In a big night at bat, Darrell Evans hit a homer and triple in the first game and a grand slam in the second game as the Giants beat the Padres in a twi-night doubleheader, 7-6 and 8-7. Evans walked and scored in the first game, counted again after his triple when Marc Hill hit a sacrifice fly and then whacked his homer with a man on base in the eighth to provide the Giants' decisive blow. Gary Thomasson earlier had a three-run homer for the Giants in the second inning.

In the second game, the Giants resumed their slugging with a three-run blast by Bobby Murcer in the first inning. Dave Tomlin, making his first major league start for the Padres, was knocked out in the third when the Giants added five runs. Rich Folkers, relieving Tomlin, was on the mound when Evans hit his grand slam. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 7, San Diego Padres 6 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, June 23, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Padres 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 6 16 1 Giants 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 x - 7 7 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hernandez ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Thomasson cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .250 Fuentes 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .295 Moffitt p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 W. Davis cf 5 2 4 0 0 0 .295 Perez 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .248 McCovey 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .214 Matthews lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Turner pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Murcer rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Ivie 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Winfield rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .288 Reitz 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .284 Grubb lf 3 2 3 0 2 0 .313 Evans 1b 3 3 2 2 1 0 .186 Rader 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .268 Hill c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .184 B. Davis c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .184 Dressler p 2 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Locklear ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kendall c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .225 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Strom p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Herndon cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Totals 42 6 16 6 2 4 Totals 31 7 7 7 5 2 Time of Game: 2:17 Left on Base: Padres 12, Giants 6 DP: Padres 0, Giants 0 Errors: Hernandez, Murcer Doubles: Grubb (4), McCovey (8), Ivie (9) Triples: W. Davis (6), B. Davis (1), Evans (1) Home Runs: Thomasson (2), Evans (3) Sacrifice Hits: Winfield (2) Sacrifice Flies: Hill (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Strom L(6-7) 7 5 5 5 5 1 1 32 3.64 Metzger 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 5 1.86 Totals 8 7 7 7 5 2 2 37 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dressler 4.2 9 4 4 1 2 0 24 4.26 Heaverlo W(3-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 4.39 Moffitt SV(4) 3 6 2 2 1 1 0 16 2.84 Totals 9 16 6 6 2 4 0 45 Passed Balls: B. Davis (3) Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes grounded out (first to pitcher); W. Davis singled to second; Shift on for Willie McCovey; McCovey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson lined to first; Perez walked; Matthews grounded out (third to second to first) [Perez to second]; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Grubb doubled to right; Rader struck out; B. Davis singled to right [Grubb scored, B. Davis to second (error by Murcer)]; Strom grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Speier popped to second; Reitz singled to left; Evans walked [Reitz to second]; Hill lined to left; B. Davis allowed a passed ball [Reitz to third, Evans to second]; Dressler singled to first [Reitz scored, Evans to third]; Thomasson homered [Evans scored, Dressler scored]; Perez singled to center; Matthews flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 4. PADRES 3RD: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Fuentes singled to left; W. Davis singled to first [Fuentes to second]; McCovey doubled to left [Fuentes scored, W. Davis scored]; Winfield grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb walked; Rader flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. GIANTS 3RD: Murcer walked; Speier flied out to left; Reitz grounded out (third to first) [Murcer to second]; Evans grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. PADRES 4TH: B. Davis grounded out (third to first); Strom struck out; Hernandez lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. GIANTS 4TH: Hill flied out to center; Dressler popped to second; Thomasson reached on an error by Hernandez; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. PADRES 5TH: Fuentes lined to center; W. Davis tripled to right; McCovey popped to third; Winfield singled to third [W. Davis scored]; Grubb singled to right [Winfield to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED DRESSLER (PITCHING); Rader grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 4. GIANTS 5TH: Matthews lined to shortstop; Murcer lined to first; Speier walked; Reitz lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 4. PADRES 6TH: B. Davis tripled to right; Strom struck out; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Fuentes popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 4. GIANTS 6TH: Evans tripled to right; Hill hit a sacrifice fly to center [Evans scored]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Arnold flied out to right; Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. PADRES 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); HERNDON REPLACED ARNOLD (PLAYING CF); W. Davis singled to first; McCovey singled to first [W. Davis to second]; TURNER RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Winfield out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [W. Davis to third, Turner to second]; Grubb was walked intentionally; Rader was called out on strikes; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR B. DAVIS; Locklear forced Grubb (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. GIANTS 7TH: IVIE REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 1B); KENDALL REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PLAYING C ); Perez grounded out (third to first); Matthews walked; Murcer flied out to right; Speier forced Matthews (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. PADRES 8TH: KUBIAK BATTED FOR STROM; Kubiak flied out to left; Hernandez lined to left; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. GIANTS 8TH: METZGER REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); Reitz singled to left; Evans homered [Reitz scored]; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon flied out to center; Moffitt struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 7. PADRES 9TH: W. Davis flied out to center; Ivie doubled to left; Winfield popped to shortstop; Grubb singled to left [Ivie to third]; Rader singled to center [Ivie scored, Grubb to second]; Kendall singled to left [Grubb scored, Rader to second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR METZGER; Rettenmund flied to right in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 6, Giants 7.

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