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.