Juan Marichal lasted only three innings as the Dodgers made it two out of three over the Giants by beating the San Franciscans, 4-3, to cling to a three-game lead in the West Division. The Dodgers scored their first run in the second on Willie Crawford's single, Bobby Bonds' two-base error on Joe Ferguson's liner and Ron Cey's sacrifice fly. Bill Buckner's two-run homer, followed by Willie Davis' double, an infield out and Crawford's sacrifice fly accounted for the Dodgers' final three runs in the third and sent Marichal to the showers in favor of Jim Barr.

The Giants scored a run in the fifth, aided by Bruce Miller's first major league hit, then routed Tommy John in the eighth when Bonds hit a two-run homer, his 30th, bringing Pete Richert and later Jim Brewer to the rescue. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    5, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      0  1  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  6  3
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   0   0     0   2   .283      Bonds rf              3   1   1   2     1   0   .300
Buckner lf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .279      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Davis cf              2   1   1   0     0   0   .295      Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
  Paciorek cf         2   0   0   0     0   2   .237      Matthews lf           4   1   0   0     0   0   .307
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .325      Speier ss             4   0   3   0     0   0   .263
Crawford rf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .304      Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .197
Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Miller 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .125
Cey 3b                3   0   0   1     0   0   .260      Sadek c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Russell ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .282        Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
John p                3   0   1   0     0   0   .160        Rader c             2   1   1   0     0   0   .231
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Marichal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Joshua ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .234        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400        Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
                                                            Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .176
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .311
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               33   4   6   4     2   5             Totals               34   3   8   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 33,122
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 3, Giants 0
Errors: Buckner, Cey, Russell, Bonds, Miller
Doubles: Davis (25), Fuentes (18)
Home Runs: Buckner (5), Bonds (30)
Stolen Bases: Buckner (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Cey (7), Crawford (4)
GIDP: Kingman (6), Arnold (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(11-6)            7.2   7   3   2   1   2   1  29   2.74
Richert                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.06
Brewer SV(14)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.96
Totals                  9     8   3   2   1   3   1  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(9-7)         3     3   4   1   1   1   1  15   3.46
Barr                    3     2   0   0   0   1   0  11   3.14
Moffitt                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.81
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.63
Totals                  9     6   4   1   2   5   1  37

Wild Pitches: John (3)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Shag Crawford


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Buckner grounded
out (first unassisted); Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Fuentes lined into a double play
(third to first) [Bonds out at first]; Maddox lined to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to center; Crawford singled to
center; Ferguson reached on an error by Bonds [Crawford to
third, Ferguson to second]; Cey hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Crawford scored (unearned), Ferguson to third]; Russell was
walked intentionally; John forced Russell (shortstop to second);
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 0.

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

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes reached on an error by Miller [Lopes to
first]; Buckner homered [Lopes scored (unearned)]; Davis doubled
to right; Garvey grounded out (first unassisted) [Davis to
third]; Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Davis scored
(unearned)]; Ferguson lined to third; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: PACIOREK REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING CF); Miller
grounded out (pitcher to first); Sadek grounded out (second to
first); ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MARICHAL; Ontiveros grounded out
(pitcher to first); Debut game for Steve Ontiveros; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

DODGERS 4TH: BARR REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Cey flied out
to right; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); John
singled to left; Lopes forced John (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Maddox grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
struck out; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews reached on an error by Russell [Matthews to
first]; Speier singled to center [Matthews to second]; John
threw a wild pitch [Matthews to third, Speier to second];
Kingman grounded out (catcher to first) [Matthews stayed at
third]; Miller singled to shortstop [Matthews scored (unearned),
Speier to third]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR SADEK; Arnold grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Miller out at
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: RADER REPLACED ARNOLD (PLAYING C ); Crawford
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferguson singled to left; Cey
flied out to center; Russell forced Ferguson (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: HOWARTH BATTED FOR BARR; Howarth was called out on
strikes; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); John grounded
out (shortstop to first); Lopes flied out to center; Buckner
singled to left; Buckner stole second; Paciorek struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Maddox flied out to center; Matthews grounded out
(shortstop to first); Speier singled to center; Kingman struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey grounded out (first to pitcher); Crawford
flied out to center; Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
singled to right; GOODSON BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Goodson grounded
out (second to first) [Rader to second]; Bonds homered [Rader
scored]; Fuentes doubled to left; RICHERT REPLACED JOHN
(PITCHING); Maddox singled to shortstop [Fuentes to third];
Matthews lined to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants
3.

DODGERS 9TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Cey flied out to
center; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); JOSHUA BATTED
FOR RICHERT; Joshua walked; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Speier reached on
an error by Cey [Speier to third (error by Buckner)]; Kingman
struck out; Miller popped to third in foul territory; Rader
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Giants 3.