The Padres broke their seven-game losing streak with a 6-2 victory over the Giants, who were stopped on a six-game winning streak. Derrel Thomas, subbing at shortstop for the injured Enzo Hernandez, hit three singles and drove in three of the Padres' runs. Bill Greif limited the Giants to five hits. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 6, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Friday, July      27, 1973 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  3  -   6  9  1
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  5  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas ss             5   1   3   3     0   0   .221      Bonds rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .308
Grubb cf              5   0   1   1     0   1   .309      Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .288
Lee rf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .318
  J. Morales rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .264      McCovey 1b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .252
Colbert 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .268      Goodson 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .322
Locklear lf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .215      Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .312
  Murrell lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Roberts 3b            4   1   2   1     0   2   .275      Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Kendall c             4   1   2   0     0   1   .256      Marichal p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
R. Morales 2b         2   1   0   0     2   0   .174        Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Greif p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .070        McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   9   5     3   6             Totals               32   2   5   2     3   2

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  5,470
Left on Base: Padres 6, Giants 6
DP: Padres 1, Giants 0
Errors: Colbert, Maddox
Doubles: Colbert (15), Grubb (16), Bonds (24), Fuentes (17)
Home Runs: McCovey (18)
Stolen Bases: Thomas (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Greif 2 (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif W(6-12)           9     5   2   2   3   2   1  35   3.34
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   2   1  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(8-6)         7     6   3   2   2   5   0  29   3.65
McMahon                 2     3   3   3   1   1   0  10   4.32
Totals                  9     9   6   5   3   6   0  39

Passed Balls: Kendall (4)
Wild Pitches: McMahon (1)
Balks: Marichal (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo


PADRES 1ST: Thomas singled; Grubb flied out to right; Lee flied
out to left; Colbert forced Thomas (third to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes
singled; Maddox reached on an error by Colbert [Fuentes to
second, Maddox to first]; McCovey flied out to right [Fuentes to
third]; Goodson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: Locklear flied out to center; Roberts struck out;
Kendall singled; Marichal balked [Kendall to second]; R. Morales
walked; Greif flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Speier
grounded out (third to first); Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 3RD: Thomas flied out to center; Grubb grounded out
(second to first); Lee grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Marichal grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
doubled; Kendall allowed a passed ball [Bonds to third]; Fuentes
doubled [Bonds scored]; Maddox lined into a double play (third
to second) [Fuentes out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 4TH: Colbert struck out; Locklear grounded out (shortstop
to first); Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey walked; Goodson singled [McCovey to second];
Matthews flied out to center; Speier was called out on strikes;
Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 5TH: Kendall singled; R. Morales flied out to right;
Greif out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kendall to
second]; Thomas singled [Kendall scored]; Thomas stole second;
Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Marichal made an out to shortstop; Bonds walked;
Fuentes grounded out (second to first) [Bonds to second]; Maddox
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Giants 1.

PADRES 6TH: Lee popped to third in foul territory; Colbert
doubled; Locklear was walked intentionally; Roberts singled
[Colbert scored, Locklear scored (error by Maddox) (unearned)
(no RBI), Roberts to second]; Kendall struck out; R. Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey flied out to right; Goodson flied out to
left; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
3, Giants 1.

PADRES 7TH: Greif flied out to center; Thomas grounded out
(first to pitcher); Grubb was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier made an out to shortstop; Rader flied out to
center; HOWARTH BATTED FOR MARICHAL; Howarth popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

PADRES 8TH: MCMAHON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Lee grounded
out (shortstop to first); Colbert made an out to shortstop;
Locklear was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: J. MORALES REPLACED LEE (PLAYING RF); MURRELL
REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PLAYING LF); Bonds flied out to right;
Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Maddox made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

PADRES 9TH: Roberts singled; Kendall grounded out (third to
first) [Roberts to second]; R. Morales was walked intentionally;
Greif out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Roberts to
third, R. Morales to second]; Thomas singled [Roberts scored, R.
Morales scored]; Grubb doubled [Thomas scored]; McMahon threw a
wild pitch [Grubb to third]; J. Morales grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: McCovey homered; Goodson struck out; Matthews
walked; Speier flied out to center; Rader flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Giants 2.