Ron Bryant gained his first victory of the season when the Giants won the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-4, after losing the opener to the Braves, 4-1. The Giants began the lidlifter with a run on a walk to Bobby Bonds, a sacrifice, an infield out and single by Ed Goodson. John D'Acquisto protected the lead until the eighth when the Braves erupted for all their runs. Norm Miller, batting for Carl Morton, tied the score with a homer. After Ralph Garr tripled, Elias Sosa replaced D'Acquisto and retired Marty Perez, but when Dusty Baker grounded to Steve Ontiveros, the third baseman threw wildly to the plate, allowing Garr to score. Another error, this time by Bonds, and a single by Frank Tepedino accounted for the final two runs.

In the second game, the Giants picked up an unearned run in the first inning before the Braves scored all their runs off Bryant in the third. The Giants came back with two in their half on a walk to Ontiveros and inside-the-park homer by Garry Maddox. The tying and winning tallies followed in the fifth on doubles by Maddox and Goodson, a single by Gary Matthews and sacrifice fly by Chris Speier. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, May       21, 1974 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   4  8  0
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  3


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   1   3   0     0   0   .372      Bonds rf              2   1   1   0     2   0   .263
Perez 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .348      Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Baker rf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .300      Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .305
Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Goodson 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .310
Lum cf                4   1   2   0     0   0   .229      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Tepedino 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .206      Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .080      Speier ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .231
Robinson ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .221      Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Morton p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .074      D'Acquisto p          3   0   0   0     0   2   .167
  Miller ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .214        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Leon p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .214

Totals               38   4   8   2     0   6             Totals               33   1   8   1     2   2

Time of Game: 2:18
Left on Base: Braves 7, Giants 8
DP: Braves 1, Giants 0
Errors: Bonds, Fuentes, Ontiveros
Triples: Garr (5), Speier (1)
Home Runs: Miller (1)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (4)
GIDP: Ontiveros (7)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(6-3)           7     7   1   1   2   2   0  29   3.49
Leon                    2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   2   0  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(2-5)       7     6   2   1   0   6   1  28   4.24
Sosa                    2     2   2   0   0   0   0  10   1.82
Totals                  9     8   4   1   0   6   1  38

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Terry Tata


BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Perez was
called out on strikes; Baker popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt
(shortstop to first) [Bonds to second]; Maddox grounded out
(first unassisted) [Bonds to third]; Goodson singled [Bonds
scored]; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans flied out to center; Lum singled to center;
Tepedino reached on an error by Fuentes [Lum to second, Tepedino
to first]; Casanova flied out to left; Robinson struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Speier
flied out to right; Rader singled to left; D'Acquisto flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Morton was called out on strikes; On a bunt Garr
singled; Perez flied out to center; Baker flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
popped to third in foul territory; Maddox singled; Goodson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans made an out to shortstop; Lum singled to
right; Tepedino made an out to third; Casanova flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews flied out to center; Ontiveros singled to
left; Speier forced Ontiveros (shortstop unassisted); Rader
forced Speier (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Morton
struck out; Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: D'Acquisto struck out; Bonds singled; Bonds stole
second; Fuentes flied out to right; Maddox grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Perez singled to center; Baker made an out to
second; Evans flied out to right; Lum flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
singled to center; Ontiveros grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Tepedino grounded out (first unassisted); Casanova
was called out on strikes; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier tripled to center; Rader popped to second;
D'Acquisto struck out; Bonds walked; Fuentes flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 8TH: MILLER BATTED FOR MORTON; Miller homered; Garr
tripled to right; SOSA REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Perez
popped to first; Baker reached on a fielder's choice [Garr
scored (error by Ontiveros) (unearned)]; Evans flied out to
left; Lum reached on an error by Bonds [Baker scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Lum to second]; Tepedino singled [Lum scored
(unearned)]; Casanova grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R (1
ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: LEON REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Maddox flied out to
center; Goodson grounded out (third to first); Matthews grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants
1.

BRAVES 9TH: Robinson made an out to shortstop; Leon flied out to
right; On a bunt Garr singled; Perez lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Ontiveros made an out to second; Speier singled;
Rader flied out to left; THOMASSON BATTED FOR SOSA; Thomasson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.