San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1974 at Dodger Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 2 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 3
  Miller pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 2 1
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 1 1
Thomasson lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 1
Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 2 0
  Willoughby pr 0 1 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Rudolph c 0 0 0 0
D'Acquisto p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 0 0
Buckner lf 5 1 2 0
Wynn cf 3 1 1 0
Cey 3b 5 0 1 1
Crawford rf 3 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 2 2
Ferguson c 1 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Messersmith p 2 0 1 1
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
San Francisco 100 000 050691
Los Angeles 100 001 200481
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto   3.0 2 1 1 6 1
  Williams   2.2 3 1 1 2 2
  Barr   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Moffitt  W (1-0) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
10
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith   7.0 5 4 4 3 9
  Marshall  L (0-1) 1.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Brewer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
9

  E–Matthews (1), Messersmith (2).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Bonds (3,off Messersmith); Rader (2,off Messersmith); Phillips (2,off Marshall), Los Angeles Messersmith (1,off Williams); Buckner (4,off Barr).  SH–Moffitt (1,off Marshall).  IBB–Crawford (1,by Barr); Russell (5,by Moffitt).  SB–Bonds (2,3rd base off Messersmith/Ferguson).  CS–Buckner (1,2nd base by Williams/Rader); Crawford (2,Home by Moffitt/Rader).  IBB–Barr (1,Crawford); Moffitt (1,Russell).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:15.  A–41,399.
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