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Friday April 26, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Tom Seaver, who had only two defeats and an earned-run average of 6.12 to show for his first four starts for the Mets this season, returned to winning form and shut out the Giants, 6-0. Last year's Cy Young Award winner gave up only four singles and did not issue a pass. In addition, Seaver collected two of the Mets' six hits and drove in two runs. Ron Bryant was the Giants' loser in his first start of the season after being injured in a swimming pool accident March 15. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Friday, April 26, 1974 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Mets         2  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   6  6  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  4


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     1   1   .293      Matthews lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .219
Millan 2b             5   1   0   0     0   0   .290      Miller 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Staub rf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .306      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Jones lf              3   2   1   0     1   0   .281      Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Milner 1b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .190
Grote c               3   0   0   1     2   0   .200      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Garrett 3b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .159      Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .259
Hahn cf               2   0   0   1     1   1   .238      Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Seaver p              3   0   2   2     0   0   .222      Bryant p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barr p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .105

Totals               33   6   6   4     6   4             Totals               30   0   4   0     0   7

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  8,210
Left on Base: Mets 9, Giants 3
DP: Mets 1, Giants 1
Errors: Miller, Bonds, Ontiveros, Rader
Doubles: Staub (3), Matthews (1)
Stolen Bases: Millan (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hahn (1)
GIDP: Milner (4), Kingman (1)
Hit by Pitch: Jones (1,by Bryant)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(1-2)           9     4   0   0   0   7   0  30   4.50
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   7   0  30

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(0-1)           2.1   2   5   3   4   3   0  16  11.57
Barr                    3.2   1   0   0   1   1   0  13   3.00
Willoughby              3     3   1   1   1   0   0  13   5.32
Totals                  9     6   6   4   6   4   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Bryant (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Shag Crawford


METS 1ST: Harrelson flied to right; Millan reached on an error
by Ontiveros; Staub struck out while Millan stole second; Jones
walked; Milner reached on an error by Miller [Jones scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Millan scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Grote
walked [Milner to second]; Garrett flied to left; 2 R (0 ER), 0
H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Matthews singled to left; Miller flied to left; On a
bunt Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first) [Matthews to
second]; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 0.

METS 2ND: Hahn walked; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Hahn to second]; Harrelson struck out; Millan flied
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros singled to left; Speier was called out on
strikes; Kingman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Ontiveros out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 0.

METS 3RD: Staub doubled to right; Jones was hit by a pitch;
Milner singled [Jones to second, Staub to third]; Grote walked
[Staub scored, Jones to third, Milner to second]; Garrett struck
out; BARR REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Hahn hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Jones scored]; Seaver singled to right [Grote to
third, Milner scored]; Harrelson grounded out (third to first);
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader grounded out (third to first); Barr popped to
first in foul territory; Matthews flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

METS 4TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub popped
to shortstop; Jones flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Miller singled to center; Maddox struck out; Bonds
flied to center; Ontiveros flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

METS 5TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Grote flied to
center; Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Kingman struck
out; Rader was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Giants 0.

METS 6TH: Hahn struck out; Seaver grounded out (third to first);
Harrelson walked; Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: HOWARTH BATTED FOR BARR; Howarth grounded out
(shortstop to first); Matthews flied to right; Miller grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants
0.

METS 7TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Staub singled
to right; Jones singled to left [Staub to second]; Milner
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Staub to third, Jones out at second]; Grote grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Maddox popped to first in foul territory; Bonds was
called out on strikes; Ontiveros grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Giants 0.

METS 8TH: Garrett walked; Hahn grounded out (second to first)
[Garrett to second]; Seaver singled to center [Garrett scored];
Seaver was picked off first but was safe on an error by Rader
[Seaver to second]; Harrelson grounded out (second to first)
[Seaver to third]; Millan flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
struck out; Rader grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 0.

METS 9TH: Staub popped to shortstop; Jones grounded out
(shortstop to first); Milner reached on an error by Bonds; Grote
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: THOMASSON BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY; Thomasson grounded
out (second to first); Matthews doubled to center; Miller was
called out on strikes; Maddox popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 0.



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