Steve Renko pitched a three-hitter and Bob Bailey broke a 1-1 tie with a homer in the seventh inning to enable the Expos to defeat the Giants, 2-1. Willie McCovey accounted for the Giants' run with a round-tripper in the second. The Expos tied the score with singles by Mike Jorgensen, Ken Singleton and Jim Lyttle in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 2, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    7, 1973 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Expos        0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  0
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Bonds rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .300
Jorgensen 1b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .252      Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Fairly lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .295      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .304
  Woods lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      McCovey 1b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .252
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .304
Lyttle cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .267      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .262
Bailey 3b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .276      Phillips 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Boccabella c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Rader c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Bradley p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .173
Renko p               3   0   2   0     0   0   .295        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .077

Totals               34   2   8   2     0   5             Totals               28   1   3   1     3   7

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance:  3,668
Left on Base: Expos 5, Giants 4
DP: Expos 0, Giants 2
Errors: Moffitt
Doubles: Renko (4)
Triples: Rader (2)
Home Runs: Bailey (21), McCovey (19)
Stolen Bases: Jorgensen 2 (13), McCovey (1)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (11)
GIDP: Hunt (9), Bailey (13)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(11-7)           9     3   1   1   3   7   1  32   2.81
Totals                  9     3   1   1   3   7   1  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley L(9-11)         8     7   2   2   0   5   1  29   3.69
Moffitt                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.77
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   5   1  34

Passed Balls: Rader (5)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt made an out to first; Jorgensen singled;
Jorgensen stole second; Fairly was called out on strikes;
Singleton made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled; Bonds was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted);
Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Lyttle struck out; Bailey grounded out (third to
first); Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey homered; Matthews popped to first in foul
territory; Speier walked; Phillips struck out; Rader grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Frias made an out to shortstop; Renko singled; Hunt
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Renko out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Bradley made an out to second; Bonds was called out
on strikes; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen singled; Jorgensen stole second; Fairly
struck out; Singleton singled [Jorgensen to third]; Lyttle
singled [Jorgensen scored, Singleton to third]; Bailey grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lyttle out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Maddox popped to first in foul territory; McCovey
flied out to right; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Giants 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Boccabella struck out; Frias grounded out (first to
pitcher); Renko doubled; Hunt made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier flied out to right; Phillips grounded out
(second to first); Rader tripled; Bradley struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Jorgensen struck out; Fairly grounded out (first to
pitcher); Singleton made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds walked; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Bonds to second]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Bonds to third]; McCovey was walked intentionally;
McCovey stole second; Matthews made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Lyttle grounded out (second to first); Bailey
homered; Boccabella grounded out (second to first); Frias flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier was called out on strikes; Phillips popped to
third in foul territory; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 1.

EXPOS 8TH: Renko grounded out (second to first); Hunt grounded
out (pitcher to first); Jorgensen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR BRADLEY; Ontiveros was called
out on strikes; Bonds grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Giants 1.

EXPOS 9TH: MOFFITT REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Fairly
grounded out (second to first); Singleton popped to left; Lyttle
reached on an error by Moffitt (assist by McCovey) [Lyttle to
second]; Bailey singled [Lyttle to third]; Rader allowed a
passed ball [Bailey to second]; Boccabella flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: WOODS REPLACED FAIRLY (PLAYING LF); Maddox flied out
to center; McCovey flied out to center; Matthews flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Giants 1.