Derrel Thomas and Chris Speier drove in two runs apiece to account for the Giants' scoring in a 4-2 victory over the Padres. Thomas hit a sacrifice fly and single for his RBIs, while Speier rapped a double and single. Pete Falcone held the Padres to two hits in seven innings, although giving up two runs, before going out for a pinch-hitter. Randy Moffitt finished. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, San Diego Padres 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 20, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  3  0
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  1    1  1  x  -   4 10  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tolan rf              3   2   1   0     1   0   .255      Joshua cf             4   2   2   0     0   1   .319
Fuentes 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Thomas 2b             3   0   1   2     0   0   .271
Valentine lf          2   0   0   0     3   0   .270      Murcer rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .297
McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   3   .253      Matthews lf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .269
Sharon cf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .212      Montanez 1b           4   1   3   0     0   0   .296
Torres ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .262      Speier ss             4   0   2   2     0   0   .272
Roberts 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Miller 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Davis c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Sadek c               2   0   1   0     2   0   .237
  Locklear ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .321      Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .062
  Hernandez pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .218        Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Kendall c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .202        Moffitt p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Folkers p             2   0   0   0     1   2   .167
  Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083

Totals               29   2   3   0     9   8             Totals               32   4  10   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance:  2,305
Left on Base: Padres 10, Giants 8
DP: Padres 1, Giants 1
Doubles: Montanez (32), Sadek (5), Speier (30), Joshua (23)
Triples: Tolan (4), Joshua (10)
Stolen Bases: Tolan 2 (11), Valentine (1), Murcer (9), Sadek (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomas (2)
GIDP: Tolan (14), Miller (15)
Hit by Pitch: Tolan (10,by Falcone)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Folkers L(6-10)         7     8   3   3   1   3   0  30   4.08
Johnson                 1     2   1   1   2   1   0   6   4.35
Totals                  8    10   4   4   3   4   0  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(12-11)        7     2   2   2   9   7   0  32   4.14
Moffitt SV(11)          2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.89
Totals                  9     3   2   2   9   8   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Falcone (4)
Wild Pitches: Falcone (9)
Balks: Falcone (5)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry


PADRES 1ST: Tolan walked; Tolan stole second; Tolan stole third;
Fuentes struck out; Valentine walked; McCovey struck out; Sharon
walked [Valentine to second]; Falcone balked [Tolan scored,
Valentine to third, Sharon to second]; Giants manager Wes
Westrum protested the game over the balk; Torres walked;
Roberts struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua tripled to right; Thomas hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Joshua scored]; Murcer grounded out (shortstop to
first); Matthews struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Davis flied out to center; Folkers was called out on
strikes; Tolan was hit by a pitch; Fuentes forced Tolan
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez doubled to right; Speier grounded out
(second to first) [Montanez to third]; Miller reached on a
fielder's choice [Montanez out at home (pitcher to third to
catcher), Miller to second]; Sadek was walked intentionally;
Falcone lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants
1.

PADRES 3RD: Valentine walked; Valentine stole second; McCovey
struck out; Sharon walked; Torres popped to first in foul
territory; Roberts made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Joshua flied out to center; Thomas popped to second
in foul territory; Murcer singled to center; Murcer stole
second; Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 4TH: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Folkers
walked; Tolan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Folkers out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez popped to catcher in foul territory; Speier
flied out to center; Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 5TH: Fuentes made an out to second; Valentine flied out
to center; McCovey walked; Sharon forced McCovey (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Sadek doubled to left; Falcone struck out; Joshua
struck out; Thomas popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 6TH: Torres made an out to second; Roberts singled to
left; Davis flied out to left; Folkers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
flied out to center; Montanez singled to center; Speier doubled
to left [Montanez scored]; Miller flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 7TH: Tolan tripled to right; Fuentes grounded out (third
to first); Valentine walked; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Tolan
scored, Valentine to second]; McCovey struck out; Sharon flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Sadek grounded out (pitcher to first); CLARK BATTED
FOR FALCONE; Clark made an out to shortstop; Joshua doubled to
center; Thomas singled to left [Joshua scored]; Murcer grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants
3.

PADRES 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Torres struck
out; Roberts made an out to shortstop; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR
DAVIS; Locklear singled to center; HERNANDEZ RAN FOR LOCKLEAR;
GRUBB BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: KENDALL REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING C ); JOHNSON
REPLACED GRUBB (PITCHING); Matthews walked; Montanez singled to
right [Matthews to second]; Speier singled to left [Matthews
scored, Montanez to second]; Miller grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Montanez to third, Speier out at
second]; Sadek walked; Sadek stole second; Moffitt struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 4.

PADRES 9TH: Tolan popped to catcher in foul territory; Fuentes
grounded out (first unassisted); Valentine lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 4.