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BAL  2
TEX  1

BOS  8
CHW  3

DET  1
@CAL  0

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KCR  2
@CLE  0

NYY  2
MIN  1

OAK  7
MIL  1

ATL  8
STL  6

LAD 18
@CHC  8

CIN  7
PHI  1

HOU  6
NYM  2

SDP  3
@MON  0

SFG  8
@PIT  7

(10)
Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 15,944

Tuesday, August 20, 1974, 7:35PM
Time of Game: 3:31
Giants
8
56-68
Won 2
5th, 21½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Giants          0  0  0   0  1  0   0  1  5   1    8 16  2
Pirates         1  0  2   0  0  0   1  2  1   0    7 13  1
W: M Caldwell (12-3), L: J Morlan (0-3)
Pirates
7
62-61
Lost 2
2nd, 2½ GB

BATTING

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Maddox CF                   6   1   2   0    0   0  .292  .751    0    2   0   
T Fuentes 2B                  5   3   5   0    1   0  .247  .582    0    3   4   2B
B Bonds RF                    4   1   2   2    2   0  .263  .819    0    5   1   2B
G Matthews LF                 6   1   2   2    0   2  .275  .797    0    2   0   2·2B
E Goodson 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .296  .760    0    5   1   
  C Arnold PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .245  .645    0    0   0   
  E Sosa P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .071  .142         0   0   
  M Caldwell P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .174  .382    0    2   0   SH
C Speier SS                   3   1   1   1    3   0  .256  .695    0    2   2   3B,IW
B Miller 3B                   5   1   3   2    1   0  .292  .676    0    0   3   
K Rudolph C                   2   0   0   0    1   0  .248  .602    0    4   1   GDP
  D Rader PH-C                3   0   1   1    0   0  .297  .742    0    3   0   2B
J D'Acquisto P                2   0   0   0    0   0  .123  .420    0    0   0   
  G Thomasson PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .243  .651    0    0   0   
  J Morris P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Ontiveros PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .252  .701    0    0   0   
  R Moffitt P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .385  .967         0   0   
  D Kingman PH-1B             1   0   0   0    0   1  .214  .727    0    2   1   
Totals                       44   8  16   8    8   3                    30  13
BATTING
2B: G Matthews 2 (20, off D Giusti, off B Kison); B Bonds (19, off B Kison); T Fuentes (9, off B Kison); D Rader (13, off D Giusti).
3B: C Speier (4, off R Hernandez).
SH: M Caldwell (3, off J Pizarro).
IBB: C Speier (3, by J Pizarro).
TB: T Fuentes 6; G Matthews 4; B Bonds 3; B Miller 3; C Speier 3; G Maddox 2; D Rader 2.
GIDP: K Rudolph (5).
RBI: G Matthews 2 (60); B Bonds 2 (57); B Miller 2 (7); D Rader (17); C Speier (44).
2-out RBI: D Rader; B Miller; B Bonds.
Team LOB: 15.
With RISP: 5 for 18.
FIELDING
DP: 1. K Rudolph-T Fuentes.
E: J D'Acquisto (2); D Rader (7).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Stennett 2B                 6   1   3   3    0   0  .279  .678    0    5   6   HR
R Hebner 3B                   6   2   2   0    0   1  .304  .830    0    2   3   2B
A Oliver CF                   5   2   4   1    0   0  .315  .827    0    5   0   2B
W Stargell LF                 4   0   2   1    1   0  .301  .965    0    0   0   CS,IW
  G Clines PR-LF              0   0   0   0    0   0  .226  .561         0   0   
R Zisk RF                     5   0   1   1    0   2  .326  .881    0    3   0   
M Sanguillen C                5   1   1   0    0   0  .287  .696    0    3   0   2B
E Kirkpatrick 1B              4   0   0   0    1   0  .249  .685    0   10   0   IW
F Taveras SS                  3   1   0   0    1   0  .262  .608    0    2   2   IW
  B Robertson PH              1   0   0   0    0   1  .228  .797    0    0   0   
B Kison P                     3   0   0   0    0   2  .083  .310    0    0   1   
  D Giusti P                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .125  .347    0    0   0   
  R Hernandez P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Morlan P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .125         0   0   
  J Pizarro P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  A Howe PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .726    0    0   0   
Totals                       43   7  13   6    4   6                    30  13
BATTING
2B: M Sanguillen (18, off R Moffitt); R Hebner (20, off J D'Acquisto); A Oliver (28, off J D'Acquisto).
HR: R Stennett (5, off J Morris; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).
IBB: W Stargell (12, by J D'Acquisto); F Taveras (2, by R Moffitt); E Kirkpatrick (6, by J D'Acquisto).
TB: R Stennett 6; A Oliver 5; R Hebner 3; M Sanguillen 2; W Stargell 2; R Zisk.
RBI: R Stennett 3 (42); A Oliver (57); R Zisk (76); W Stargell (72).
2-out RBI: R Stennett 2.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 4 for 11.
FIELDING
DP: 2. F Taveras-R Stennett-E Kirkpatrick; F Taveras-R Stennett.
E: F Taveras (19).
BASERUNNING
CS: W Stargell (1, 2nd base by J D'Acquisto/K Rudolph).

