrelson singled to
left; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted)
[Harrelson to second]; Garrett popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews struck out; Speier flied to left; Rader
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 2.

METS 8TH: Millan singled to left; Milner grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Millan out at second]; Staub singled
to center; Kranepool singled to center [Staub to second]; Gosger
forced Kranepool (second to shortstop); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Barr flied to center; Bonds struck out; Fuentes
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

METS 9TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR DYER; Boswell walked; MOFFITT
REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Harrelson singled to right [Boswell to
second]; On a bunt Seaver singled [Harrelson to second, Boswell
to third]; Garrett walked [Boswell scored, Harrelson to third,
Seaver to second]; Millan singled to left [Garrett to second,
Seaver scored, Harrelson scored]; MCDOWELL REPLACED MOFFITT
(PITCHING); Milner walked [Garrett to third, Millan to second];
Staub forced Garrett (first to catcher) [Milner to second,
Millan to third]; THEODORE BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Theodore hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Millan scored]; Gosger walked [Milner
to third, Staub to second]; Boswell grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: MAY REPLACED THEODORE (PLAYING C ); MARTINEZ
REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING CF); GOSGER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Maddox struck out; McCovey struck out; Goodson grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 2.