After scoring six runs in the first inning, the Giants frittered away their big lead before coming back with a run on a bases-loaded single by Bobby Bonds in the 13th inning to defeat the Mets, 8-7. Bonds homered with two men on base during the Giants' opening outburst and later tripled and scored on an infield out by Gary Matthews in the seventh. Don Hahn and John Milner hit homers for the Mets, Milner's blow coming with two aboard in the fifth. A wild throw by Chris Speier enabled the Mets to score the tying run in the ninth.

With one out in the 13th, Tug McGraw hit Garry Maddox with a pitch. When Wayne Garrett, playing shortstop, missed a grounder by Tito Fuentes, Maddox raced to third and Fuentes reached second on the error. The Mets then decided to walk Bruce Miller intentionally in order to pitch to Bonds in what turned out to be a fatal move. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 8, New York Mets 7
Game Played on Saturday, August    11, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Mets         1  0  1    0  4  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  -   7  8  4
Giants       6  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   8 12  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hahn cf               6   2   2   1     0   1   .244      Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     1   0   .303
Millan 2b             6   1   2   0     0   0   .292      Fuentes 2b            7   1   0   0     0   1   .272
Staub rf              5   1   1   2     1   0   .273      Goodson 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .306
Milner 1b             6   1   1   3     0   1   .245        Phillips pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Jones lf              6   0   0   0     0   1   .264        McCovey ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Garrett 3b,ss         6   0   0   0     0   2   .242        Miller pr,3b        0   0   0   0     1   0   .125
Hodges c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Bonds rf              7   2   3   4     0   2   .303
  Dyer c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .184      Matthews lf           5   1   1   1     1   1   .305
Martinez ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Speier ss             4   1   0   0     2   2   .255
  Ostrosser ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thomasson 1b          4   1   0   0     1   0   .276
  Mays ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .215        Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
  Grote 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Kingman 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .344      Sadek c               2   0   1   0     1   0   .162
  Capra p             0   1   0   0     1   0   .000        Rader ph,c          3   0   2   0     0   0   .231
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Bradley p             2   0   1   1     0   1   .185
  Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Beauchamp ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .300        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Parker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .150        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Seaver pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .169
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .077

Totals               48   7   8   6     2   6             Totals               47   8  12   6     8   9

Time of Game: 4:05   Attendance: 15,762
Left on Base: Mets 5, Giants 13
DP: Mets 2, Giants 0
Errors: Milner, Garrett 2, Grote, Speier, Sadek
Doubles: Millan (16), Hahn (8), Mays (10), Matthews (18), Maddox (20)
Triples: Bonds (4)
Home Runs: Hahn (1), Milner (20), Bonds (32)
Sacrifice Hits: Sosa (1), Moffitt (1)
GIDP: Bonds (6), Fuentes (10)
Hit by Pitch: Martinez (2,by Bradley), Maddox (5,by McGraw)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   0.1   4   6   4   2   0   1   7   2.99
Capra                   3.2   1   0   0   2   5   0  15   4.03
Strohmayer              2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   5.48
Parker                  2     2   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.53
McGraw L(0-5)           4.1   3   1   1   4   2   0  21   5.09
Totals                 12.1  12   8   6   8   9   1  58

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley                 5     6   6   6   1   4   2  23   3.91
Sosa                    5     2   1   0   1   2   0  19   3.29
Moffitt W(3-3)          3     0   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.65
Totals                 13     8   7   6   2   6   2  51

Hit by Pitch: McGraw (3), Bradley (2)
Wild Pitches: Capra (3)
Balks: Sosa (1)

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


METS 1ST: Hahn homered; Millan doubled to left; Staub grounded
out (third to first); Milner was called out on strikes; Jones
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Maddox singled to center; Fuentes forced Maddox
(third to second); Goodson singled to left [Fuentes to second];
Bonds homered [Fuentes scored, Goodson scored]; Matthews doubled
to left; Speier walked; Thomasson walked [Matthews to third,
Speier to second]; CAPRA REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Sadek popped
to first in foul territory; Bradley singled to left [Thomasson
to second, Speier to third, Matthews scored]; Maddox reached on
an error by Garrett [Speier scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Thomasson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bradley to third, Maddox
to second]; Fuentes struck out; 6 R (4 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 6.