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
J D'Acquisto                   6     7   3   3    2   3   0   3.43   27     -       ·  ·      5·10· 0· 7     47    -     0.83  -0.11
J Morris                       1     1   1   1    0   0   1   5.06    4     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 1          0-0    0.25  -0.04
R Moffitt                      1     2   2   2    2   1   0   4.46    6     -       ·  ·      1· 0· 0· 2          0-0    0.45  -0.04
E Sosa, H (5)                  0.1   1   1   0    0   1   0   3.15    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 1          0-0    3.20  -0.01
M Caldwell, BS (1), W (12-3)   1.2   2   0   0    0   1   0   3.13    8     -       ·  ·      5· 0· 0· 2          1-1    4.11  -0.12
Totals                        10    13   7   6    4   6   1          47     -       ·  ·     12·12· 0·13          1-1 
Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Kison                        6.2   8   1   1    4   1   0   3.33   30     -       ·  ·     10· 6· 1· 8     51    -     1.22   0.23
D Giusti, H (2)                1.1   6   5   5    0   1   0   3.84   10     -       ·  ·      0· 2· 1· 6          2-0    1.23  -0.27
R Hernandez, BS (3)            0.1   1   1   1    0   0   0   2.12    2     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 1          1-1    3.88  -0.33
J Morlan, L (0-3)              0.2   1   1   1    2   1   0   3.36    6     -       ·  ·      2· 0· 0· 1          1-1    2.30  -0.34
J Pizarro                      1     0   0   0    2   0   0   0.00    5     -       ·  ·      2· 1· 0· 0          2-1    4.47  -0.12
Totals                        10    16   8   8    8   3   0          53     -       ·  ·     14·10· 2·16          6-3 
D Giusti faced 4 batters in the 9th inning.
J Morlan faced 2 batters in the 10th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: R Moffitt (3; F Taveras); J D'Acquisto 2 (4; W Stargell, E Kirkpatrick); J Pizarro (1; C Speier).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Bill Williams.
Time of Game: 3:31.
Attendance: 15,944.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: Night.

