After Mike Schmidt homered in the eighth inning to tie the score, the Phillies pushed over another run in the ninth and defeated the Giants, 3-2. Pinch-hitter Ollie Brown opened the stanza with a single and took third on a single by Garry Maddox. After a walk to Bob Boone and forceout at the plate by Bobby Tolan, Dave Cash hit a long sacrifice fly to plate the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 3, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  0
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  6  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herndon cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .336      Cash 2b               3   0   0   1     1   0   .295
Perez 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .241      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     1   0   .256
Murcer rf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .259      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   1     1   2   .299
Matthews lf           4   0   1   2     0   0   .262      Luzinski lf           2   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Evans 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .161        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .236        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .286        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Allen 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
D'Acquisto p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .305
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Brown ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .317
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Maddox cf             3   1   2   1     1   0   .321
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .316
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Christenson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                            Martin ph,lf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .323
                                                            Tolan ph,lf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .268

Totals               33   2   7   2     3   4             Totals               28   3   6   3     6   4

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 27,800
Left on Base: Giants 7, Phillies 8
DP: Giants 1, Phillies 1
Doubles: Matthews (9)
Home Runs: Schmidt (17)
Stolen Bases: Murcer (3)
Caught Stealing: Luzinski (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Christenson (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (3)
GIDP: Matthews (3)
Hit by Pitch: Luzinski (5,by D'Acquisto)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              6     3   1   1   5   4   0  25   6.27
Moffitt                 2     1   1   1   0   0   1   7   2.76
Lavelle L(2-4)          0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   2.20
Totals                  8.2   6   3   3   6   4   1  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson             5     3   1   1   1   1   0  19   2.92
Reed                    3     4   1   1   2   1   0  14   3.49
Garber W(2-1)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.52
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   4   0  36

Hit by Pitch: D'Acquisto (2)
Balks: Christenson (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Bill Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Herndon singled to right; Perez singled to right
[Herndon to third]; Murcer flied out to right; Matthews grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Herndon scored, Perez to second];
Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Bowa flied out to
center; Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 1, Phillies 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier flied out to right; Reitz flied out to left;
Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to right; Allen was called out on
strikes; Johnstone struck out; Luzinski was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Phillies 0.

GIANTS 3RD: D'Acquisto grounded out (third to first); Herndon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox walked; Boone popped to first in foul
territory; Christenson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Maddox to second]; Cash walked; Bowa popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer singled to right; Christenson balked [Murcer
to second]; Matthews flied out to center; Evans flied out to
center; Speier walked; Reitz grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski was hit by a pitch;
Allen singled to center [Luzinski to second]; Johnstone popped
to third; Maddox singled to right [Luzinski scored, Allen to
second]; Boone flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
1, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); D'Acquisto
was called out on strikes; Herndon flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: MARTIN BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON; Martin walked; Cash
grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Martin to second];
Bowa walked; Schmidt walked [Martin to third, Bowa to second];
Luzinski lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Schmidt
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 6TH: REED REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); MARTIN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez grounded out (second to first); Murcer
walked; Matthews grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Murcer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Allen flied out to right; Johnstone grounded out
(first unassisted); Maddox popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Evans struck out; Speier made an out to shortstop;
Reitz singled to center; Rader singled to right [Reitz to
second]; ADAMS BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Adams flied out to center;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Boone grounded
out (shortstop to first); TOLAN BATTED FOR MARTIN; Tolan lined
to first; Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 8TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Herndon made an
out to first; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
singled to center; Murcer stole second; Matthews doubled to
right [Murcer scored]; Evans was walked intentionally; Speier
lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
homered; MCCARVER BATTED FOR REED; McCarver flied out to center;
Allen flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Phillies 2.

GIANTS 9TH: GARBER REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Reitz struck
out; Rader flied out to right; THOMASSON BATTED FOR MOFFITT;
Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Phillies
2.

PHILLIES 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); BROWN
BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Brown singled to left; Maddox singled to
right [Brown to third]; Boone was walked intentionally [Maddox
to second]; Tolan forced Brown (pitcher to catcher) [Maddox to
third, Boone to second]; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Maddox scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Phillies 3.