| San Francisco's Ron Bryant, backed by Dave Kingman's two-run homer and two-run single, became the National League's first 20-game winner of 1973 with a 5-4 decision over the New York Mets. [ap] |
San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Sunday, August 26, 1973 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Giants 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 4 9 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Matthews lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Maddox cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .313 Millan 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .291 Bonds rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .298 Mays 1b 3 0 0 0 2 2 .217 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Jones lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .266 Thomasson 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .282 Staub rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Kingman 3b 4 1 2 4 0 2 .190 Grote c 4 0 2 2 0 1 .253 Rader c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .229 Hahn cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .236 Bryant p 4 0 1 0 0 2 .150 Martinez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Sadecki p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Capra p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 McAndrew p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Dyer ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Boswell ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .216 Totals 36 5 9 5 1 7 Totals 36 4 9 4 3 4 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 35,210 Left on Base: Giants 5, Mets 8 DP: Giants 0, Mets 0 Errors: Kingman, Jones Doubles: Rader (14), Martinez (10) Home Runs: Rader (8), Kingman (12) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bryant W(20-8) 8.1 8 4 4 2 3 0 35 2.86 Sosa SV(14) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3.12 Totals 9 9 4 4 3 4 0 39 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sadecki L(3-3) 6 7 5 5 1 4 2 26 3.57 Capra 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.78 McAndrew 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 5.54 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 7 2 37 Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo GIANTS 1ST: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Harrelson flied to left; Millan singled to left; Mays forced Millan (shortstop to second); Jones singled to right [Mays to third]; Staub struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 2ND: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier grounded out (third to first); Thomasson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Grote was called out on strikes; Hahn flied to right; Martinez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 3RD: Kingman struck out; Rader homered; Bryant struck out; Matthews singled to right; Fuentes forced Matthews (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Sadecki grounded out (second to first); Harrelson flied to center; Millan flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 0. GIANTS 4TH: Maddox singled to left; Bonds walked [Maddox to second]; Speier flied to center [Bonds to second, Maddox to third]; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Kingman singled to left [Bonds scored, Maddox scored, Kingman to second (error by Jones)]; Rader struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Mays walked; Jones forced Mays (third to second); Staub flied to center; Grote singled to left [Jones to second]; Hahn flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Mets 0. GIANTS 5TH: Bryant singled to left; Matthews popped to first; Fuentes flied to center; Maddox forced Bryant (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Sadecki popped to first; Harrelson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Mets 0. GIANTS 6TH: Bonds flied to center; Speier flied to center; Thomasson singled to center; Kingman homered [Thomasson scored]; Rader flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Millan singled to center; Mays was called out on strikes; Jones singled to left [Millan to second]; Staub grounded out (second to first) [Jones to second, Millan to third]; Grote singled to center [Jones scored, Millan scored]; Hahn flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 2. GIANTS 7TH: CAPRA REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Bryant was called out on strikes; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 2. METS 7TH: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR CAPRA; Beauchamp grounded out (third to first); Harrelson flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 2. GIANTS 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PITCHING); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds popped to shortstop; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 2. METS 8TH: Millan flied to center; Mays walked; Jones forced Mays (shortstop to second); Staub flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 2. GIANTS 9TH: Thomasson singled to center; Kingman struck out; Rader doubled to right [Thomasson to third]; Bryant grounded out (third to first); Matthews grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 2. METS 9TH: Grote flied to center; Hahn singled to center; Martinez doubled to left [Hahn to third]; DYER BATTED FOR MCANDREW; SOSA REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); BOSWELL BATTED FOR DYER; Boswell singled to center [Martinez scored, Hahn scored, Boswell to second (error by Kingman)]; MILNER BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Milner flied to right; Millan walked; Mays struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Mets 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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