Padres @ Giants
September 23, 1973

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Bottom 8 R H E
Padres 7 9 0
Giants 2 6 1
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Padres 7 9 0
Giants 3 7 1

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .265
OBP .333 .422
At Bats 2 370
Hits 0 98
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 28
Walks 1 103
RBI’s 0 70

Clay Kirby Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 17 0
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Candlestick Park - September 23, 1973
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Home Run
Clay Kirby
Fred Kendall
Nate Colbert
Dave Hilton
Dave Roberts
Derrel Thomas
Gene Locklear
Ivan Murrell
Cito Gaston
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Murrell hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maddox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hilton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Locklear settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Colbert strikes out.
Top 7 Roberts hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Locklear hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Don McMahon now pitching. Thomas 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 6 Steve Ontiveros pinch hits for Randy Moffitt. Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Locklear settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kirby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Locklear settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kirby strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Murrell moves to third. Hilton moves to second.
Top 6 Randy Moffitt now pitching. Hilton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Murrell moves to second.
Top 6 Murrell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Kendall hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Gaston strikes out.
Top 6 Colbert hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 There goes Roberts. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Roberts steals second.
Top 6 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 There goes Locklear. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Locklear steals second.
Top 6 Locklear hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Murrell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Matthews hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Fuentes moves to third. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maddox takes first base on ball four. Fuentes moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fuentes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Bonds. The throw from Kendall and he is out, Thomas applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Kirby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley juggles the ball. That's an error on Bradley. Murrell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Murrell moves to third.
Top 5 Hilton hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Murrell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Murrell reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bradley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Matthews scores. Phillips moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Locklear settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Matthews. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Matthews steals second.
Bottom 4 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gaston strikes out.
Top 4 Colbert 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 4 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Fuentes moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Murrell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bradley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hilton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Locklear hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kirby strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hilton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hilton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hilton strikes out.
Top 2 Murrell 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 2 Kendall strikes out.
Bottom 1 Matthews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Murrell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fuentes hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gaston is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Colbert hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 There goes Thomas. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Thomas steals second.
Top 1 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Locklear hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.