Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
April 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 3, San Francisco Giants 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1
Driessen 3b 3 0 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 4 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Foster rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 1 0 0
Speier ss 3 1 1 0
Maddox cf 4 1 2 4
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
Ontiveros 1b 4 0 1 0
Kingman 3b 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Rudolph c 3 0 0 0
D'Acquisto p 2 1 1 0
  Sosa p 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Cincinnati 000 000 201–370
San Francisco 100 030 00x–462
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (0-1) 5.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Carroll   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  W (1-0) 6.2 6 2 2 4 4
  Sosa   2.0 1 1 0 2 1
  Moffitt  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
7
5
  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  HR–San Francisco Maddox (2,5th inning off Nelson 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Morgan (1,off Sosa).  SB–Maddox (2,2nd base off Nelson/Bench).  WP–Nelson 2 (2).  BK–Nelson (1).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:37.  A–4,729.
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