San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1974 at Shea Stadium. 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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San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 1
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 2 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Kingman 1b 3 0 0 1
Rudolph c 3 0 0 0
D'Acquisto p 1 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Boccabella ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 2 0 1 0
Millan 2b 4 0 3 2
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
  Hahn cf 0 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 0
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
Schneck cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Boswell 3b 2 1 1 0
  Garrett 3b 0 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 2 2
Matlack p 2 1 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
San Francisco 010 000 010–240
New York 030 001 00x–481
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  L (2-3) 1.2 3 3 3 4 2
  Willoughby   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   3.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Sosa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (4-1) 9.0 4 2 2 0 12
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
0
12
  E–Boswell (1).  DP–San Francisco 2.  HR–San Francisco Bonds (4,8th inning off Matlack 0 on, 2 out).  WP–Matlack (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:18.  A–13,421.
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