Wednesday July 3, 1974
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After four losses under Wes Westrum, the Giants gained the first victory for their new manager when Gary Matthews homered in the 10th inning for his fourth hit of the game to beat the Padres, 3-2. The Giants scored initially on a triple by Gary Thomasson and double by Ed Goodson in the first inning, but the Padres took a 2-1 lead with homers by Dave Roberts in the fifth and Fred Kendall in the seventh.

The Giants came back to tie the score in the eighth. Bobby Bonds was hit by a pitch and Goodson and Matthews beat out bunts to load the bases. Tito Fuentes lined to Dave Freisleben, who doubled Bonds off third. But Steve Ontiveros batted for Elias Sosa and singled to drive in Dave Kingman, who ran for Goodson during the uprising. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Wednesday, July 3, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Padres 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 12 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tolan cf,rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .279 Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Hernandez ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .251 Winfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Thomasson cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .248 Grubb cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Bonds rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .261 Colbert 1b 2 0 0 0 3 1 .205 Goodson 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .313 Gaston rf,lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Kingman pr,1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .221 Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Matthews lf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .243 Kendall c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .246 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .190 Roberts 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .181 Boccabella c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Freisleben p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 McCovey ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 Ontiveros ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .251 Gaspar pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bryant p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .053 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rader c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Totals 34 2 6 2 6 5 Totals 38 3 12 3 3 4 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 3,489 Left on Base: Padres 9, Giants 12 DP: Padres 1, Giants 2 Errors: Goodson Doubles: Hernandez (9), Goodson (13), Thomasson (7) Triples: Thomasson (3) Home Runs: Roberts (3), Kendall (5), Matthews (7) Stolen Bases: Colbert (7) Sacrifice Hits: Freisleben (4) GIDP: Kendall (8), Gaston (3) Hit by Pitch: Bonds (1,by Freisleben) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Freisleben 8 10 2 2 2 3 0 36 3.83 Tomlin 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 4.46 Romo L(4-4) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 3.58 Totals 9 12 3 3 3 4 1 42 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bryant 6.1 4 2 2 3 5 2 25 6.65 Sosa 1.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 2.38 Moffitt W(3-3) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 2.83 Totals 10 6 2 2 6 5 2 41 Hit by Pitch: Freisleben (3) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - John Kibler PADRES 1ST: Tolan struck out; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Winfield was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Speier grounded out (third to first); Thomasson tripled; Bonds walked; Goodson doubled to left [Thomasson scored, Bonds to third]; Matthews grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. PADRES 2ND: Colbert struck out; Gaston reached on an error by Goodson [Gaston to second]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall walked; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 2ND: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Boccabella flied out to center; Bryant was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. PADRES 3RD: Freisleben grounded out (second to first); Tolan grounded out (second to first); Hernandez doubled to left; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 3RD: Phillips grounded out (third to first); Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomasson doubled to center; Bonds made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. PADRES 4TH: Colbert walked; Gaston singled to center [Colbert to second]; On a bunt Thomas made an out to third; Kendall grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Gaston out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 4TH: Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews singled to center; Fuentes singled to left [Matthews to second]; Boccabella flied out to left; Bryant was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. PADRES 5TH: Roberts homered; Freisleben grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan grounded out (second to first); Hernandez flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: Phillips made an out to shortstop; Speier grounded out (first unassisted); Thomasson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 1. PADRES 6TH: Winfield flied out to left; Colbert walked; Gaston grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Colbert out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: Bonds singled; Goodson made an out to second; Matthews singled [Bonds to second]; Fuentes flied out to left; Boccabella flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 1. PADRES 7TH: Thomas made an out to first; Kendall homered; SOSA REPLACED BOCCABELLA (PITCHING); RADER REPLACED BRYANT (PLAYING C ); Roberts singled to right; Freisleben out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Roberts to second]; Tolan was walked intentionally; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Rader flied out to right; Phillips walked; Speier struck out; Thomasson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 1. PADRES 8TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert walked; Gaston popped to first in foul territory; Colbert stole second; Thomas lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: TOLAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GRUBB REPLACED WINFIELD (PLAYING CF); GASTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bonds was hit by a pitch; On a bunt Goodson singled [Bonds to second]; KINGMAN RAN FOR GOODSON; On a bunt Matthews singled [Bonds to third, Kingman to second]; Fuentes lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [Bonds out at third]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR SOSA; Ontiveros singled to left [Kingman scored, Matthews to second]; Rader lined to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 2. PADRES 9TH: KINGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOFFITT REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Kendall popped to first in foul territory; On a bunt Roberts made an out to pitcher; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR FREISLEBEN; McCovey walked; GASPAR RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Tolan singled [Gaspar to second]; Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 2. GIANTS 9TH: TOMLIN REPLACED GASPAR (PITCHING); Phillips was called out on strikes; Speier walked; Thomasson forced Speier (first to shortstop); ROMO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Bonds singled to left [Thomasson to second]; Kingman forced Bonds (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 2. PADRES 10TH: Grubb flied out to center; Colbert flied out to center; Gaston grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 2. GIANTS 10TH: Matthews homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 3.

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