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Giants
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 24, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 24, 1973 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 24, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
New York Mets
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 24, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Juan Marichal |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jerry Koosman |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 35,361 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Terry Tata 1B: Ed Vargo 2B: Bruce Froemming 3B: Satch Davidson |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Mike Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Juan Marichal | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
| Rusty Staub | Right Fielder |
| John Milner | First Baseman |
| Cleon Jones | Left Fielder |
| Wayne Garrett | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| Ted Martinez | Shortstop |
| Jerry Koosman | Pitcher |
| Yogi Berra | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 24, 1973
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Koosman
Matthews hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Koosman
Fuentes strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Koosman
Bonds hits a popup towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Marichal
Mays hits a line drive towards short. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Marichal
Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Marichal
Staub hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Staub throws the ball in to Garrett who tags McCovey trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Koosman
Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Koosman
Speier is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Koosman
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Marichal
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Marichal
Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Marichal
Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Koosman
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marichal vs. Koosman
Marichal bunts towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Koosman
Matthews hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Koosman
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Marichal
Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Marichal
Marichal fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Marichal. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Marichal
Martinez hits a line drive towards third. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Koosman vs. Marichal
Koosman bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Marichal
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Millan vs. Marichal
Millan hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Koosman
Bonds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Koosman
Koosman fires to first and picks off Bonds. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Koosman
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Maddox reaches second base with a double. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Speier vs. Koosman
Speier is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Phillips vs. Koosman
Phillips hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rader vs. Koosman
Rader hits a line drive into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Marichal
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Marichal
Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Marichal
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garrett vs. Marichal
Garrett takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grote vs. Marichal
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grote for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Koosman
Marichal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Koosman
Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Koosman
Fuentes bunts towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. Marichal moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Koosman
Bonds hits a line drive into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Marichal
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koosman vs. Marichal
Koosman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Marichal
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Marichal
Millan bunts towards the mound. Marichal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Staub vs. Marichal
Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Koosman
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Koosman
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Marichal
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Marichal covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Marichal
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Marichal
Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Koosman
Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Koosman
There goes Phillips. The throw from Grote and he is out, Martinez applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Koosman
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Koosman
Marichal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Marichal
Grote hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Marichal
Martinez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koosman vs. Marichal
Koosman bunts towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Marichal
Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Koosman
Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Koosman
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Koosman
Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Marichal
Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Marichal
Staub bunts towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Milner vs. Marichal
Milner is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Marichal
Jones hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes catches it and throws to second with Speier covering, to double up Millan. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Koosman
Gary Thomasson pinch runs for Willie McCovey.
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Koosman
There goes Maddox. The throw from Grote and he is out, Millan applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Koosman
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Koosman
Phillips strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Marichal
Gary Thomasson now playing first base.
Garrett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Marichal
Grote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Marichal
Bud Harrelson pinch runs for Jerry Grote.
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 10
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Koosman
Duffy Dyer now catching.
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marichal vs. Koosman
Marichal bunts in front of the plate. Dyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Matthews vs. Koosman
Matthews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Koosman
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Marichal
Ken Boswell pinch hits for Jerry Koosman.
Boswell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Marichal
Mays bunts towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out. Boswell moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Millan vs. Marichal
Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boswell scores. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/24/1973 -- San Francisco at New York (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Matthews G, lf 5 0 0 0 Mays W, cf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Millan F, 2b 5 0 3 1
Bonds B, rf 4 0 1 0 Staub R, rf 3 0 0 0
McCovey W, 1b 3 0 2 0 Milner J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Thomasson G, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Jones C, lf 4 0 1 0
Maddox G, cf 4 0 2 0 Garrett W, 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier C, ss 2 0 0 0 Grote J, c 4 0 3 0
Phillips M, 3b 4 0 1 0 Harrelson B, pr 0 0 0 0
Rader D, c 2 0 0 0 Dyer D, c 0 0 0 0
Marichal J, p 2 0 1 0 Martinez T, ss 4 0 0 0
Koosman J, p 2 0 0 0
Boswell K, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 0 7 0 33 1 9 1
San Francisco 000 000 000 0 -- 0
New York 000 000 000 1 -- 1
1 out when winning run was scored.
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal J (L) 9.1 9 1 1 2 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman J (W) 10.0 7 0 0 5 5
E -- Marichal J
DP -- San Francisco 2
LOB -- San Francisco 8, New York 9
2B -- Maddox G
CS -- Phillips M, Maddox G
SH -- Marichal J 2, Fuentes T, Koosman J, Staub R, Mays W
T -- 2:31
A -- 35361
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