Pitching his second successive shutout for the Giants, Ed Halicki came out the winner in a duel with Jim Kaat when Bobby Murcer homered with two out in the ninth inning to beat the Phillies, 1-0. The game was the fastest in the N. L. this season, lasting only one hour, 32 minutes. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Friday, July      16, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Herndon cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .287      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .305      Murcer rf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .256
  Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .342      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Allen 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .285      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .300      Evans 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .316      Hill c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Boone c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .310      Halicki p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .189
Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .188

Totals               32   0   6   0     0   8             Totals               30   1   6   1     0   0

Time of Game: 1:32   Attendance:  7,330
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Giants 4
DP: Phillies 1, Giants 1
Errors: Bowa
Home Runs: Murcer (12)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Perez (8)
GIDP: Allen (11), Speier (8)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(9-4)             8.2   6   1   1   0   0   1  31   2.79
Totals                  8.2   6   1   1   0   0   1  31

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki W(9-11)         9     6   0   0   0   8   0  32   4.32
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   8   0  32

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded
out (second to first); Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
made an out to shortstop; Matthews singled to center; Murcer
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to left; Allen struck out;
Johnstone made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Reitz flied out to right; Speier singled to center;
Evans forced Speier (second to shortstop) [Evans to second
(error by Bowa)]; Hill flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox flied out to right; Boone flied out to
center; Kaat grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Halicki singled to left; Herndon popped to first in
foul territory; Perez forced Halicki (second to shortstop);
Matthews forced Perez (third to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa singled
to right; Bowa stole second; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (first to pitcher); Reitz
singled to center; Speier grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Allen singled to shortstop; Johnstone singled to
right [Allen to second]; Maddox flied out to center; Boone
struck out; Kaat grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to center; Hill flied out to center;
Halicki grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash singled to shortstop; Bowa forced Cash (first
to shortstop); Schmidt grounded out (third to first) [Bowa to
second]; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Herndon singled to left; Perez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Herndon to second]; Matthews reached
on a fielder's choice [Herndon out at third (shortstop to
third)]; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Allen struck out; Johnstone struck out; Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Reitz flied out to center; Speier grounded out
(third to first); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Boone singled to center; On a bunt Kaat struck
out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first) [Boone to second];
Bowa popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Hill popped to first in foul territory; Halicki
grounded out (third to first); Herndon flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt popped to second in foul territory;
Luzinski singled to right; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Allen
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Martin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez flied out
to center; Matthews grounded out (second to first); Murcer
homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 1.