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BOS  7
CHW  5

CAL  3
BAL  2

MIL  9
DET  7

MIN 10
NYY  6

OAK  5
CLE  4

WSA  3
KCR  2

PHI  7
@ATL  5

SDP 11
@CHC  4

CHC  8
SDP  7

CIN  5
MON  4

(10)
NYM  4
HOU  3

SFG 13
@PIT 11

LAD  7
@STL  6

Standings at end of play this day

Forbes Field, Attendance: 10,658

Saturday, May 30, 1970, 2:15PM
Time of Game: 3:41
Giants
13
24-25
Won 1
4th, 11 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          1  0  3   1  5  0   0  3  0   13 15  1
Pirates         3  0  0   1  0  1   3  3  0   11 20  1
W: R Bryant (3-4), L: S Blass (2-7), S: B Faul (1)
Pirates
11
22-26
Lost 1
4th, 4½ GB

BATTING

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Bonds RF                    6   1   2   1    0   4  .300  .894    0    2   0   3B
R Hunt 2B                     3   2   1   0    1   0  .281  .758    0    4   2   2·HBP
W Mays CF                     5   2   3   2    1   1  .287  .942    0    2   1   2B
W McCovey 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .237 1.006    0    4   1   GDP
  F Johnson 1B                1   0   0   0    0   0  .290  .837    0    2   0   
K Henderson LF                2   2   0   0    3   0  .340  .988    0    0   0   GDP,IW
D Dietz C                     5   1   3   3    0   1  .353 1.088    0    6   1   2B
T Fuentes 3B                  4   1   1   2    1   0  .250  .672    0    3   4   IW
H Lanier SS                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .221  .548    0    2   3   2B
M McCormick P                 2   2   2   0    0   0  .158  .411    0    1   1   
  R Bryant P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .286         0   0   
  B Taylor PH                 1   1   1   2    0   0  .258  .765    0    0   0   
  F Reberger P                1   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .715    0    1   0   
  J Johnson P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200    0    0   0   
  B Faul P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       40  13  15  12    6   7                    27  13
BATTING
2B: H Lanier (2, off G Garber); W Mays (5, off L Walker); D Dietz (10, off B Dal Canton).
3B: B Bonds (3, off G Garber).
IBB: K Henderson (3, by L Walker); T Fuentes (3, by B Dal Canton).
HBP: R Hunt 2 (12, by B Dal Canton, by G Garber).
TB: D Dietz 4; B Bonds 4; W Mays 4; H Lanier 3; M McCormick 2; T Fuentes; R Hunt; B Taylor.
GIDP: W McCovey (5); K Henderson (5).
RBI: D Dietz 3 (43); B Taylor 2 (6); H Lanier 2 (13); W Mays 2 (30); T Fuentes 2 (16); B Bonds (29).
2-out RBI: D Dietz 2; W Mays.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 7 for 17.
FIELDING
DP: 3. W Mays-H Lanier-W McCovey; T Fuentes-R Hunt-W McCovey; T Fuentes-F Johnson.
E: B Bonds (4).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Alou CF                     5   3   2   1    1   0  .279  .643    0    1   1   GDP
G Alley SS-2B                 4   3   3   2    2   0  .230  .662    0    2   4   2B
R Clemente RF                 4   2   3   0    2   1  .346  .932    0    3   0   IW
  J Jeter PR-RF               0   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .677         0   0   
B Robertson 1B                5   1   3   4    1   0  .333 1.061    0   11   3   GDP
D Cash 2B                     4   0   1   1    0   0  .250  .500    0    1   1   
  W Stargell PH               1   0   1   1    0   0  .238  .796    0    0   0   
  D Ellis PR                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .043  .163         0   0   
  L Walker P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .222         0   1   
  M Sanguillen PH             1   0   0   0    0   0  .288  .746    0    0   0   
  D Giusti P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .750         0   1   
A Oliver LF                   5   0   3   2    1   0  .236  .677    0    0   0   2B
J May C                       5   1   2   0    1   1  .244  .719    0    7   1   
R Hebner 3B                   3   0   1   0    3   1  .331  .879    0    2   1   SB
S Blass P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .043  .085    0    0   1   
  B Dal Canton P              1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  G Garber P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .667 1.334         0   0   
  J Nelson P                  1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    0    0   0   
  J Pagan PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .173  .477    0    0   0   
  F Patek SS                  2   1   0   0    0   0  .244  .640    0    0   2   
Totals                       43  11  20  11   11   5                    27  16
BATTING
2B: G Alley (7, off M McCormick); A Oliver (9, off F Reberger).
IBB: R Clemente (3, by M McCormick).
TB: G Alley 4; A Oliver 4; B Robertson 3; R Clemente 3; J May 2; M Alou 2; J Nelson; W Stargell; R Hebner; D Cash.
GIDP: B Robertson (4); M Alou (3).
RBI: B Robertson 4 (23); A Oliver 2 (20); G Alley 2 (9); W Stargell (27); M Alou (18); D Cash (1).
2-out RBI: B Robertson 2; A Oliver; W Stargell.
Team LOB: 16.
With RISP: 11 for 25.
FIELDING
DP: 2. B Robertson-G Alley-B Robertson 2.
E: D Cash (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: R Hebner (2, 2nd base off M McCormick/D Dietz).

