Celebrating his 25th birthday, Ken Reitz hit a single, double and triple to lead the Giants' attack in an 8-5 victory over the Padres. The Giants, smashing a 2-2 tie, sent 11 men to the plate and scored six runs in the sixth inning with the aid of triples by Reitz and Derrel Thomas and doubles by Glenn Adams and Darrell Evans. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 8, San Diego Padres 5
Game Played on Thursday, June      24, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   5 10  0
Giants       0  2  0    0  0  6    0  0  x  -   8 16  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Thomasson cf          3   1   1   2     1   0   .277
  W. Davis ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .292        Caldwell p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .292        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grubb lf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .303        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
McCovey 1b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .226      Thomas 2b             5   1   3   2     0   0   .241
Winfield rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .289      Matthews lf           4   1   2   1     1   1   .272
Kubiak 3b             3   1   2   1     1   1   .316      Murcer rf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .245
Melendez cf           4   1   0   0     0   0   .171      Evans 1b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .193
Kendall c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .223      Speier ss             2   1   0   0     1   1   .232
Foster p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reitz 3b              4   2   3   1     0   0   .291
  Reynolds p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                2   0   2   0     0   0   .202
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .071        Adams ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .258
  Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Herndon pr,cf       1   1   1   0     0   0   .316
  Ivie ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Williams p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .241        Sadek c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .268

Totals               36   5  10   5     2   3             Totals               37   8  16   8     3   9

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  3,167
Left on Base: Padres 8, Giants 9
DP: Padres 1, Giants 3
Errors: Thomas 2, Murcer
Doubles: Kubiak (2), Reitz (8), Adams (2), Evans (3), Herndon (6)
Triples: Reitz (1), Thomas (4)
Home Runs: McCovey (4)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (3), Reitz (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Speier (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (4)
GIDP: Melendez (4), Winfield (6)
Hit by Pitch: Kendall (2,by Williams)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.20
Reynolds L(0-3)         5     8   4   4   2   7   0  23   4.68
Spillner                0.1   3   4   4   1   1   0   5   4.03
Folkers                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.33
Tomlin                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   6.26
Totals                  8    16   8   8   3   9   0  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams W(1-0)         6     4   2   2   1   2   1  23   2.06
Caldwell                2     5   3   2   1   0   0  13   4.35
Heaverlo                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.29
Lavelle SV(8)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.29
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   3   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Williams (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez was called out on strikes; Fuentes flied
out to left; Grubb popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Thomas
singled to left; REYNOLDS REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Matthews
struck out; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey homered; Winfield singled to left; Kubiak
doubled to right [Winfield scored]; Melendez hit into a double
play (right to third) [Kubiak out at third]; Kendall was hit by
a pitch; Reynolds grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Speier walked;
Reitz singled to left [Speier to second]; Hill singled to first
[Speier to third, Reitz to second]; Williams struck out;
Thomasson singled to right [Speier scored, Reitz scored, Hill to
third]; Thomas popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
2, Giants 2.

PADRES 3RD: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Grubb walked; McCovey singled to
first [Grubb to second]; Winfield flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Matthews walked; Murcer struck out while Matthews
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first);
Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

PADRES 4TH: Kubiak was called out on strikes; Melendez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kendall flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier struck out; Reitz doubled to left; Hill
singled to left [Reitz to third]; Reitz was caught stealing home
(catcher to third to pitcher); Williams struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

PADRES 5TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Hernandez popped to
catcher in foul territory; Fuentes grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson flied out to center; Thomas grounded out
(third to first); Matthews singled to center; Murcer was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 2.

PADRES 6TH: Grubb lined to right; McCovey popped to first;
Winfield popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans singled to left; Speier out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Evans to second]; Reitz tripled to right
[Evans scored]; SPILLNER REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); ADAMS
BATTED FOR HILL; Adams doubled to right [Reitz scored]; HERNDON
RAN FOR ADAMS; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Ontiveros was
called out on strikes; Thomasson was walked intentionally;
Thomas tripled to right [Herndon scored, Thomasson scored];
Matthews singled to center [Thomas scored]; FOLKERS REPLACED
SPILLNER (PITCHING); Murcer singled to center [Matthews to
third]; Evans doubled to right [Matthews scored, Murcer to
third]; Speier flied out to right; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
2, Giants 8.

PADRES 7TH: SADEK REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PLAYING C ); CALDWELL
REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); HERNDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
CF); Kubiak walked; Melendez grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kubiak out at second]; Kendall
reached on an error by Murcer [Kendall to third]; IVIE BATTED
FOR FOLKERS; Ivie flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 8.

GIANTS 7TH: TOMLIN REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Reitz flied out to
center; Herndon doubled to right; Sadek struck out; Caldwell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
2, Giants 8.

PADRES 8TH: Hernandez singled to right; Fuentes reached on an
error by Thomas [Hernandez to second]; Grubb singled to left
[Hernandez to third, Fuentes to second]; McCovey popped to
shortstop; Winfield grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
2, Giants 8.

GIANTS 8TH: Thomas singled to center; Matthews flied out to
center; Murcer popped to first; Evans popped to third; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 8.

PADRES 9TH: Kubiak singled to left; Melendez reached on an error
by Thomas [Kubiak to second]; Kendall singled to right [Melendez
to second, Kubiak to third]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR TOMLIN;
Rettenmund singled to center [Kubiak scored, Melendez to third,
Kendall to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); W.
DAVIS BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; W. Davis singled to right [Melendez
scored (unearned), Kendall to third, Rettenmund to second];
Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kendall scored]; LAVELLE
REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Grubb struck out; McCovey grounded
out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5,
Giants 8.