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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