PITCHING

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M McCormick                    3.1   9   4   4    4   1   0   5.79   22     -       ·  ·      5· 3· 0· 9     23    -     1.41  -0.34
R Bryant, W (3-4)              0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   5.66    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    2.53   0.12
F Reberger                     2.2   6   4   4    5   4   0   6.99   17     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 1· 6          0-0    0.89  -0.07
J Johnson, H (1)               0.2   4   3   3    1   0   0   5.03    7     -       ·  ·      2· 0· 0· 4          2-1    1.45  -0.16
B Faul, S (1)                  1.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   8.22    7     -       ·  ·      1· 4· 0· 1          1-0    2.21   0.18
Totals                         9    20  11  11   11   5   0          54     -       ·  ·      9· 8· 1·20          5-1 
Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Blass, L (2-7)               2.2   5   4   3    2   1   0   4.00   15     -       ·  ·      4· 3· 0· 5     33    -     1.48  -0.34
B Dal Canton                   1.1   4   4   4    2   1   0   3.38   10     -       ·  ·      2· 0· 0· 4          2-0    1.24  -0.19
G Garber                       0     3   2   2    0   0   0   4.71    4     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 3          3-3    0.74  -0.18
J Nelson                       3     0   0   0    0   4   0   0.00    8     -       ·  ·      3· 1· 0· 0          2-0    0.12   0.03
L Walker                       1     3   3   3    2   0   0   4.26    8     -       ·  ·      3· 0· 0· 3          0-0    0.67  -0.11
D Giusti                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.31    3     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.27   0.02
Totals                         9    15  13  12    6   7   0          48     -       ·  ·     13· 5· 0·15          7-3 
B Dal Canton faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.
G Garber faced 4 batters in the 5th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: B Dal Canton (2; T Fuentes); M McCormick (6; R Clemente); L Walker (4; K Henderson).
HBP: B Dal Canton (1; R Hunt); G Garber (2; R Hunt).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Frank Secory, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Tony Venzon.
Time of Game: 3:41.
Attendance: 10,658.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: Sunny.

