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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