Two homers by Jack Clark and another by Darrell Evans powered the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Mets, New York's eighth straight loss. Clark's first round-tripper came in the first inning and his second blast came in the sixth. Evans connected on the first pitch following Clark's sixth-inning clout. Joel Youngblood homered for the Mets in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 3, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Monday, May 18, 1981 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 3 Giants 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 3 10 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mazzilli cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .192 North cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .230 Backman 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .176 Cabell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Youngblood rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .371 Clark rf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .221 Kingman lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .184 Evans 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .226 Jorgensen 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .282 Herndon lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .351 Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Morgan 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .214 Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .343 May c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Flynn ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Sadek pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Staub ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .312 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Taveras pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .321 Lynch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Pettini ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ripley p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Totals 33 1 7 1 3 9 Totals 34 3 10 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 4,348 Left on Base: Mets 8, Giants 9 DP: Mets 1, Giants 1 Errors: Backman, Youngblood, Stearns, Evans Doubles: Youngblood (6), Morgan (6), Clark (5) Home Runs: Youngblood (3), Clark 2 (5), Evans (6) Stolen Bases: Jorgensen (1), Mazzilli 2 (5), North (19) GIDP: Stearns (3), Cabell (3) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lynch L(1-2) 5.1 7 3 3 0 3 3 23 2.82 Falcone 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.59 Reardon 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 3.86 Totals 8 10 3 3 2 5 3 36 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ripley W(4-3) 8 6 1 1 3 8 1 32 2.44 Minton SV(7) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.38 Totals 9 7 1 1 3 9 1 36 Wild Pitches: Ripley (4) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); Backman grounded out (pitcher to first); Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: North singled to right; Cabell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [North out at second]; Clark homered; Evans popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. METS 2ND: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen singled to left; Jorgensen stole second; Stearns was called out on strikes; Brooks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 2ND: Herndon grounded out (second to first); Morgan doubled to left; May flied out to center; LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. METS 3RD: Flynn popped to second in foul territory; Lynch struck out; Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli stole second; Backman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 3RD: Ripley singled to pitcher; North was called out on strikes; Giants Manager Frank Robinson ejected by HP umpire Lee Weyer; Cabell was called out on strikes; Clark doubled to left [Ripley to third]; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. METS 4TH: Youngblood struck out; Kingman singled to left; Jorgensen singled to left [Kingman to third]; Stearns grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Jorgensen out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 4TH: Herndon grounded out (third to first); Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. METS 5TH: Brooks singled to right; Ripley threw a wild pitch [Brooks to second]; Flynn grounded out (first unassisted) [Brooks to third]; Lynch made an out to second; Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli stole second; Backman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Ripley grounded out (shortstop to first); North reached on an error by Backman; North stole second [North to third (error by Stearns)]; Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. METS 6TH: Youngblood doubled to left; Kingman struck out; Jorgensen flied out to left; Stearns made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: Clark homered; Evans homered; Herndon made an out to second; FALCONE REPLACED LYNCH (PITCHING); Morgan walked; May singled to right [Morgan to second]; LeMaster flied out to left; Ripley popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 3. METS 7TH: Brooks grounded out (third to first); Flynn reached on an error by Evans; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR FALCONE; Cubbage forced Flynn (pitcher to shortstop); Cubbage was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 3. GIANTS 7TH: REARDON REPLACED CUBBAGE (PITCHING); North struck out; Cabell grounded out (third to first); Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 3. METS 8TH: Mazzilli struck out; Backman grounded out (pitcher to first); Youngblood homered; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 3. GIANTS 8TH: Evans flied out to center; Herndon singled to right; Morgan singled to right [Herndon to third, Morgan to second (error by Youngblood)]; May was walked intentionally; SADEK RAN FOR MAY; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Wohlford struck out; Ripley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 3. METS 9TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PETTINI REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING SS); Jorgensen walked; MINTON REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); Stearns popped to third in foul territory; Brooks was called out on strikes; STAUB BATTED FOR FLYNN; Staub singled to left [Jorgensen to second]; TAVERAS RAN FOR STAUB; HODGES BATTED FOR REARDON; Hodges grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 3.

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