LINEUPS

   San Francisco Giants          Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. B Bonds              RF    1. M Alou               CF 
2. R Hunt               2B    2. G Alley              SS 
3. W Mays               CF    3. R Clemente           RF 
4. W McCovey            1B    4. B Robertson          1B 
5. K Henderson          LF    5. D Cash               2B 
6. D Dietz              C     6. A Oliver             LF 
7. T Fuentes            3B    7. J May                C  
8. H Lanier             SS    8. R Hebner             3B 
9. M McCormick          P     9. S Blass              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  3-2  123      20%  62% D Dietz         S Blass         Single; Henderson to 3B; Mays Scores; Hunt Scores
   b 1   1  1-0  12-     -13%  39% B Robertson     M McCormick     Single; Clemente to 3B; Alley Scores
   t 1   1  0-0  12-      12%  66% W McCovey       S Blass         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Mays to 3B; Bonds Scores/unER
   b 4   1  5-4  12-      12%  64% D Cash          R Bryant        Fly Ball Double Play: CF-SS-1B
   t 4   2  3-4  12-      12%  74% W Mays          B Dal Canton    Single; Hunt to 3B; McCormick Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Steve Blass facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      54%  B Bonds         Single
   O      1--      52%  R Hunt          Groundout: SS-1B; Bonds to 2B
          -2-      54%  W Mays          Walk
   R      12-      66%  W McCovey       Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Mays to 3B; Bonds Scores/unER
   OO     1-3      56%  K Henderson     Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-1, Mike McCormick facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      58%  M Alou          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      55%  G Alley         Walk
          1--      52%  R Clemente      Single; Alley to 2B
   R      12-      39%  B Robertson     Single; Clemente to 3B; Alley Scores
   R      1-3      29%  D Cash          Single; Robertson to 3B; Clemente Scores
   R      1-3      24%  A Oliver        Single; Cash to 2B; Robertson Scores
   O      12-      27%  J May           Flyball: 3B
          12-      25%  R Hebner        Walk; Cash to 3B; Oliver to 2B
   O      123      30%  S Blass         Flyball: SS
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Steve Blass facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      27%  D Dietz         Flyball: RF
   O      ---      26%  T Fuentes       Flyball: RF
   O      ---      25%  H Lanier        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, Mike McCormick facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      26%  M Alou          Groundout: 1B-P
          ---      23%  G Alley         Double
          -2-      22%  R Clemente      Intentional Walk
   OO     12-      28%  B Robertson     Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Steve Blass facing 9-1-2
          ---      32%  M McCormick     Single
   O      1--      28%  B Bonds         Strikeout
          1--      33%  R Hunt          Single; McCormick to 2B
   R      12-      43%  W Mays          Single; Hunt to 2B; McCormick Scores
   O      12-      38%  W McCovey       Flyball: 3B
          12-      41%  K Henderson     Walk; Hunt to 3B; Mays to 2B
   RR     123      62%  D Dietz         Single; Henderson to 3B; Mays Scores; Hunt Scores
                  Bruce Dal Canton replaces Steve Blass pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3      57%  T Fuentes       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Mike McCormick facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      60%  D Cash          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      57%  A Oliver        Walk
          1--      52%  J May           Single; Oliver to 2B
   O      12-      57%  R Hebner        Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B; Oliver to 3B
          1-3      56%  B Dal Canton    Hebner Steals 2B
   O      -23      63%  " "             Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 3.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Ahead 4-3, Bruce Dal Canton facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      60%  H Lanier        Single to CF; Lanier out at 2B/CF-2B
          ---      63%  M McCormick     Single
   O      1--      60%  B Bonds         Strikeout
          1--      62%  R Hunt          Hit By Pitch; McCormick to 2B
   R      12-      74%  W Mays          Single; Hunt to 3B; McCormick Scores
   O      1-3      70%  W McCovey       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-5, Mike McCormick facing 1-2-3
          ---      65%  M Alou          Single
   O      1--      69%  G Alley         Flyball: 2B
          1--      61%  R Clemente      Single; Alou to 3B
   R      1-3      53%  B Robertson     Single; Clemente to 2B; Alou Scores
                  Ron Bryant replaces Mike McCormick pitching and batting 9th
   OO     12-      64%  D Cash          Fly Ball Double Play: CF-SS-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Pirates 4.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Ahead 5-4, Bruce Dal Canton facing 5-6-7
          ---      68%  K Henderson     Walk
          1--      79%  D Dietz         Double; Henderson to 3B
          -23      80%  T Fuentes       Intentional Walk
                  Gene Garber replaces Bruce Dal Canton pitching and batting 9th
   RR     123      91%  H Lanier        Double; Fuentes to 3B; Dietz Scores; Henderson Scores
                  Bob Taylor pinch hits for Ron Bryant batting 9th
   RR     -23      95%  B Taylor        Single; Lanier Scores; Fuentes Scores
