Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
May 23, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1974 at Candlestick Park. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Francisco Giants 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 3 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 3 2 3
Crawford rf 4 1 0 0
Cey 3b 3 1 1 1
Ferguson c 4 0 3 2
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Messersmith p 3 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 2 2 2 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 1 3 1
Ontiveros 3b 4 2 1 1
Matthews lf 5 1 1 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 2 2
Speier ss 4 0 2 2
Rader c 4 0 2 1
Caldwell p 1 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Los Angeles 010 320 000671
San Francisco 110 001 40x7131
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith   6.1 8 6 6 4 8
  Marshall  L (2-2) 1.2 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell   5.0 6 6 5 2 1
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sosa  W (5-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Moffitt  SV (9) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
3
4

  E–Russell (14), Fuentes (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (6,off Caldwell); Wynn (6,off Caldwell).  HR–Los Angeles Garvey 2 (10,2nd inning off Caldwell 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Caldwell 1 on, 1 out), San Francisco Kingman (7,2nd inning off Messersmith 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Garvey (1,by Caldwell); Cey (3,by Caldwell).  CS–Paciorek (1,2nd base by Sosa/Rader).  SB–Bonds 2 (8,2nd base off Messersmith/Ferguson 2).  HBP–Caldwell 2 (2,Garvey,Cey).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.
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