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Sunday August 26, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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