Reliever Vicente Romo snuffed out a Giant rally in the ninth, stranding the tying run at third as the Padres dealt San Francisco its 12th defeat in the last 15 games, 2-1. San Diego scored both its runs in the first on singles by Bobby Tolan and Enzo Hernandez, an infield out, intentional walk to Nate Colbert and unintentional pass to Cito Gaston which forced home one run. Hernandez raced home with the second run on a forceout.

Rookie starter Dan Spillner checked the Giants until the ninth. A walk to Gary Matthews brought on Dave Tomlin, who gave up singles to Gary Thomasson and Chris Arnold to score Matthews. Dave Rader's sacrifice moved the runners to second and third, but Romo came in and got Mike Phillips on an infield grounder, walked Bobby Bonds intentionally, then retired Chris Speier on a liner to Derrel Thomas to end the game. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 2, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Monday, June      24, 1974 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  0
Padres       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  4  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     1   2   .264      Tolan cf,rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     1   1   .249      Hernandez ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .222
Ontiveros 3b          2   0   1   0     2   0   .244      McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .248
Goodson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Grubb cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Matthews lf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .239      Colbert lf,1b         2   0   0   0     2   1   .203
Thomasson cf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .250      Gaston rf,lf          3   0   0   1     1   0   .228
Arnold 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .222      Thomas 2b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .290
Rader c               3   0   2   0     0   0   .325      Roberts 3b            2   0   0   0     0   2   .168
Bryant p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Barton c              3   0   1   0     0   2   .236
  Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Spillner p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .304        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .246

Totals               31   1   7   1     6   6             Totals               26   2   4   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 27,125
Left on Base: Giants 10, Padres 6
DP: Giants 1, Padres 1
Sacrifice Hits: Rader (4), Spillner (1)
GIDP: Goodson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Roberts (2,by Bryant)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(2-9)           6     4   2   2   3   4   0  25   7.20
Sosa                    2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.45
Totals                  8     4   2   2   4   6   0  32

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner W(4-1)         8     5   1   1   5   6   0  32   2.97
Tomlin                  0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.83
Romo SV(8)              0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.70
Totals                  9     7   1   1   6   6   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Bryant (4)
Wild Pitches: Bryant (2)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds lined to left; Speier grounded out (second to
first); Ontiveros walked; Goodson singled to right [Ontiveros to
second]; Matthews made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Tolan singled to right; Hernandez singled [Tolan to
third]; McCovey grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hernandez to
second]; Colbert was walked intentionally; Gaston walked [Tolan
scored, Hernandez to third, Colbert to second]; Thomas forced
Colbert (shortstop to third) [Hernandez scored, Gaston to
second]; Roberts was hit by a pitch [Gaston to third, Thomas to
second]; Barton struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0,
Padres 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson walked; Arnold struck out; Rader singled
to left [Thomasson to second]; Thomasson was picked off second
(catcher to shortstop); Bryant forced Rader (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 2ND: Spillner grounded out (second to first); Tolan flied
out to right; Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier singled to
right; Ontiveros singled to center [Speier to third]; Goodson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Ontiveros out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: McCovey walked; Colbert flied out to left; Bryant
threw a wild pitch [McCovey to second]; Gaston grounded out
(pitcher unassisted) [McCovey to third]; Thomas flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews lined to center; Thomasson flied out to
right; Arnold grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Roberts struck out; Barton singled to left; Spillner
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Barton to second];
Tolan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader lined to second; Bryant grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Hernandez singled to left; McCovey lined into a
double play (first unassisted) [Hernandez out at first]; Colbert
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier walked; Ontiveros lined to left; Goodson
flied out to center; Matthews popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Gaston grounded out (second to first); Thomas flied
out to left; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomasson struck out; Arnold flied out to left;
Rader singled to left; KINGMAN BATTED FOR BRYANT; Kingman struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: SOSA REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Barton struck out;
Spillner struck out; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Bonds flied out to center; Speier struck out;
Ontiveros walked; Goodson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Hernandez flied out to right; McCovey made an out to
third; Colbert walked; Gaston lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 2.

GIANTS 9TH: TOLAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GRUBB REPLACED
MCCOVEY (PLAYING CF); COLBERT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
GASTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Matthews walked; TOMLIN
REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Thomasson singled to right
[Matthews to third]; Arnold singled to left [Matthews scored,
Thomasson to second]; Rader out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Thomasson to third, Arnold to second]; MILLER BATTED
FOR SOSA; ROMO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); PHILLIPS BATTED FOR
MILLER; Phillips made an out to shortstop; Bonds was walked
intentionally; Speier lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 1, Padres 2.