San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
May 23, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1970 at Candlestick Park. The San Diego Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 17, San Francisco Giants 16

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Campbell 2b 7 2 0 0
Huntz ss 8 4 3 1
Gaston cf 5 3 3 3
Colbert 1b 8 2 5 4
Brown rf 8 0 2 1
Murrell lf 7 2 3 1
Kelly 3b 3 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph,3b 2 1 0 0
  Arcia 3b 1 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 4 1 2 2
  Slocum pr,c 3 1 1 3
Kirby p 0 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 1 1 0
  Dukes p 1 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Ferrara ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 1 0 1 0
  Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  Corkins p 1 0 0 0
  Coombs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 63 17 21 15
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 8 2 3 2
Hunt 2b 8 2 3 3
Mays cf 6 3 4 4
McCovey 1b 8 1 2 4
Henderson lf 7 2 2 1
Dietz c 6 1 2 0
Fuentes 3b,ss 6 2 3 0
Lanier ss 3 1 1 0
  Mason ph 1 0 0 0
  Faul p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson F. ph 1 0 1 1
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 0 1 0 0
  Puente p 1 0 0 0
Marichal p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 1 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Reberger p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 0 0 0 0
  Heise pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Davenport ph,3b 3 0 1 1
Totals 60 16 23 16
San Diego 005 200 151 020 00117211
San Francisco 170 010 122 020 00016233
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby   2.0 7 8 8 2 1
  Dukes   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Herbel   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Ross   1.2 4 3 3 2 2
  Roberts   2.1 6 3 3 0 3
  Corkins   1.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Coombs  W (4-3) 4.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
15.0
23
16
16
10
12
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal   2.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Johnson   3.1 2 2 0 4 2
  Reberger   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  McCormick   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Faul   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Bryant   2.0 1 2 2 1 3
  Puente  L (1-3) 4.0 4 1 1 2 4
Totals
15.0
21
17
15
12
11

  E–Arcia (2), Mays 2 (3), Lanier (9).  DP–San Diego 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–San Diego Brown (7,off Marichal); Murrell (4,off Reberger); Huntz (3,off Faul), San Francisco McCovey (8,off Ross); Fuentes (4,off Roberts).  HR–San Diego Cannizzaro (3,3rd inning off Marichal 0 on, 1 out); Gaston (5,3rd inning off Marichal 2 on, 2 out); Slocum (1,8th inning off McCormick 2 on, 2 out); Colbert (14,11th inning off Bryant 1 on, 0 out); Huntz (6,15th inning off Puente 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Mays 2 (10,1st inning off Kirby 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Herbel 0 on, 0 out); Henderson (7,2nd inning off Kirby 0 on, 0 out); McCovey (13,2nd inning off Kirby 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Brown (1,off Faul); Arcia (1,off Puente); Coombs (3,off Puente); Marichal (2,off Kirby); Fuentes 2 (4,off Roberts,off Coombs); Davenport (1,off Corkins); Hunt (2,off Coombs); Puente (1,off Coombs).  HBP–Murrell (1,by Jerry Johnson).  IBB–Murrell (1,by Faul); Slocum (1,by Puente); Dietz (2,by Ross); McCovey (15,by Corkins); Mays (1,by Coombs).  SB–Bonds (20,2nd base off Kirby/Cannizzaro).  CS–Bonds (2,2nd base by Herbel/Cannizzaro); Fuentes (1,3rd base by Coombs/Slocum).  WP–Corkins (1), Jerry Johnson (1).  HBP–Jerry Johnson (1,Murrell).  IBB–Ross (5,Dietz); Corkins (7,McCovey); Coombs (2,Mays); Faul (2,Murrell); Puente (1,Slocum).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–John Kibler.  T–5:29.  A–15,536.
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