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Wednesday May 8, 1974
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Jon Matlack equaled his career high for strikeouts in a game with 12 and allowed only four hits while pitching the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Giants. Matlack did not issue a pass. On the other hand, John D'Acquisto gave up three passes in the second inning when the Mets scored their first three runs. With two out, Ken Boswell walked and scored on a triple by Jerry Grote. Passes to Matlack and Bud Harrelson loaded the bases and Felix Millan capitalized on the opportunity with a two-run single. The Mets added a run in the sixth on singles by Rusty Staub, Boswell and Grote. Bobby Bonds homered for one of the Giants' tallies. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Wednesday, May 8, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  0
Mets         0  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   4  8  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .216      Harrelson ss          2   0   1   0     2   0   .256
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Millan 2b             4   0   3   2     0   0   .357
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .315        Hahn cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Staub rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .268
Matthews lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .250      Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .229      Schneck cf,lf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Kingman 1b            3   0   0   1     0   2   .258      Boswell 3b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .350
Rudolph c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .232        Garrett 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .170
D'Acquisto p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Grote c               3   1   2   2     0   0   .224
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Matlack p             2   1   0   0     1   1   .083
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Boccabella ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Phillips 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .297

Totals               32   2   4   2     0  12             Totals               29   4   8   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 13,421
Left on Base: Giants 3, Mets 5
DP: Giants 2, Mets 0
Errors: Boswell
Triples: Grote (1)
Home Runs: Bonds (4)
GIDP: Staub (6), Jones (6)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(2-3)       1.2   3   3   3   4   2   0  11   5.08
Willoughby              2.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.50
Williams                3     5   1   1   0   1   0  12   2.42
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.06
Totals                  8     8   4   4   4   3   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(4-1)          9     4   2   2   0  12   1  32   2.28
Totals                  9     4   2   2   0  12   1  32

Wild Pitches: Matlack (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Doug Harvey


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes struck out; Maddox struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Millan singled to right [Harrelson
to second]; Jones was called out on strikes; Staub grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Millan out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros flied to left; Matthews singled to left;
Speier singled to left [Matthews to third]; Kingman reached on
an error by Boswell [Speier to second, Matthews scored]; Rudolph
struck out; D'Acquisto struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Milner was called out on strikes; Schneck grounded out
(second to first); Boswell walked; Grote tripled to left
[Boswell scored]; Matlack walked; Harrelson walked [Matlack to
second]; Millan singled to center [Harrelson to third, Matlack
scored, Grote scored]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED D'ACQUISTO
(PITCHING); Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds popped to second; Fuentes popped to third in
foul territory; Maddox flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Mets 3.

METS 3RD: Staub flied to center; Milner grounded out (first to
pitcher); Schneck flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
1, Mets 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
singled to left; Speier struck out; Matlack threw a wild pitch
[Matthews to second]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Boswell grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded
out (shortstop to first); Matlack popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Rudolph struck out; ARNOLD BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY;
Arnold struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Harrelson singled
to center; Millan forced Harrelson (shortstop to second); Jones
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Millan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes popped to shortstop; Maddox struck out;
Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Staub singled to left; Milner flied to center; Schneck
flied to right; Boswell singled to center [Staub to second];
Grote singled to right [Staub scored, Boswell out at third
(right to third)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 4.

GIANTS 7TH: GARRETT REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING 3B); Matthews
grounded out (second to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Mets 4.

METS 7TH: Matlack was called out on strikes; Harrelson popped to
shortstop; Millan singled to left; Jones flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Rudolph grounded out (third to first); BOCCABELLA
BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Boccabella popped to third in foul
territory; Bonds homered; Fuentes grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Mets 4.

METS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED FUENTES (PITCHING); PHILLIPS REPLACED
BOCCABELLA (PLAYING 2B); Staub grounded out (first to second to
pitcher); Milner grounded out (second to first); Schneck
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
2, Mets 4.

GIANTS 9TH: HAHN REPLACED JONES (PLAYING CF); SCHNECK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Maddox popped to second; Ontiveros was
called out on strikes; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Mets 4.



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