LINEUPS

   San Francisco Giants          Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. G Maddox             CF    1. R Stennett           2B 
2. T Fuentes            2B    2. R Hebner             3B 
3. B Bonds              RF    3. A Oliver             CF 
4. G Matthews           LF    4. W Stargell           LF 
5. E Goodson            1B    5. R Zisk               RF 
6. C Speier             SS    6. M Sanguillen         C  
7. B Miller             3B    7. E Kirkpatrick        1B 
8. K Rudolph            C     8. F Taveras            SS 
9. J D'Acquisto         P     9. B Kison              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   1  6-5  -2-      46%  68% C Speier        R Hernandez     Triple to RF; Matthews Scores
   t10   2  7-7  123      32%  86% B Miller        J Pizarro       Walk; Fuentes Scores; Bonds to 3B; Speier to 2B
   b 9   1  7-6  1-3     -25%  30% R Zisk          M Caldwell      Fielder's Choice ; Oliver Scores/Adv on E2/unER; Clines to 2B
   b 9   1  7-6  1--     -25%  55% W Stargell      M Caldwell      Single to CF; Oliver to 3B
   t 9   0  6-3  12-      21%  35% G Matthews      D Giusti        Double to CF; Fuentes Scores; Bonds Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Bruce Kison facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  G Maddox        Groundout: P-1B
          ---      50%  T Fuentes       Single to CF
   O      1--      48%  B Bonds         Flyball: CF
   O      1--      45%  G Matthews      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, John D'Acquisto facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      48%  R Stennett      Flyball: 2B
          ---      45%  R Hebner        Single to 3B
          1--      39%  A Oliver        Single to CF; Hebner to 3B
   R      1-3      31%  W Stargell      Single to LF; Hebner Scores; Oliver to 2B
   OO     12-      39%  R Zisk          Double Play: Strikeout, Stargell Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 1.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-1, Bruce Kison facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      36%  E Goodson       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      35%  C Speier        Flyball: RF
   O      ---      34%  B Miller        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 1-0, John D'Acquisto facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      36%  M Sanguillen    Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      33%  E Kirkpatrick   Reached on E1 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      36%  F Taveras       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      38%  B Kison         Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 1.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-1, Bruce Kison facing 8-9-1
          ---      42%  K Rudolph       Walk
   O      1--      38%  J D'Acquisto    Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--      46%  G Maddox        Single to RF; D'Acquisto to 3B
          1-3      50%  T Fuentes       Single to P; D'Acquisto stays at 3B; Maddox to 2B
   OO     123      32%  B Bonds         Line Drive Double Play: SS-2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 1-0, John D'Acquisto facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      34%  R Stennett      Foul Flyball: RF
          ---      30%  R Hebner        Double to CF
   R      -2-      21%  A Oliver        Double to LF; Hebner Scores
          -2-      20%  W Stargell      Intentional Walk
   R      12-      13%  R Zisk          Single to RF; Oliver Scores; Stargell to 2B
   O      12-      14%  M Sanguillen    Groundout: SS-1B; Stargell to 3B; Zisk to 2B
          -23      13%  E Kirkpatrick   Intentional Walk
   O      123      17%  F Taveras       Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 3.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-3, Bruce Kison facing 4-5-6
          ---      22%  G Matthews      Double to LF
   O      -2-      18%  E Goodson       Foul Flyball: 3B
          -2-      21%  C Speier        Walk
   O      12-      17%  B Miller        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; Matthews to 3B
   O      1-3      12%  K Rudolph       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-0, John D'Acquisto facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      13%  B Kison         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      14%  R Stennett      Flyball: LF
   O      ---      14%  R Hebner        Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 3.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-3, Bruce Kison facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      12%  J D'Acquisto    Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      11%  G Maddox        Flyball: RF
          ---      12%  T Fuentes       Single to CF
   R      1--      21%  B Bonds         Double to CF; Fuentes Scores
   O      -2-      17%  G Matthews      Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, John D'Acquisto facing 3-4-5
          ---      15%  A Oliver        Single to CF
   O      1--      17%  W Stargell      Flyball: LF
   O      1--      19%  R Zisk          Flyball: RF
   O      1--      20%  M Sanguillen    Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Bruce Kison facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      17%  E Goodson       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      21%  C Speier        Walk
          1--      26%  B Miller        Single to LF; Speier to 2B
