John Montefusco struck out 13 in 8 1/3 innings and, more importantly, hit a triple that helped decide the game as the Giants defeated the Phillies, 5-4. The Phils bunched five of their eight hits to score three runs in the second inning. The Giants came back with a homer by Chris Speier in the fifth and tied the score in the sixth with a single by Von Joshua, double by Derrel Thomas, infield out by Bobby Murcer and sacrifice fly by Willie Montanez.

Mike Sadek walked in the seventh and Montefusco followed with a tie-breaking triple to kayo Steve Carlton. After Tug McGraw relieved, Joshua singled, sending Montefusco home with what proved to be the winning run. The Phillies rallied in the ninth when Johnny Oates walked and Dave Cash singled with one out. Gary Lavelle, in relief, passed Ollie Brown to load the bases. An infield out by Tony Taylor then scored a run before Charlie Williams came in to retire Greg Luzinski for the final out. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    31, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Phillies     0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  2    2  0  x  -   5  8  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   2   0     0   1   .305      Joshua cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .319
Bowa ss               4   0   1   1     0   1   .306      Thomas 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .272
  Brown ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .306      Murcer rf             3   0   0   1     1   0   .307
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .340      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .267
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .229      Montanez 1b           3   0   0   1     0   3   .291
Luzinski lf           5   0   0   0     0   4   .302      Speier ss             4   1   1   1     0   1   .278
Allen 1b              3   1   1   0     1   2   .227      Miller 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .246      Sadek c               2   1   1   0     1   0   .246
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Montefusco p          3   1   1   1     0   1   .078
Oates c               2   2   1   1     2   0   .289        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Carlton p             3   1   1   1     0   1   .160        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .242

Totals               36   4   8   4     4  13             Totals               30   5   8   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  8,884
Left on Base: Phillies 9, Giants 4
DP: Phillies 2, Giants 0
Errors: Bowa, Thomas
Doubles: Oates (12), Carlton (1), Maddox (24), Thomas (18)
Triples: Montefusco (1)
Home Runs: Speier (10)
Stolen Bases: Allen (9), Joshua (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (8)
GIDP: Matthews (8), Murcer (10)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(11-12)        6.1   7   5   5   2   6   1  27   3.84
McGraw                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.16
Garber                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.41
Totals                  8     8   5   5   2   8   1  33

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(12-7)      8.1   8   4   4   3  13   0  37   3.06
Lavelle                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.77
Williams SV(3)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.12
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4  13   0  40

Wild Pitches: Montefusco (6)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash struck out; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); Johnstone singled to center; Luzinski struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
singled to shortstop; Murcer walked [Thomas to second]; Matthews
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Murcer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Giants 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Allen singled to center; Schmidt struck out;
Maddox flied out to center; Allen stole second; Oates doubled to
right [Allen scored]; Carlton doubled to right [Oates scored];
Cash singled to third [Carlton to third]; Bowa singled to center
[Carlton scored, Cash to third]; Johnstone struck out; 3 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez struck out; Speier was called out on
strikes; Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski struck out; Allen struck out; Schmidt
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Sadek flied out to center; Montefusco flied out to
center; Joshua struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Giants 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Oates popped to third
in foul territory; Carlton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomas reached on an error by Bowa [Thomas to
first]; Murcer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Thomas out at second]; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa reached
on an error by Thomas [Bowa to first]; Montefusco threw a wild
pitch [Bowa to second]; Johnstone flied out to right [Bowa to
third]; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Montanez struck out; Speier homered; Miller grounded
out (shortstop to first); Sadek singled to left; Montefusco was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants
1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Allen struck out; Schmidt flied out to center;
Maddox doubled to left; Oates was walked intentionally; Carlton
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Joshua singled to right; Thomas doubled to center
[Joshua to third]; Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Joshua scored, Thomas to third]; Matthews singled to third
[Thomas stayed at third]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Thomas scored]; Speier flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Cash flied out to right; Bowa struck out;
Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Miller lined to shortstop; Sadek walked; Montefusco
tripled to center [Sadek scored]; MCGRAW REPLACED CARLTON
(PITCHING); Joshua singled to right [Montefusco scored]; Joshua
stole second; Thomas popped to pitcher; Murcer lined to first; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski struck out; Allen walked; Schmidt flied
out to right; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
3, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED MCGRAW (PITCHING); Matthews struck
out; Montanez struck out; Speier grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Giants 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Oates walked; HUTTON BATTED FOR GARBER; Hutton
flied out to right; Cash singled to right [Oates to second];
LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR BOWA;
Brown walked [Oates to third, Cash to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
JOHNSTONE; Taylor forced Brown (third to second) [Oates scored,
Cash to third]; WILLIAMS REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Luzinski
forced Taylor (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 4, Giants 5.