Taking advantage of Dave Schneck's troubles in center field, the Giants scored four runs in the third inning en route to an 11-3 victory over the Mets. Ken Rudolph opened the inning with a single and John D'Acquisto sacrificed. After Gary Matthews popped up, Schneck fell chasing a fly by Bruce Miller and the ball went through for a triple, scoring Rudolph. Garry Maddox followed with a single, driving in Miller.

Bobby Bonds then hit a fly to right-center and when Schneck dropped the ball, Maddox not only scored, but Bonds was able to complete the circuit of the bases. Chris Speier drove in four subsequent runs with a double and single as the Giants enjoyed their highest scoring game so far this season. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 11, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     27, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Mets         0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Giants       0  0  4    0  2  0    3  2  x  -  11 11  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          3   1   1   0     2   1   .295      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     1   2   .206
Millan 2b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .299      Miller 2b             5   3   2   1     0   2   .333
Jones lf              5   0   2   1     0   2   .290      Maddox cf             4   3   2   1     1   0   .341
Staub rf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .288      Bonds rf              4   2   1   1     1   1   .247
Milner 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .250      Ontiveros 3b          2   1   1   1     3   0   .200
Schneck cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .295      Speier ss             5   1   2   4     0   1   .225
Boswell 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .375      Kingman 1b            4   0   1   1     1   0   .259
Grote c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .186      Rudolph c             3   1   2   0     1   1   .162
Swan p                2   0   1   0     0   1   .500      D'Acquisto p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sosa p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .063
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               34   3   8   3     6   7             Totals               33  11  11   9     8   7

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  9,727
Left on Base: Mets 10, Giants 8
DP: Mets 0, Giants 1
Errors: Schneck
Doubles: Bonds (4), Speier (4), Kingman (5)
Triples: Miller (1)
Home Runs: Milner (1)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: D'Acquisto (1), Sosa (1)
GIDP: Grote (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(0-2)             4.2   4   6   4   3   4   0  22   6.35
Sadecki                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   9.72
Apodaca                 2     3   3   3   4   2   0  13  10.80
Miller                  1     3   2   2   1   1   0   7   5.87
Totals                  8    11  11   9   8   7   0  43

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              4.1   5   2   2   4   4   1  21   3.38
Sosa W(1-0)             4.2   3   1   1   2   3   0  19   4.26
Totals                  9     8   3   3   6   7   1  40

Passed Balls: Rudolph (1)
Balks: Apodaca (1)

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


METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Millan popped to second; Jones
singled to left [Harrelson to second]; Staub popped to third in
foul territory; Milner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Matthews struck out; Miller struck out; Maddox flied
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 2ND: Schneck popped to shortstop; Boswell popped to first;
Grote lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Bonds flied to right; Ontiveros walked; Speier
struck out; Kingman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 3RD: Swan singled; Harrelson was called out on strikes;
Millan singled to center [Swan to second]; Jones struck out;
Staub popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rudolph singled to center; D'Acquisto out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Rudolph to second]; Matthews
popped to first; Miller tripled to center [Rudolph scored];
Maddox singled to center [Miller scored]; Bonds reached on an
error by Schneck [Maddox scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bonds
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Ontiveros flied to left; 4 R (2
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 4.

METS 4TH: Milner homered; Schneck walked; Boswell walked
[Schneck to second]; Grote grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Schneck to third, Boswell out at
second]; Swan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants
4.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier popped to second; Kingman flied to right;
Rudolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 4.

METS 5TH: Harrelson walked; Millan grounded out (third to first)
[Harrelson to second]; Harrelson stole third; Jones singled to
left [Harrelson scored]; SOSA REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING);
Staub walked [Jones to second]; Milner forced Staub (first to
shortstop); Schneck grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Sosa grounded out (second to first); Matthews
walked; Miller forced Matthews (shortstop to second); Maddox
walked [Miller to second]; Bonds doubled to left [Maddox to
third, Miller scored]; SADECKI REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING);
Ontiveros singled to right [Bonds out at home (right to third),
Maddox scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 6.

METS 6TH: Boswell singled to center; Grote walked [Boswell to
second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR SADECKI; Kranepool flied to
center; Harrelson singled [Grote to second, Boswell to third];
Millan forced Harrelson (shortstop to second) [Grote to third,
Boswell scored]; Jones was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 6.

GIANTS 6TH: APODACA REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Speier
grounded out (third to first); Kingman walked; Rudolph singled
to left [Kingman to second]; Sosa out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Rudolph to second, Kingman to third]; Matthews
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 6.

METS 7TH: Staub flied to left; Milner grounded out (second to
first); Schneck was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 3, Giants 6.

GIANTS 7TH: Miller was called out on strikes; Maddox flied to
right; Bonds walked; Apodaca balked [Bonds to second]; Ontiveros
walked; Speier doubled to left [Ontiveros scored, Bonds scored];
Kingman doubled to left [Speier scored]; Rudolph was walked
intentionally; Sosa forced Rudolph (shortstop unassisted); 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 9.

METS 8TH: Boswell flied to left; Grote grounded out (shortstop
to first); HODGES BATTED FOR APODACA; Hodges grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 9.

GIANTS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Matthews flied to
left; Miller singled to left; Maddox singled to left [Miller to
second]; Bonds struck out; Ontiveros walked [Miller to third,
Maddox to second]; Speier singled to center [Ontiveros to
second, Maddox scored, Miller scored]; Kingman popped to first
in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 11.

METS 9TH: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Millan
singled to left; Rudolph allowed a passed ball [Millan to
second]; Jones flied to right; Staub struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 11.