Making his first start after 22 relief appearances, Rusty Gerhardt gained a victory with the help of Randy Jones when the Padres defeated the Giants, 3-2. The Padres collected only four hits to 11 for the Giants. However, with the score tied, 2-2, in the seventh inning, Dave Hilton drew a pass from Elias Sosa, pitching in relief of John D'Acquisto. Fred Kendall bunted and when Sosa threw wildly, Hilton reached third. Johnny Grubb then batted for Gerhardt and hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the deciding run. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 24, 1974 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2 11  1
Padres       0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  4  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Hernandez ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Scott cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Turner lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .282
Matthews lf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .287        Ivie 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .265      McCovey 1b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .254
Kingman 1b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .226        Elliott pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Speier ss             4   1   2   0     0   1   .249      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Phillips pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Thomas 2b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .248
Rudolph c             4   0   2   1     0   1   .257      Hilton 3b             0   1   0   1     2   0   .231
D'Acquisto p          2   0   1   0     0   1   .116      Kendall c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .230
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Almon pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067        Cannizzaro c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gerhardt p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Grubb ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .294
                                                            Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               32   2  11   2     2   5             Totals               26   3   4   3     4   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  2,654
Left on Base: Giants 6, Padres 5
DP: Giants 1, Padres 3
Errors: Sosa, Hilton
Doubles: Maddox (31), Speier (18), Thomas (24)
Stolen Bases: Kingman (8)
Caught Stealing: Kingman (8), Phillips (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (1), Hilton (1), Grubb (5)
GIDP: Ontiveros (12), Matthews (15), Winfield (12)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              6     3   2   2   3   3   0  24   3.66
Sosa L(9-6)             1     0   1   0   1   1   0   5   3.15
Lavelle                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.75
Totals                  8     4   3   2   4   4   0  32

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gerhardt W(2-1)         7     8   2   2   1   3   0  27   7.07
Jones SV(2)             2     3   0   0   1   2   0   8   4.33
Totals                  9    11   2   2   2   5   0  35

Wild Pitches: Gerhardt (2)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bob Engel


GIANTS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Scott
struck out; Turner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Padres 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews singled; Gerhardt threw a wild pitch
[Matthews to second]; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Matthews to third]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Matthews scored]; Speier grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey walked; Winfield flied to right in foul
territory; Thomas lined to left; Hilton walked [McCovey to
second]; Kendall grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rudolph flied out to left; D'Acquisto singled to
center; Maddox flied out to center; Fuentes flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Gerhardt lined to center; Hernandez grounded out
(third to first); Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 1, Padres 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Matthews
singled to left; Ontiveros grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Turner singled; McCovey singled to right [Turner to
third]; Winfield made an out to second; Thomas doubled to right
[Turner scored, McCovey to third]; Hilton hit a sacrifice fly to
center [McCovey scored, Thomas to third]; Kendall was walked
intentionally; Gerhardt struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Padres 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Kingman walked; Kingman stole second; Speier struck
out while Kingman was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
Rudolph singled to left; D'Acquisto struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Scott
popped to first in foul territory; Turner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Maddox doubled to left; Fuentes reached on an error
by Hilton [Maddox to third]; Bonds made an out to shortstop;
Matthews grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Fuentes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: McCovey made an out to shortstop; Winfield grounded
out (third to first); Thomas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Ontiveros singled to right; Kingman flied out to
left; Ontiveros was picked off first (pitcher to first); Speier
doubled; Rudolph singled to left [Speier scored, Rudolph to
second (on throw to home)]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Arnold
made an out to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: SOSA REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Hilton walked; On a
bunt Kendall reached on a fielder's choice [Hilton to third
(error by Sosa)]; ALMON RAN FOR KENDALL; GRUBB BATTED FOR
GERHARDT; Grubb hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hilton scored
(unearned)]; Hernandez forced Almon (shortstop to second); Scott
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 3.

GIANTS 8TH: CANNIZZARO REPLACED ALMON (PLAYING C ); JONES
REPLACED GRUBB (PITCHING); Maddox made an out to second; Fuentes
singled to right; Bonds struck out; Matthews walked [Fuentes to
second]; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Turner grounded
out (second to first); McCovey singled to center; ELLIOTT RAN
FOR MCCOVEY; Winfield grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Elliott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Padres 3.

GIANTS 9TH: ELLIOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); IVIE REPLACED
TURNER (PLAYING 1B); Kingman singled to left; Speier singled
[Kingman to second]; PHILLIPS RAN FOR SPEIER; Kingman was picked
off second (pitcher to second); Phillips was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Rudolph struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 3.