San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
April 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1974 at San Diego Stadium. 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 Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 1 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 1b 2 2 1 0
Kingman 3b 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 2 1
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 0 0 0 0
  Howarth pr 0 0 0 0
  Boccabella c 0 0 0 0
Willoughby p 3 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 4 0 1 2
Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
  Colbert 1b 0 0 0 0
Grubb cf 3 1 1 0
Kendall c 2 1 2 0
Roberts 3b 3 1 2 1
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
Arlin p 3 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
San Francisco 010 100 000260
San Diego 000 020 10x371
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Willoughby  L (1-1) 6.1 7 3 3 0 1
  Barr   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
0
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Arlin  W (1-1) 7.0 6 2 1 4 3
  Romo  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
4

  E–Roberts (1).  2B–San Francisco Kingman (2,off Arlin), San Diego McCovey (2,off Willoughby).  SH–Speier (3,off Arlin); Hernandez (1,off Willoughby); Kendall (1,off Willoughby).  CS–Tolan (2,2nd base by Willoughby/Rudolph).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:16.  A–11,870.
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