Defeated by the Phillies in two previous decisions this season, John Montefusco came back against the Eastern Division leaders and pitched the Giants to a 4-1 victory. The Giants bunched four singles with a walk for three runs in the second inning.

Hits by Bobby Murcer, Ken Reitz and Chris Speier produced the first tally. Then, after Montefusco walked with two out, Larry Herndon singled to drive in two runs. For the first time this season, the Giants' staff had two consecutive complete games -- Ed Halicki's the night before, and Montefusco's. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      17, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Giants       0  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  6  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .280      Herndon cf            4   0   1   2     0   2   .303
Bowa ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .237      Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .264
Luzinski lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Murcer rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .256
Allen 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .295
Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Speier ss             3   1   1   1     1   0   .223
Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .313      Evans 1b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .208
Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .306      Hill c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Underwood p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     1   1   .133
  Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     0   5             Totals               29   4   6   4     5   6

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance:  8,909
Left on Base: Phillies 2, Giants 7
DP: Phillies 1, Giants 2
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Allen (11)
Triples: Bowa (4)
Stolen Bases: Matthews (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (1)
GIDP: Bowa (8), Maddox (6), Speier (9)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(5-2)        5     6   4   4   2   1   0  23   3.69
Garber                  2     0   0   0   1   4   0   7   3.44
McGraw                  1     0   0   0   2   1   0   5   3.06
Totals                  8     6   4   4   5   6   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(8-8)       9     5   1   1   0   5   0  30   2.99
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   5   0  30

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Vargo


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to left; Bowa grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Cash out at second]; Schmidt popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (third to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants
0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to center; Allen grounded out
(third to first); Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Murcer singled to center; Reitz singled to third
[Murcer to second]; Speier singled to left [Murcer scored, Reitz
to second]; Evans flied out to left; Hill flied out to right;
Montefusco walked [Reitz to third, Speier to second]; Herndon
singled to left [Reitz scored, Speier scored, Montefusco to
second]; Perez flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox struck out; Boone made an out to second;
Underwood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Matthews singled to left; Matthews stole second;
Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz singled to second
[Matthews scored]; Speier grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Reitz out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded
out (second to first); Schmidt made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Evans walked; Hill flied out to right; Montefusco
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Evans to second];
Herndon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski flied out to right; Allen doubled to
center; Johnstone singled to center [Allen to third]; Maddox
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Johnstone out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews
reached on an error by Bowa; Murcer flied out to right; Reitz
forced Matthews (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone struck out; TOLAN BATTED FOR UNDERWOOD;
Tolan grounded out (second to first); Cash singled to shortstop;
Bowa tripled to right [Cash scored]; Schmidt grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: GARBER REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); Speier grounded
out (pitcher to first); Evans struck out; Hill flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski flied out to right; Allen struck out;
Johnstone made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Montefusco struck out; Herndon was called out on
strikes; Perez walked; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox struck out; Boone flied out to left;
MCCARVER BATTED FOR GARBER; McCarver lined to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Murcer flied
out to right; Reitz was called out on strikes; Speier walked;
Evans walked [Speier to second]; Hill flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: Cash popped to first in foul territory; Bowa flied
out to left; Schmidt popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Giants 4.