San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
July 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Diego Padres 2, San Francisco Giants 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 4 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Gaston lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 1
Grubb cf 4 1 2 1
Thomas 2b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Roberts 3b 3 0 0 0
Spillner p 2 0 0 0
  Winfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Hardy p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 5 1 1 0
Speier ss 4 1 2 2
Thomasson cf 4 1 1 0
Bonds rf 3 1 0 0
Goodson 1b 4 2 2 3
Matthews lf 2 1 1 2
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Boccabella c 4 2 2 0
Bradley p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 7
San Diego 000 101 000261
San Francisco 001 200 51x9101
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (4-3) 6.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Hardy   0.2 1 3 0 1 1
  Laxton   1.1 3 3 3 2 3
Totals
8.0
10
9
6
5
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  W (7-8) 9.0 6 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
4

  E–Grubb (2), Bradley (3).  2B–San Francisco Speier 2 (12,off Spillner,off Laxton); Boccabella (1,off Laxton).  3B–San Diego Thomas (5,off Bradley).  HR–San Diego Grubb (5,4th inning off Bradley 0 on, 2 out); McCovey (7,6th inning off Bradley 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Matthews (8,4th inning off Spillner 1 on, 1 out); Goodson (3,7th inning off Laxton 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Hernandez (9,off Bradley); Bradley (6,off Spillner).  IBB–Bonds (6,by Laxton).  SB–Fuentes (2,2nd base off Spillner/Kendall); Phillips (2,2nd base off Hardy/Kendall).  CS–Matthews (3,2nd base by Spillner/Kendall).  IBB–Laxton (1,Bonds).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–(none), 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:06.  A–5,718.
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