METS 2ND: Garrett struck out; Hodges popped to shortstop;
Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 6.

GIANTS 2ND: DYER REPLACED HODGES (PLAYING C ); Goodson grounded
out (first unassisted); Bonds was called out on strikes;
Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 6.

METS 3RD: Capra walked; Hahn doubled to left [Capra to third];
Millan flied to right; Staub grounded out (second to first)
[Hahn to third, Capra scored]; Milner flied to right; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 6.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier walked; Capra threw a wild pitch [Speier to
second]; Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted) [Speier to
third]; Sadek walked; Bradley struck out; Maddox flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 6.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (third to first); Garrett struck
out; Dyer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Giants 6.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson
flied to center; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Giants 6.

METS 5TH: Martinez was hit by a pitch; BOSWELL BATTED FOR CAPRA;
Boswell forced Martinez (second to shortstop); Hahn forced
Boswell (third to second); Millan singled to left [Hahn to
second]; Staub singled to left [Millan to second, Hahn scored];
Milner homered [Millan scored, Staub scored]; Jones grounded out
(third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 6.

GIANTS 5TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); OSTROSSER
REPLACED MARTINEZ (PLAYING SS); Matthews grounded out (shortstop
to first); Speier was called out on strikes; Thomasson grounded
out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 6.

METS 6TH: SOSA REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Garrett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dyer flied to center; Ostrosser grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Sadek singled to left; Sosa was called out on
strikes; Maddox doubled to left [Sadek out at third (left to
third)]; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 6.

METS 7TH: BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR STROHMAYER; Beauchamp singled to
right; Beauchamp was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Sadek [Beauchamp to third]; Hahn struck out; Millan reached
on a fielder's choice [Beauchamp out at home (third to
catcher)]; Sosa balked [Millan to second]; Staub walked; Milner
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 6.

GIANTS 7TH: PARKER REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PITCHING); Goodson flied
to center; Bonds tripled to right; Matthews grounded out (second
to first) [Bonds scored]; Speier grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 7.

METS 8TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett flied
to center; Dyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6,
Giants 7.

GIANTS 8TH: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); RADER
BATTED FOR SADEK; Rader singled to left; Sosa out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Rader to second]; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 7.

METS 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MAYS BATTED FOR
OSTROSSER; Mays doubled to left; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR PARKER;
Kranepool reached on a fielder's choice [Mays out at home
(second to catcher), Kranepool to second]; SEAVER RAN FOR
KRANEPOOL; Hahn grounded out (third to first); Millan reached on
an error by Speier [Seaver scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Staub
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 7, Giants 7.

GIANTS 9TH: GARRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCGRAW
REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); GROTE REPLACED MAYS (PLAYING 3B);
Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson singled to
left; PHILLIPS RAN FOR GOODSON; Bonds grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Phillips out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7, Giants 7.

METS 10TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Milner grounded
out (first unassisted); Jones popped to first in foul territory;
Garrett grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 7, Giants 7.

GIANTS 10TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Milner
dropped a foul fly hit by Speier for an error; Speier grounded
out (third to first); Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7, Giants 7.

METS 11TH: MOFFITT REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Dyer grounded out
(second to first); Grote grounded out (third to first); McGraw
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
7, Giants 7.

GIANTS 11TH: Rader singled to right; Moffitt out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Rader to second]; Maddox was walked
intentionally; Fuentes grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7,
Giants 7.

METS 12TH: Hahn grounded out (first unassisted); Millan flied to
left; Staub popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7,
Giants 7.

GIANTS 12TH: MCCOVEY BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; McCovey walked; MILLER
RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Bonds reached on an error by Grote [Miller to
third, Bonds to second]; Matthews was walked intentionally;
Speier struck out; ARNOLD BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Arnold flied to
right; Rader popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Mets 7, Giants 7.

METS 13TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KINGMAN REPLACED
ARNOLD (PLAYING 1B); Milner flied to center; Jones grounded out
(pitcher to first); Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7, Giants 7.

GIANTS 13TH: ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ontiveros struck out;
Maddox was hit by a pitch; Fuentes reached on an error by
Garrett [Maddox to third, Fuentes to second]; Miller was walked
intentionally; Bonds singled to left [Maddox scored, Miller to
second, Fuentes to third]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 7, Giants
8.