Friday June 15, 1973
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Willie McCovey greeted the arrival of reliever Mac Scarce by smashing a three-run homer in the 10th inning to enable the Giants to defeat the Phillies, 4-3. Wayne Twitchell, who started for the Phillies, extended his streak of scoreless pitching to 24 innings before being tagged for a homer by Bobby Bonds in the seventh.

The Phillies tied the score in their half on a single by Mike Schmidt, sacrifice by Del Unser and double by Mike Anderson. Twitchell was removed for a pinch-hitter in the ninth and Billy Wilson, taking over in the 10th, walked Tito Fuentes and Garry Maddox before yielding to Scarce. The Phillies almost pulled the game out of the fire in theirhalf with two runs on a homer by Greg Luzinski, but Elias Sosa came in and retired Tommy Hutton to save Ron Bryant's 11th victory. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 9 1 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 9 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .331 Tovar 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Fuentes 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .296 Bowa ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .212 Maddox cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .342 Montanez 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .251 McCovey 1b 4 1 3 3 1 0 .258 Luzinski lf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .245 Goodson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .335 Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .207 Matthews lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .310 Hutton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Speier ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Unser cf 2 0 1 0 1 1 .328 Rader c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Boone c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Bryant p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .136 Anderson rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .239 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Twitchell p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Harmon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 4 6 5 Totals 37 3 9 3 3 6 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 23,585 Left on Base: Giants 8, Phillies 8 DP: Giants 0, Phillies 2 Errors: Speier Doubles: Anderson (6) Home Runs: Bonds (16), McCovey (13), Luzinski (9) Stolen Bases: Bonds (22), Montanez (1), Luzinski (1) Caught Stealing: Fuentes (3), Bowa (2) Sacrifice Hits: Goodson (1), Unser (2) GIDP: Rader (9), Matthews (8) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bryant W(11-3) 9.2 9 3 3 3 5 1 40 2.22 Sosa SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.98 Totals 10 9 3 3 3 6 1 41 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Twitchell 9 7 1 1 4 5 1 36 1.81 Wilson L(1-2) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 4.45 Scarce 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 3.10 Totals 10 9 4 4 6 5 2 42 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Bob Engel GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes singled to center; Maddox singled to center [Fuentes to second]; Fuentes was caught stealing third (catcher to third); McCovey walked [Maddox to second]; Goodson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Bowa singled; Montanez forced Bowa (second to shortstop); Montanez stole second; Luzinski walked; Schmidt forced Luzinski (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 2ND: Matthews struck out; Speier popped to third; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Unser was called out on strikes; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bryant grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds struck out; Fuentes walked; Maddox flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Twitchell struck out; Tovar popped to second; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey singled to center; Goodson singled to left [McCovey to second]; Matthews popped to second; Speier walked [McCovey to third, Goodson to second]; Rader grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Montanez grounded out (catcher to first); Luzinski singled; Luzinski stole second; Schmidt grounded out (pitcher to first); Unser walked; Boone flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 5TH: Bryant was called out on strikes; Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Fuentes flied out to left; Maddox popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Anderson grounded out (third to first); Twitchell flied out to right; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 6TH: McCovey singled to center; Goodson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [McCovey to second]; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first) [McCovey to third]; Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to left; Bowa was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Montanez popped to first; Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 7TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Bryant was called out on strikes; Bonds homered; Fuentes grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt singled to left; Unser out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Schmidt to second]; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first) [Schmidt to third]; Anderson doubled to center [Schmidt scored]; Twitchell struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Phillies 1. GIANTS 8TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey flied out to center; Goodson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 8TH: Tovar flied out to right; Bowa flied out to left; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Phillies 1. GIANTS 9TH: Matthews struck out; Speier singled to center; Rader lined to right; Bryant grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski flied out to right; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser singled; Boone singled [Unser to third (error by Speier)]; Anderson was walked intentionally [Boone to second]; HARMON BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Harmon struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Giants 1, Phillies 1. GIANTS 10TH: WILSON REPLACED HARMON (PITCHING); Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes walked; Maddox walked [Fuentes to second]; SCARCE REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); McCovey homered [Fuentes scored, Maddox scored]; Goodson singled to center; Matthews grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Goodson out at second]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 10TH: Tovar popped to third in foul territory; Bowa grounded out (third to first); Montanez singled; Luzinski homered [Montanez scored]; SOSA REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); HUTTON BATTED FOR SCHMIDT; Hutton struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Phillies 3.

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