Ed Kranepool smashed his first homer since last August 29 and Willie Mays, who went into the game with an .094 average, rapped two singles to help the Mets defeat the Giants, 5-4. A double by Duffy Dyer, single by Mays and double by Rusty Staub gave the Mets two runs in the third inning. After the Giants went ahead, 3-2, Kranepool hit his homer with John Milner on base in the sixth.

Mays beat out an infield hit in the seventh and advanced on a throwing error by Ed Goodson. Don Hahn then ran for Mays and scored what proved to be the winning run when Felix Millan singled. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Tuesday, June      12, 1973 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Giants       1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1  -   4  9  2
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   5 10  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              2   2   1   0     3   0   .333      Mays cf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .123
Fuentes 2b            3   1   1   1     1   1   .300        Hahn pr,cf          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Maddox cf             5   0   1   2     0   0   .346      Millan 2b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .278
Goodson 3b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Staub rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .264
Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .309      Milner 1b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .231
Speier ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .278      Kranepool lf          4   1   1   2     0   0   .279
Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .183        Martinez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Sadek c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .158        Gosger lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Fregosi ss            4   0   0   0     0   3   .181
Marichal p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Garrett 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .221
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Dyer c                4   1   1   0     0   1   .144
  Howarth ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .173      McAndrew p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                            Parker p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               34   4   9   4     5   3             Totals               34   5  10   5     1   5

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 24,135
Left on Base: Giants 9, Mets 6
DP: Giants 0, Mets 1
Errors: Fuentes, Goodson, Millan, Milner, Fregosi
Doubles: Millan (8), Dyer (2), Staub (14)
Home Runs: Kranepool (1)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (21)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (10), Martinez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (7)
GIDP: Kingman (5)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(6-5)         7     9   5   4   1   3   1  32   3.79
Sosa                    1     1   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.00
Totals                  8    10   5   4   1   5   1  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew                5     6   3   1   3   2   0  23   4.89
Parker W(5-0)           3     3   1   1   2   1   0  14   2.98
Hennigan SV(3)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.21
Totals                  9     9   4   2   5   3   0  40

Wild Pitches: Marichal (1), McAndrew (2)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Fuentes singled to
left [Bonds scored]; On a bunt Maddox popped to catcher in foul
territory; McAndrew threw a wild pitch [Fuentes to second];
Goodson grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mays popped to shortstop; Millan doubled to left;
Staub flied to center; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier singled to center; Kingman grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Speier out at second];
Sadek flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool flied to right; Fregosi struck out; Garrett
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Marichal grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt
Bonds singled; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Fuentes walked; Maddox lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Dyer doubled to right; McAndrew grounded out (pitcher
to first); Mays singled to left [Dyer scored]; Marichal threw a
wild pitch [Mays to second]; Millan grounded out (shortstop to
first); Staub doubled to right [Mays scored]; Milner walked;
Kranepool flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets
2.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews
singled to center; Speier flied to right; Matthews was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Milner; assist by Dyer
[Matthews to second]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Fregosi struck out; Garrett flied to left; Dyer
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
1, Mets 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Sadek flied to left; Marichal grounded out (third to
first); Bonds walked; Fuentes reached on an error by Millan
[Bonds to second]; Maddox singled to left [Fuentes to second,
Bonds scored (unearned)]; Goodson singled to right [Maddox to
third, Fuentes scored (unearned)]; Matthews struck out; 2 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Boswell popped to catcher
in foul territory; Mays flied to center; Millan singled to left;
Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Mets 2.

GIANTS 6TH: PARKER REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Speier flied to
center; Kingman flied to center; Sadek singled to right;
Marichal lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Milner singled to center; Kranepool homered [Milner
scored]; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); Garrett flied to
center; Dyer flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Mets 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds flied to center; Fuentes struck out; Maddox
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Mets 4.

METS 7TH: Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays singled
to third [Mays to second (error by Goodson)]; HAHN RAN FOR MAYS;
Millan singled to center [Hahn scored (unearned)]; Staub forced
Millan (second to shortstop); Milner was called out on strikes;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Mets 5.

GIANTS 8TH: HAHN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Goodson grounded
out (first to pitcher); Matthews walked; Speier singled to
shortstop [Matthews to third, Speier to second (error by
Fregosi)]; Kingman lined to third; RADER BATTED FOR SADEK; Rader
popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Mets 5.

METS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Kranepool reached
on an error by Fuentes; MARTINEZ RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; SOSA
REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING); Martinez was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Fregosi struck out; Garrett singled
to right; Dyer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Mets 5.

GIANTS 9TH: GOSGER REPLACED MARTINEZ (PLAYING LF); HOWARTH
BATTED FOR SOSA; Howarth singled to right; Bonds walked [Howarth
to second]; HENNIGAN REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); Fuentes out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bonds to second, Howarth to
third]; Maddox grounded out (second to first) [Bonds to third,
Howarth scored]; Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.