The Giants scored four runs off Doug Rau in the first inning on five consecutive hits plus a sacrifice fly, and then proceeded to beat the Dodgers, 6-3. Marty Perez doubled and scored on a single by Gary Matthews before Bobby Murcer made it 3-0 with a homer. Ken Reitz and Chris Speier followed with singles and Darrell Evans accounted for the fourth run of the frame with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      31, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  1  -   3 11  0
Giants       4  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Herndon cf            4   2   2   0     0   1   .297
Buckner lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Perez 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .265
Smith rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .238      Matthews lf           3   1   2   2     1   0   .274
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Murcer rf             2   1   1   3     1   0   .257
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Russell ss            4   2   2   0     0   1   .308      Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .221
Lacy cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Evans 1b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .216
Yeager c              4   1   2   2     0   2   .229      Hill c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Rau p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Sadek c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .190      Montefusco p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .118
  Downing p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Mota ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .314

Totals               37   3  11   3     0   7             Totals               31   6   9   6     2   4

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance: 16,863
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 1
Doubles: Russell (10), Perez (8), Herndon (8)
Home Runs: Yeager (11), Murcer (14)
Stolen Bases: Herndon (8), Perez (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1)
GIDP: Smith (8)
Hit by Pitch: Murcer (3,by Rau)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(10-7)             4     9   6   6   2   1   1  23   3.06
Downing                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   7.13
Hough                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.44
Totals                  8     9   6   6   2   4   1  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(10-9)      9    11   3   3   0   7   1  37   2.99
Totals                  9    11   3   3   0   7   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Rau (6)
Wild Pitches: Rau (2)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Pulli


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes made an out to shortstop; Buckner flied out
to left; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon was called out on strikes; Perez doubled to
left; Rau threw a wild pitch [Perez to third]; Matthews singled
to left [Perez scored]; Murcer homered [Matthews scored]; Reitz
singled; Speier singled to right [Reitz to third]; Evans
sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Reitz scored,
Speier out at second (right to catcher to second)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 4.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Cey flied
out to center; Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Hill popped to catcher in foul territory; Montefusco
made an out to first; Herndon singled to right; Perez singled to
shortstop [Herndon to second]; Herndon stole third and Perez
stole second; Matthews walked; Murcer was hit by a pitch
[Herndon scored, Perez to third, Matthews to second]; Reitz
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Giants 5.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy flied out to center; Yeager struck out; Rau
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
flied out to center; Hill grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 5.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes flied out to right; Buckner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith singled to second; Garvey flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Montefusco made an out to second; Herndon doubled to
left; Perez flied out to right [Herndon to third]; Matthews
singled [Herndon scored]; Murcer walked [Matthews to second];
Reitz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Giants 6.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey flied out to right; Russell singled to center;
Lacy grounded out (third to first) [Russell to second]; Yeager
singled to right [Russell scored]; GOODSON BATTED FOR RAU;
Goodson singled to first [Yeager to third]; Lopes popped to
second in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 6.

GIANTS 5TH: DOWNING REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Speier grounded
out (second to first); Evans made an out to third; Hill grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 6.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner singled to center; Smith grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Buckner out at
second]; Garvey singled to shortstop; Cey struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Montefusco was called out on strikes; Herndon flied
out to right; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Giants 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell flied out to left; Lacy grounded out (third
to first); Yeager homered; CRUZ BATTED FOR DOWNING; Cruz struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 6.

GIANTS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Matthews flied out
to right; Murcer flied out to right; Reitz lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 6.

DODGERS 8TH: SADEK REPLACED HILL (PLAYING C ); Lopes grounded
out (second to first); Buckner flied out to center; Smith
singled to right; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Giants 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier struck out; Evans flied out to center; Sadek
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Giants 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Cey flied out to right; Russell doubled to left;
Lacy singled [Russell to third]; Yeager struck out; MOTA BATTED
FOR HOUGH; Mota singled to right [Russell scored, Lacy to
second]; Lopes popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 6.