Giants @ Phillies
June 16, 1973

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Top 9	R	H	E
Giants	4	11	1
Phillies	5	11	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Giants	4	11	1
Phillies	5	11	1

Gary Matthews Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.316
OBP	.750	.397
At Bats	3	187
Hits	2	59
• Singles	2	43
• Doubles	0	9
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	1	25
RBI’s	0	14

Barry Lersch Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	1

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Veterans Stadium - June 16, 1973

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Out

Barry Lersch

Bob Boone

Tom Hutton

Denny Doyle

Mike Schmidt

Larry Bowa

Greg Luzinski

Del Unser

Willie Montanez

Gary Matthews

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
San Francisco Giants	4	11	1	11
Philadelphia Phillies	5	11	1	7
Winning Pitcher	Barry Lersch
Losing Pitcher	Jim Barr
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Greg Luzinski
Attendance	25,615
Time of Game	2 hours 34 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Phillips for the out.

Top 9 McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Lersch hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Bowa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Boone strikes out.

Bottom 8 Randy Moffitt now pitching. Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 8 Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second.

Top 8 Bonds takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Jim Howarth pinch hits for Jim Barr. Howarth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Luzinski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Unser scores.

Bottom 7 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Unser moves to second.

Bottom 7 Unser is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 7 Mike Phillips now playing third base. Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Speier hits a line drive towards third. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Mike Phillips pinch runs for Ed Goodson. Matthews takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.

Top 7 Goodson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out.

Top 7 Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Lersch strikes out.

Bottom 6 Bowa hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Fuentes hits a fly ball into right field. Montanez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Bonds is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Barr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Schmidt hits a line drive towards short. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Hutton moves to third.

Bottom 5 Jim Barr now pitching. Hutton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Montanez scores. There goes Luzinski trying to get to home. Maddox throws the ball in to Rader who tags Luzinski who's trying to score from second, for the out. Hutton moves to second.

Bottom 5 Luzinski hits a line drive into center field. Maddox picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Maddox. Unser scores. Montanez moves to third. Luzinski moves to second.

Bottom 5 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Unser moves to second.

Bottom 5 Unser takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Doyle strikes out.

Top 5 Rader strikes out.

Top 5 Speier strikes out.

Top 5 There goes Matthews. The throw from Boone and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 5 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Goodson strikes out.

Bottom 4 Lersch strikes out.

Bottom 4 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Boone is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Schmidt hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. Marichal scores. Bonds moves to third.

Top 4 Barry Lersch now pitching. Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rader scores. Marichal moves to third. Bonds moves to second.

Top 4 Bonds takes first base on ball four. Marichal moves to second.

Top 4 Marichal takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Rader hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Unser who is chasing the ball. Rader reaches third base with a triple.

Top 4 Speier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Luzinski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Luzinski reaches second base with a double. Montanez scores.

Bottom 3 Montanez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Montanez reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Matthews hits a popup towards short. Bowa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Goodson is called out on strikes.

Top 3 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox moves to third.

Top 3 Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Unser. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Fuentes goes all the way around to score.

Top 3 Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Ruthven strikes out.

Bottom 2 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Marichal covering. Safe. Hutton moves to third. Schmidt moves to second.

Bottom 2 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hutton moves to second.

Bottom 2 Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Luzinski hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 2 Marichal strikes out.

Top 2 Rader takes first base on ball four. Speier moves to second.

Top 2 Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 2 There goes Matthews. The throw from Boone and he is out, Bowa applying the tag.

Top 2 Matthews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Montanez hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Unser hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Goodson hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. Maddox moves to second.

Top 1 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Fuentes strikes out.

Top 1 Bonds hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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