Staging a seven-run rally in the fifth innning, the Giants extended their winning streak to seven games with a 9-7 victory over the Cubs. The defeat was the fifth in a row for the Cubs, who failed to hold a 7-1 lead. The Giants began their outburst with consecutive singles by Chris Speier, Ed Goodson and Marc Hill for a run that kayoed Geoff Zahn. A single by Jake Brown, double by Von Joshua and single by Bruce Miller added three tallies and chased Tom Dettore, who had relieved Zahn.

Ken Frailing took the mound but could not stop the rally. Bobby Murcer hit a sacrifice fly and Gary Matthews drove in another run with a double. After Willie Montanez hit a long fly, with Matthews advancing to third after the catch, the Cubs brought in Oscar Zamora to face Speier, who laid down a surprise two-out squeeze bunt, scoring Matthews with the seventh run of the stanza. Murcer then clinched the Giants' victory with a homer in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 9, Chicago Cubs 7
Game Played on Sunday, May       25, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cubs         0  0  3    4  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 14  0
Giants       1  0  0    0  7  0    1  0  x  -   9 13  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   2   3   0     0   0   .260      Joshua cf             5   1   1   1     0   3   .323
Cardenal lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .331      Miller 2b,3b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .333
Morales cf            4   1   0   1     1   0   .275      Murcer rf             1   2   1   2     2   0   .293
Madlock 3b            3   1   2   2     0   0   .325      Matthews lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .292
  Dunn 3b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Thornton 1b           5   1   2   1     0   1   .345      Speier ss             4   1   2   1     0   0   .275
Mitterwald c          4   0   3   1     1   0   .354      Goodson 3b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .224
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Lavelle p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Sperring rf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .190      Hill c                3   1   1   1     0   0   .200
Zahn p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Caldwell p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Dettore p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brown ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .500
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Thomas 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .254
  LaCock ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .232
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               37   7  14   7     2   4             Totals               33   9  13   9     2   3

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 12,341
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Giants 4
DP: Cubs 1, Giants 1
Doubles: Mitterwald (3), Thornton (3), Joshua (6), Matthews (12)
Triples: Cardenal (1), Madlock (2), Matthews (3)
Home Runs: Murcer (5)
Caught Stealing: Goodson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Trillo (2), Zahn (2), Hill (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenal (3), Murcer (4)
GIDP: Sperring (1), Montanez (7)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    4     4   4   4   2   2   0  17   6.05
Dettore                 0     3   3   3   0   0   0   3  13.50
Frailing L(2-2)         0.2   1   1   1   0   0   0   3   4.07
Zamora                  2.1   4   1   1   0   0   1  10   2.92
Knowles                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.55
Totals                  8    13   9   9   2   3   1  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                3.2   9   6   6   1   1   0  21   4.60
Williams W(1-2)         1.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   7   5.40
Lavelle SV(2)           4     3   0   0   0   2   0  14   1.39
Totals                  9    14   7   7   2   4   0  42

Wild Pitches: Lavelle (1)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to shortstop; Cardenal flied out to
right; Morales grounded out (third to first) [Kessinger to
second]; Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua was called out on strikes; Miller grounded
out (shortstop to first); Murcer walked; Matthews tripled to
center [Murcer scored]; Montanez grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 1.

CUBS 2ND: Thornton singled to third; Mitterwald singled to
center [Thornton to second]; Trillo out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Thornton to third, Mitterwald to second];
Sperring grounded out (third to first); Zahn struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson
grounded out (second to first); Hill popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 1.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger singled to left; Cardenal tripled to right
[Kessinger scored]; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Cardenal scored]; Madlock singled to center; Thornton forced
Madlock (third to second); Mitterwald doubled to left [Thornton
scored, Mitterwald to third (on throw to home)]; Trillo flied
out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Caldwell flied out to center; Joshua was called out
on strikes; Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 1.

CUBS 4TH: Sperring singled to left; Zahn out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Sperring to second]; Kessinger singled to
right [Sperring to third]; Cardenal hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Sperring scored]; Morales walked [Kessinger to second];
WILLIAMS REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Madlock tripled to center
[Kessinger scored, Morales scored]; Thornton doubled to center
[Madlock scored]; Mitterwald was walked intentionally; Trillo
grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 7,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: DUNN REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 3B); Murcer walked;
Matthews flied out to center; Montanez grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Murcer out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 1.

CUBS 5TH: Sperring was called out on strikes; Zahn grounded out
(first to pitcher); Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier singled to center; Goodson singled to left
[Speier to second]; Hill singled to left [Speier scored, Goodson
to second]; BROWN BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; DETTORE REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); Brown singled to center [Goodson scored, Hill to
second]; Joshua doubled to left [Hill scored, Brown to third];
Miller singled to second [Brown scored, Joshua to third];
FRAILING REPLACED DETTORE (PITCHING); Murcer hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Joshua scored]; Matthews doubled to left [Miller
scored]; Montanez flied out to right [Matthews to third]; ZAMORA
REPLACED FRAILING (PITCHING); On a bunt Speier singled to third
[Matthews scored]; Goodson singled to center [Speier to third];
Goodson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 7 R, 9
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 8.

CUBS 6TH: THOMAS REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 2B); MILLER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LAVELLE REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING);
Cardenal singled to third; Morales forced Cardenal (shortstop to
second); On a bunt Dunn made an out to pitcher; Thornton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 8.

GIANTS 6TH: Hill flied out to center; Thomas singled to left;
Joshua grounded out (second to first) [Thomas to second]; Miller
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 8.

CUBS 7TH: Mitterwald singled to left; Trillo popped to second;
Sperring grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Mitterwald out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
7, Giants 8.

GIANTS 7TH: Murcer homered; Matthews flied out to left; Montanez
lined to shortstop; Speier flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 9.

CUBS 8TH: LACOCK BATTED FOR ZAMORA; LaCock singled to center;
Lavelle threw a wild pitch [LaCock to second]; Kessinger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 9.

GIANTS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED LACOCK (PITCHING); Lavelle singled
to second; Hill out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Lavelle to second]; Thomas flied out to center; Joshua struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 9.

CUBS 9TH: Dunn struck out; Thornton flied out to center;
Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 7, Giants 9.