   R      1--      98%  B Bonds         Triple; Taylor Scores
          --3      98%  R Hunt          Hit By Pitch
                  Jim Nelson replaces Gene Garber pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3      97%  W Mays          Strikeout
   OO     1-3      96%  W McCovey       Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 10, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-10, Frank Reberger facing 6-7-8
                  Frank Reberger replaces Bob Taylor pitching and batting 9th; Frank Johnson replaces Willie McCovey playing 1B batting 4th
          ---      94%  A Oliver        Double
          -2-      92%  J May           Single; Oliver stays at 2B
   O      12-      94%  R Hebner        Strikeout
          12-      91%  J Nelson        Single; May to 2B; Oliver to 3B
   OO     123      98%  M Alou          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 10, Pirates 4.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Ahead 10-4, Jim Nelson facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      97%  K Henderson     Flyball: RF
   O      ---      97%  D Dietz         Strikeout
   O      ---      97%  T Fuentes       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 10, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-10, Frank Reberger facing 2-3-4
          ---      96%  G Alley         Single
   O      1--      97%  R Clemente      Strikeout
          1--      96%  B Robertson     Walk; Alley to 2B
   O      12-      97%  D Cash          Lineout: RF
   R      12-      95%  A Oliver        Single; Robertson to 2B; Alley Scores
   O      12-      97%  J May           Strikeout
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 10, Pirates 5.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Ahead 10-5, Jim Nelson facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      97%  H Lanier        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      97%  F Reberger      Strikeout
   O      ---      96%  B Bonds         Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 10, Pirates 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-10, Frank Reberger facing 8-9-1
          ---      95%  R Hebner        Walk
                  Jose Pagan pinch hits for Jim Nelson batting 9th
   O      1--      96%  J Pagan         Strikeout
          1--      94%  M Alou          Walk; Hebner to 2B
          12-      90%  G Alley         Walk; Hebner to 3B; Alou to 2B
   O      123      97%  R Clemente      Baserunner Out Advancing; Hebner out at Hm/C-P
          12-      95%  " "             Walk; Alou to 3B; Alley to 2B
   RR     123      88%  B Robertson     Single; Clemente to 3B; Alley Scores; Alou Scores
                  Jerry Johnson replaces Frank Reberger pitching and batting 9th; Willie Stargell pinch hits for Dave Cash batting 5th
   R      1-3      79%  W Stargell      Single; Robertson to 3B; Clemente Scores
                  Dock Ellis pinch runs for Willie Stargell batting 5th
   O      1-3      87%  A Oliver        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 10, Pirates 8.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Ahead 10-8, Luke Walker facing 2-3-4
                  Luke Walker replaces Dock Ellis pitching and batting 5th; Gene Alley moves to 2B; Freddie Patek replaces Jose Pagan playing SS batting 9th
          ---      89%  R Hunt          Walk
          1--      94%  W Mays          Double; Hunt to 3B
   O      -23      92%  F Johnson       Groundout: P-SS-1B
          -23      92%  K Henderson     Intentional Walk
   R      123      96%  D Dietz         Single; Henderson to 2B; Mays to 3B; Hunt Scores
   RR     123      99%  T Fuentes       Single; Dietz to 3B; Henderson Scores; Mays Scores
   O      1-3      98%  H Lanier        Fielder's Choice 1B; Dietz out at Hm/1B-C-3B; Fuentes to 3B; Lanier to 2B
   O      -23      98%  J Johnson       Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 13, Pirates 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 8-13, Jerry Johnson facing 7-8-9
          ---      97%  J May           Walk
          1--      94%  R Hebner        Single; May to 2B
   O      12-      96%  F Patek         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; May to 3B
   R      1-3      90%  M Alou          Single to RF; May Scores; Patek to 3B; Alou to 2B/Adv on E9
   RR     -23      83%  G Alley         Single; Alou Scores; Patek Scores
                  Bill Faul replaces Jerry Johnson pitching and batting 9th
          1--      75%  R Clemente      Single; Alley to 2B
                  Johnny Jeter pinch runs for Roberto Clemente batting 3rd
   O      12-      85%  B Robertson     Flyball: 3B
                  Manny Sanguillen pinch hits for Luke Walker batting 5th
   O      12-      93%  M Sanguillen    Flyball: RF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Giants 13, Pirates 11.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Ahead 13-11, Dave Giusti facing 1-2-3
                  Dave Giusti replaces Manny Sanguillen pitching and batting 5th; Johnny Jeter moves to RF
   O      ---      92%  B Bonds         Strikeout
   O      ---      92%  R Hunt          Flyball: CF
   O      ---      91%  W Mays          Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 13, Pirates 11.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 11-13, Bill Faul facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      96%  A Oliver        Flyball: CF
   O      ---      99%  J May           Flyball: C
          ---      96%  R Hebner        Walk
   O      1--     100%  F Patek         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 13, Pirates 11.

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