   OO     12-      14%  K Rudolph       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, John D'Acquisto facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      15%  E Kirkpatrick   Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---      16%  F Taveras       Foul Flyball: C
   O      ---      17%  B Kison         Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Bruce Kison facing 9-1-2
                  Gary Thomasson pinch hits for John D'Acquisto batting 9th
   O      ---      13%  G Thomasson     Flyball: CF
   O      ---      11%  G Maddox        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      14%  T Fuentes       Double to CF
          -2-      16%  B Bonds         Walk
                  Dave Giusti replaces Bruce Kison pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-      10%  G Matthews      Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, John Morris facing 1-2-3
                  John Morris replaces Gary Thomasson pitching and batting 9th
   R      ---       5%  R Stennett      Home Run
   O      ---       5%  R Hebner        Flyball: RF
   O      ---       6%  A Oliver        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---       6%  W Stargell      Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Pirates 4.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-4, Dave Giusti facing 5-6-7
   O      ---       4%  E Goodson       Flyball: CF
   O      ---       3%  C Speier        Lineout: RF
          ---       4%  B Miller        Single to CF
                  Dave Rader pinch hits for Ken Rudolph batting 8th
   R      1--       9%  D Rader         Double to CF; Miller Scores
                  Steve Ontiveros pinch hits for John Morris batting 9th
   O      -2-       5%  S Ontiveros     Foul Flyball: 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 4-2, Randy Moffitt facing 5-6-7
                  Randy Moffitt replaces Steve Ontiveros pitching and batting 9th; Dave Rader moves to C
   O      ---       6%  R Zisk          Strikeout
          ---       5%  M Sanguillen    Double to RF
   O      -2-       6%  E Kirkpatrick   Groundout: 2B-1B; Sanguillen to 3B
          --3       5%  F Taveras       Intentional Walk
          1-3       5%  D Giusti        Walk; Taveras to 2B
   RRO    123       1%  R Stennett      Single to RF; Sanguillen Scores; Taveras Scores; Giusti out at 3B/RF-2B-3B-SS
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 6.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 2-6, Dave Giusti facing 1-2-3
          ---       3%  G Maddox        Single to LF
          1--       8%  T Fuentes       Single to CF; Maddox to 3B
   R      1-3      14%  B Bonds         Single to 3B; Maddox Scores; Fuentes to 2B
   RR     12-      35%  G Matthews      Double to CF; Fuentes Scores; Bonds Scores
                  Ramon Hernandez replaces Dave Giusti pitching and batting 9th; Chris Arnold pinch hits for Ed Goodson batting 5th
   O      -2-      22%  C Arnold        Flyball: 2B
   R      -2-      68%  C Speier        Triple to RF; Matthews Scores
                  John Morlan replaces Ramon Hernandez pitching and batting 9th
   R      --3      85%  B Miller        Single to CF; Speier Scores
          1--      87%  D Rader         Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Miller to 2B
                  Dave Kingman pinch hits for Randy Moffitt batting 9th
   O      12-      85%  D Kingman       Strikeout
   O      12-      82%  G Maddox        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Giants 7, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-7, Elias Sosa facing 2-3-4
                  Elias Sosa replaces Chris Arnold pitching and batting 5th; Dave Kingman moves to 1B
   O      ---      90%  R Hebner        Strikeout
          ---      81%  A Oliver        Single to RF
                  Mike Caldwell replaces Elias Sosa pitching and batting 5th
          1--      55%  W Stargell      Single to CF; Oliver to 3B
                  Gene Clines pinch runs for Willie Stargell batting 4th
   R      1-3      30%  R Zisk          Fielder's Choice ; Oliver Scores/Adv on E2/unER; Clines to 2B
   O      12-      37%  M Sanguillen    Groundout: 2B-P; Clines to 3B; Zisk to 2B
   O      -23      50%  E Kirkpatrick   Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Giants 7, Pirates 7.

Top of the 10th, Giants Batting, Tied 7-7, John Morlan facing 2-3-4
                  Gene Clines moves to LF
          ---      58%  T Fuentes       Walk
          1--      70%  B Bonds         Walk; Fuentes to 2B
                  Juan Pizarro replaces John Morlan pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-      58%  G Matthews      Flyball: CF
   O      12-      51%  M Caldwell      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Fuentes to 3B; Bonds to 2B
          -23      54%  C Speier        Intentional Walk
   R      123      86%  B Miller        Walk; Fuentes Scores; Bonds to 3B; Speier to 2B
   O      123      82%  D Rader         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Giants 8, Pirates 7.

Bottom of the 10th, Pirates Batting, Behind 7-8, Mike Caldwell facing 8-9-1
                  Bob Robertson pinch hits for Frank Taveras batting 8th
   O      ---      90%  B Robertson     Strikeout
                  Art Howe pinch hits for Juan Pizarro batting 9th
   O      ---      96%  A Howe          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      91%  R Stennett      Single to SS
   O      1--     100%  R Hebner        Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 8, Pirates 7.

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