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Wednesday June 4, 1975
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Capping an outburst of five homers by the Giants, Derrel Thomas and Glenn Adams hit for the circuit in the ninth inning to defeat the Cubs, 10-8. Adams' homer was his second of the game. The Giants' other round-trippers came off the bats of Marc Hill and Bobby Murcer. Bill Madlock and Manny Trillo homered for the Cubs. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 10, Chicago Cubs 8

Game Played on Wednesday, June 4, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Giants       0  0  0    0  0  4    3  1  2  -  10 14  2
Cubs         1  0  0    0  1  4    1  1  0  -   8 14  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomasson cf          5   1   0   0     0   0   .145      Kessinger ss          6   1   2   0     0   1   .259
Thomas 2b             5   3   3   1     0   0   .252      Cardenal lf           5   2   2   2     0   0   .324
Murcer rf             4   2   2   3     1   0   .298      Madlock 3b            5   1   2   2     0   0   .319
Adams lf              5   2   2   4     0   2   .500      Monday cf             4   0   2   0     1   1   .304
Montanez 1b           5   0   2   0     0   1   .269      Morales rf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .275
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     1   2   .346
  Miller ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Trillo 2b             5   2   2   1     0   2   .252
Goodson 3b            5   1   1   0     0   1   .207      Swisher c             1   1   1   0     3   0   .202
Rader c               1   0   1   0     0   0   .289      R. Reuschel p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .087
  Hill c              3   1   2   2     0   1   .238        LaCock ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .241
Montefusco p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .310        Summers ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .158        Zahn p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garrett ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .242

Totals               42  10  14  10     1   6             Totals               38   8  14   6     6   7

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance:  9,126
Left on Base: Giants 6, Cubs 11
DP: Giants 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Thomasson, Miller, Kessinger 2
Doubles: Murcer (11), Morales (7), Monday (12), Madlock (14), Swisher (6)
Triples: Kessinger (5)
Home Runs: Adams 2 (3), Hill (2), Murcer (8), Thomas (2), Madlock (3), Trillo (4)
Caught Stealing: Madlock (2)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Reuschel (3)
GIDP: Madlock (8)
Hit by Pitch: Swisher (1,by Montefusco)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              5.1   8   5   4   3   4   2  27   2.83
Lavelle                 0.2   1   1   0   0   1   0   4   1.56
Williams W(2-2)         2.1   5   2   2   3   2   0  13   5.28
Caldwell SV(1)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.54
Totals                  9    14   8   6   6   7   2  46

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel             6     5   4   3   1   5   1  25   4.21
Locker                  0.2   2   2   2   0   0   1   4   4.74
Knowles                 0.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   2   4.61
Zamora L(3-1)           1.2   6   3   2   0   0   2  11   2.67
Zahn                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.73
Totals                  9    14  10   8   1   6   5  43

Passed Balls: Hill (2)
Hit by Pitch: Montefusco (2)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Frank Pulli


GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson flied out to left; Thomas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murcer popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger tripled to right; Cardenal singled to left
[Kessinger scored]; Madlock grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Cardenal out at second]; Monday singled to
center; Morales forced Monday (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Adams struck out; Montanez was called out on
strikes; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: Thornton walked; Trillo flied out to right; Swisher
was hit by a pitch [Thornton to second]; R. Reuschel out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thornton to third, Swisher
to second]; Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
0, Cubs 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
singled to center; On a bunt Montefusco popped to catcher in
foul territory; Thomasson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Cardenal popped to catcher in foul territory; Dave
Rader collided with Ed Goodson; HILL REPLACED RADER (PLAYING
C ); Madlock popped to shortstop; Monday flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomas flied out to right; Murcer walked; Adams
flied out to left; Montanez singled to center [Murcer to third];
Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Morales doubled to center; Thornton struck out; Trillo
was called out on strikes; Swisher was walked intentionally; R.
Reuschel flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cubs 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Goodson flied out to right; Hill struck out;
Montefusco struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger flied out to left; Cardenal grounded out
(third to first); Madlock homered; Monday doubled to left; Hill
allowed a passed ball [Monday to third]; Morales struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson reached on an error by Kessinger
[Thomasson to first]; Thomas singled to center [Thomasson to
second]; Murcer doubled to right [Thomasson scored (unearned),
Thomas to third]; Adams homered [Thomas scored, Murcer scored];
Montanez flied out to right; Speier lined to second; Goodson
struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: MILLER REPLACED SPEIER (PLAYING SS); Thornton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Trillo homered; Swisher walked; LACOCK
BATTED FOR R. REUSCHEL; LaCock singled to left [Swisher to
second]; LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Kessinger flied
out to right; Cardenal singled to center [Swisher scored, LaCock
to third]; Madlock reached on an error by Thomasson [LaCock
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cardenal scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Madlock to second]; Monday struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 7TH: LOCKER REPLACED LACOCK (PITCHING); Hill homered;
JOSHUA BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Joshua grounded out (second to
first); Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher); Thomas
singled to center; KNOWLES REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING); Murcer
homered [Thomas scored]; Adams struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 7, Cubs 6.

CUBS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Morales grounded
out (shortstop to first); Thornton was called out on strikes;
Trillo singled to right; Swisher walked [Trillo to second];
SUMMERS BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Summers singled to right [Trillo
scored, Swisher out at third (right to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 7, Cubs 7.

GIANTS 8TH: ZAMORA REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); Montanez
grounded out (third to first); Miller popped to second; Goodson
singled to shortstop [Goodson to second (error by Kessinger)];
Hill singled to left [Goodson scored (unearned)]; Williams
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 8, Cubs 7.

CUBS 8TH: Kessinger singled to right; Cardenal forced Kessinger
(pitcher to shortstop) [Cardenal to second (error by Miller)];
Madlock doubled [Cardenal scored]; Monday was walked
intentionally; Madlock was picked off and caught stealing third
(pitcher to second) [Monday to second]; Morales was walked
intentionally; Thornton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 8, Cubs 8.

GIANTS 9TH: Thomasson flied out to left; Thomas homered; Murcer
flied out to center; Adams homered; Montanez singled to right;
Miller singled to left [Montanez to third]; ZAHN REPLACED ZAMORA
(PITCHING); Goodson popped to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 10, Cubs 8.

CUBS 9TH: Trillo struck out; Swisher doubled to left; GARRETT
BATTED FOR ZAHN; CALDWELL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); HOSLEY
BATTED FOR GARRETT; Hosley grounded out (third to first);
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 10,
Cubs 8.



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