Garry Maddox batted the Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Reds, driving in all their runs with a single and homer. The Reds knocked out John D'Acquisto in the seventh inning, scoring twice on a homer by Merv Rettenmund, double by Pete Rose and single by Dan Driessen. Elias Sosa yielded another run in the ninth, but Randy Moffitt retired Johnny Bench on a fly with the bases loaded to save the game. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Monday, April     8, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   3  7  0
Giants       1  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   4  6  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .400      Bonds rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .125
Morgan 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .357      Speier ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .308
Driessen 3b           3   0   1   1     2   1   .267      Maddox cf             4   1   2   4     0   0   .353
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     2   2   .308      Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .214
Bench c               4   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Ontiveros 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Griffey rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .091      Kingman 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .400
  C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Phillips 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rudolph c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D'Acquisto p          2   1   1   0     0   0   .500
Rettenmund cf         4   1   2   1     0   1   .385        Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .313        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nelson p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Foster rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .286

Totals               32   3   7   3     7   5             Totals               30   4   6   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  4,729
Left on Base: Reds 11, Giants 5
DP: Reds 0, Giants 1
Errors: Kingman, D'Acquisto
Doubles: Rose (4), Concepcion (3)
Home Runs: Rettenmund (1), Maddox (2)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (2)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (1)
GIDP: Crowley (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson L(0-1)           5     5   4   4   3   2   1  23   5.14
C. Carroll              2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   0.00
Borbon                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     6   4   4   3   3   1  33

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto W(1-0)       6.2   6   2   2   4   4   1  30   2.70
Sosa                    2     1   1   0   2   1   0   9   0.00
Moffitt SV(2)           0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   2   7   5   1  41

Wild Pitches: Nelson 2 (2)
Balks: Nelson (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bob Engel


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Morgan made an out to second;
Driessen walked [Rose to second]; Perez struck out; Bench flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Nelson balked [Bonds to second];
Speier grounded out (third to first); Maddox singled to center
[Bonds scored]; Matthews struck out; Maddox stole second;
Ontiveros grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 2ND: Griffey flied out to center; Rettenmund struck out;
Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman singled to center; Phillips forced Kingman
(first to shortstop); Rudolph flied out to center; D'Acquisto
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: Nelson walked; Rose grounded out (third to first)
[Nelson to second]; Morgan singled to shortstop [Nelson to
third]; Morgan was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Driessen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier
grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews flied out to right; Ontiveros singled to
center; Nelson threw a wild pitch [Ontiveros to second]; Nelson
threw a wild pitch [Ontiveros to third]; Kingman struck out;
Phillips popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Rettenmund singled to right; Concepcion flied out to
center; Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Rettenmund to second]; Rose grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rudolph grounded out (third to first); D'Acquisto
singled to center; Bonds flied out to right; Speier walked
[D'Acquisto to second]; Maddox homered [D'Acquisto scored,
Speier scored]; Matthews walked; Ontiveros grounded out (first
unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 4.

REDS 6TH: Morgan flied out to right; Driessen flied out to
center; Perez walked; Bench reached on an error by D'Acquisto
[Perez to second, Bench to first]; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED GRIFFEY (PITCHING); FOSTER
REPLACED NELSON (PLAYING RF); Kingman struck out; Phillips
grounded out (second to first); Rudolph flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 4.

REDS 7TH: Rettenmund homered; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop
to first); Foster flied out to right; Rose doubled to center;
Morgan walked; Driessen singled to right [Rose scored, Morgan to
second]; SOSA REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Perez struck out;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Sosa grounded out (third to first); Bonds popped to
second; Speier singled to left; Maddox grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

REDS 8TH: Bench walked; CROWLEY BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Crowley
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher)
[Bench out at second]; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Matthews popped
to first in foul territory; Ontiveros grounded out (second to
first); Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 4.

REDS 9TH: Concepcion doubled to left; Foster reached on an error
by Kingman [Concepcion to third, Foster to first]; Rose forced
Foster (shortstop to second); Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Concepcion scored (unearned)]; Driessen walked [Rose to
second]; MOFFITT REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Perez walked [Rose to
third, Driessen to second]; Bench flied out to right; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.