Taking advantage of poor play by the Giants, the Padres scored two unearned runs in the eighth inning to gain a 4-2 victory, extending their winning streak to five games. In the eighth, Gene Richards singled and advanced on a sacrifice. Mike Ivie was passed intentionally and was forced by Dave Winfield.

George Hendrick grounded to Bill Madlock, who started to throw to second, but Rob Andrews failed to cover the bag. Madlock then made a hurried throw and threw wildly to first, allowing Richards and Winfield to score. [The Sporting News]
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Tuesday, May 31, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Padres       0  0  0    0  1  0    1  2  0  -   4 11  0
Giants       1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .222      Thomas ss             3   1   1   0     2   0   .241
  Rettenmund ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   1   .328      Madlock 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .296
Almon ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Thomasson lf          3   1   1   1     1   0   .256
Ivie 1b               3   0   2   0     1   0   .303      Whitfield rf          3   0   0   1     0   1   .305
  Tenace pr,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Clark ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Winfield rf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .311      McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .311
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .325      Herndon cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .209
Rader 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .285      Andrews 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .234
  Melendez pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                3   0   2   0     0   0   .227
  Tomlin p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .400
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barr p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Champion 2b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .225        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Davis c               2   0   1   1     0   0   .185        Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Sutherland ph,3b    2   0   1   1     0   0   .438
Griffin p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .105
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
  Roberts c           1   0   1   0     0   0   .222

Totals               35   4  11   2     1   4             Totals               33   2   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  2,107
Left on Base: Padres 7, Giants 8
DP: Padres 1, Giants 2
Errors: Thomas, Madlock, Whitfield
Doubles: Griffin (1), Madlock (11)
Home Runs: Thomasson (6)
Caught Stealing: Almon (2), Thomas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Champion (4), Almon (9)
GIDP: Hendrick (1), Turner (2), Madlock (12)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin                 6     6   2   2   4   3   1  27   4.98
Tomlin W(1-2)           2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.68
Fingers SV(13)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.25
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   4   1  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(6-5)             8     9   4   1   1   3   0  33   3.74
Lavelle                 1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.50
Totals                  9    11   4   1   1   4   0  38

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry


PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
singled to pitcher; Almon was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Ivie singled to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomas walked; Thomas was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Madlock popped to catcher in foul
territory; Thomasson homered; Whitfield struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Rader flied
out to center; Champion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey made an out to shortstop; Herndon struck
out; Andrews singled to center; Hill singled to second [Andrews
to second]; Barr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 3RD: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
doubled to left; Richards grounded out (third to first); Almon
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Thomas walked; Madlock singled to left [Thomas to
second]; Thomasson forced Madlock (first to shortstop) [Thomas
to third]; Whitfield forced Thomasson (first to shortstop)
[Thomas scored]; McCovey flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 2.

PADRES 4TH: Ivie singled to center; Winfield reached on an error
by Thomas [Ivie to second, Winfield to first]; Hendrick grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ivie to
third, Winfield out at second]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Herndon was called out on strikes; Andrews flied out
to center; Hill singled to left; Barr forced Hill (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 2.

PADRES 5TH: Champion reached on an error by Whitfield [Champion
to third]; Davis singled to third [Champion scored (unearned)];
Davis was picked off first (catcher to first); Griffin struck
out; Richards struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomas flied out to right; Madlock doubled to left;
Thomasson walked; Whitfield grounded out (second to first)
[Madlock to third, Thomasson to second]; McCovey was walked
intentionally; Herndon made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 6TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie
grounded out (third to first); Winfield singled to center;
Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Andrews flied out to right; Hill flied out to right;
Barr grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 7TH: Rader singled to third; MELENDEZ RAN FOR RADER;
Champion out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Melendez
to second]; SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR DAVIS; Sutherland singled to
center [Melendez scored]; TURNER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Turner
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Sutherland out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TOMLIN
REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); ROBERTS REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING C
); Thomas singled to shortstop; Madlock grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at second];
Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 2.

PADRES 8TH: Richards singled to left; Almon out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Richards to second]; Ivie was walked
intentionally; TENACE RAN FOR IVIE; Winfield forced Tenace
(third to second) [Richards to third]; Hendrick reached on an
error by Madlock [Richards scored (unearned) (no RBI), Winfield
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hendrick to second]; Tomlin grounded
out (pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CLARK BATTED FOR
WHITFIELD; Clark grounded out (third to first); McCovey flied
out to center; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 2.

PADRES 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); CLARK STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Champion singled to center; On a bunt
Sutherland forced Champion (pitcher to shortstop); Roberts
singled to center [Sutherland to second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR
RICHARDS; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; Almon forced
Roberts (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Andrews
singled to left; FINGERS REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); HARRIS
BATTED FOR HILL; Harris struck out; EVANS BATTED FOR LAVELLE;
Evans flied out to right; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 2.
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