Carl Morton pitched a three-hitter and Hank Aaron smashed the 721st homer of his career as the Braves won the first game of a doubleheader, 5-1, but the Giants came back to take the second game, 6-2, on the strength of a four-run outburst in the eighth inning. Aaron hit his homer off Charlie Williams in the seventh inning. Bobby Bonds homered in the ninth to save the Giants from being shut out.

In the nightcap, the Giants had a round-tripper by Dave Kingman for their only hit in the first seven innings, but also scored an unearned run on an error by Craig Robinson before breaking loose in the eighth. Chris Speier walked, Bonds singled and Tito Fuentes was safe on Robinson's second error, Speier scoring. Garry Maddox followed with a two-run double and the crossed plate himself on a single by Gary Matthews. Rowland Office hit his first major league homer for the Braves. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       12, 1974 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  3  2
Braves       1  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  x  -   5 11  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .220      Garr rf,lf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .336
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Perez ss              5   1   0   0     0   0   .366
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .319      Baker cf,rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .300
Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Aaron lf              3   2   2   1     1   0   .250
Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Office cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
Goodson 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Johnson 2b            4   0   2   2     0   1   .221
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Evans 3b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .255
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Murrell 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .234
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Casanova c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .077
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Oates c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Boccabella c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Morton p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .083
Bryant p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kingman 1b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .265

Totals               29   1   3   1     0   3             Totals               34   5  11   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:15
Left on Base: Giants 2, Braves 10
DP: Giants 1, Braves 1
Errors: Speier, Kingman, Perez
Doubles: Evans (3)
Home Runs: Bonds (5), Aaron (8)
Stolen Bases: Evans (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bryant (1), Morton (2)
GIDP: Ontiveros (5), Morton (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(0-2)           4.1   9   4   3   3   1   0  24   7.88
Williams                2.2   1   1   1   1   2   1  11   2.52
Willoughby              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.36
Totals                  8    11   5   4   4   3   1  39

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(4-3)           9     3   1   1   0   3   1  30   4.08
Totals                  9     3   1   1   0   3   1  30

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes struck out; Maddox
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Perez reached on an error
by Speier [Perez to first]; Baker popped to first in foul
territory; Aaron walked [Perez to second]; Johnson singled to
left [Perez scored (unearned), Aaron to second]; Evans singled
to right [Aaron out at home (right to catcher), Johnson to
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros made an out to second; Matthews flied out
to center; Goodson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Murrell flied out to left; Casanova walked; Morton
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Casanova to
second]; Garr flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Boccabella
reached on an error by Perez [Boccabella to first]; Bryant out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Boccabella to second];
Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Perez grounded out (third to first); Baker singled;
Aaron flied out to center; Johnson forced Baker (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Maddox flied out to
center; Ontiveros flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans singled to right; Murrell singled to right
[Evans to second]; On a bunt Casanova singled [Evans to third,
Murrell to second]; Morton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Evans scored (no RBI), Murrell
to third, Casanova out at second]; Garr struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Goodson
grounded out (second to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez flied out to left; Baker walked; Aaron singled
to left [Baker to second]; Johnson singled to left [Baker
scored, Aaron to second]; Evans doubled [Aaron scored, Johnson
to third]; WILLIAMS REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); KINGMAN
REPLACED BRYANT (PLAYING 1B); Murrell grounded out (first
unassisted); Casanova was walked intentionally; Morton forced
Casanova (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Boccabella popped to catcher in foul territory;
Kingman singled to center; Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (third to first); Baker flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Maddox singled; Ontiveros grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second];
Matthews made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Aaron homered; Johnson struck out; Evans reached on
an error by Kingman [Evans to first]; Evans stole second;
Murrell struck out; Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 5.

GIANTS 8TH: GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BAKER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); OFFICE REPLACED AARON (PLAYING CF);
OATES REPLACED CASANOVA (PLAYING C ); THOMASSON BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Thomasson struck out; Speier grounded out (third to
first); Boccabella flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Morton
singled to center; Garr forced Morton (second to shortstop);
Perez grounded out (pitcher to first) [Garr to second]; Baker
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
homered; Fuentes flied out to left; Maddox flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 5.