John Montefusco struck out seven batters, raising his rookie season's total to 211, while pitching the Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Padres. With one more start certain, plus possible relief appearances, Montefusco needed 16 more strikeouts to tie the N. L. rookie record of 227 by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1911. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Giants       0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  9  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Thomasson cf          4   0   0   0     1   2   .219
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Thomas 2b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .271
Locklear lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .325      Murcer rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .297
  Hahn pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .147      Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .269
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Montanez 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .298
Tolan rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Speier ss             2   1   0   0     2   1   .271
Roberts 3b            3   0   1   0     0   2   .287      Miller 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .235
Davis c               2   1   1   0     0   0   .239      Sadek c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Montefusco p          3   1   1   0     1   0   .079
  Torres ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Hernandez ss          1   0   0   1     0   0   .217
  Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .224
  Kendall c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Strom p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .107
  Winfield ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               30   1   5   1     0   7             Totals               31   2   9   2     5   3

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 15,447
Left on Base: Padres 3, Giants 11
DP: Padres 1, Giants 1
Errors: Strom
Doubles: Montanez (33), Miller (6)
Triples: Davis (2)
Stolen Bases: Locklear (4), Roberts (3), Thomasson (9)
Caught Stealing: Montanez (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hernandez (3)
GIDP: Tolan (15), Sadek (4)
Hit by Pitch: Thomas (3,by Strom)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(8-7)            7     7   2   1   5   2   0  32   2.38
Frisella                1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.13
Totals                  8     9   2   1   5   3   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(14-9)      9     5   1   1   0   7   0  31   3.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   7   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Strom (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


PADRES 1ST: Grubb struck out; Fuentes flied out to right;
Locklear grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson lined to first; Thomas made an out to
first; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey singled to right; Tolan grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [McCovey out at
second]; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
doubled to right; Speier struck out; Miller made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 3RD: Davis tripled to center; Hernandez hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Davis scored]; Strom was called out on strikes;
Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants
0.

GIANTS 3RD: Sadek flied out to right; Montefusco walked;
Montefusco was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Strom [Montefusco to third]; Thomasson walked; Thomas singled to
left [Montefusco scored (unearned), Thomasson to second];
Thomasson stole third; Murcer popped to first in foul territory;
Matthews made an out to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 4TH: Fuentes popped to third in foul territory; Locklear
singled to right; Locklear stole second; McCovey made an out to
second; Tolan lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez singled to center; Montanez was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Speier walked; Miller
doubled to left [Speier scored]; Sadek grounded out (shortstop
to first); Montefusco made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 5TH: Roberts singled; Roberts stole second; Davis flied
out to right; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Roberts to third]; Strom struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); Thomas
was hit by a pitch; Murcer lined to center; Matthews walked
[Thomas to second]; Montanez popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 6TH: Grubb flied out to left; Fuentes flied out to
center; Locklear flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier walked; Miller singled to center [Speier to
second]; Sadek grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Speier to third, Miller out at second]; Montefusco
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 7TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Tolan
grounded out (second to first); Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Thomas flied
out to center; Murcer singled; Matthews singled [Murcer to
second]; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 2.

PADRES 8TH: TURNER BATTED FOR DAVIS; Turner popped to third in
foul territory; KUBIAK BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Kubiak was called
out on strikes; WINFIELD BATTED FOR STROM; Winfield struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING SS); KENDALL
REPLACED KUBIAK (PLAYING C ); FRISELLA REPLACED WINFIELD
(PITCHING); Speier made an out to shortstop; Miller flied out to
right; Sadek singled to right; Montefusco singled to left [Sadek
to second]; Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 2.

PADRES 9TH: Grubb lined to center; Fuentes grounded out (second
to first); Locklear singled to left; HAHN RAN FOR LOCKLEAR;
McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 2.