New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
April 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 2 1
Millan 2b 3 2 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 0 2 1
Milner 1b 3 1 1 2
Schneck cf 4 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 0
Hodges c 4 2 2 2
Parker p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomasson lf 3 0 0 0
  Matthews ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Miller 2b 5 1 1 0
Maddox cf 5 0 2 0
Bonds rf 4 1 2 0
Ontiveros 3b 5 2 3 3
Speier ss 4 0 2 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 1
Boccabella c 4 0 1 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 1 0 0 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 1 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 13 4
New York 001 101 2106100
San Francisco 021 000 1004130
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Parker  W (1-0) 6.0 7 3 3 2 2
  McGraw   1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Miller  SV (1) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   5.1 6 3 3 1 4
  Moffitt  L (1-1) 2.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Bryant   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
8

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Staub (5,off Williams); Harrelson (4,off Williams); Millan (2,off Williams).  3B–San Francisco Bonds (3,off Parker).  HR–New York Milner (2,4th inning off Williams 0 on, 2 out); Hodges (1,7th inning off Moffitt 1 on, 1 out), San Francisco Ontiveros (2,3rd inning off Parker 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Parker (1,off Williams); Staub (1,off Moffitt).  SF–Milner (2,off Bryant).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:41.  A–18,970.
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