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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 1 (13)
GAME #40 (winners’ bracket semifinals): Jerry Martin hit a two-run homer for the Giants in the top of the 13th, finally breaking up what had been an incredible pitchers’ duel to that point. Nolan Ryan retired the first 18 Giant hitters, but Joe Morgan led off the seventh inning with a home run to put…
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San Francisco Giants 8, San Diego Padres 7
GAME #30 (winners’ bracket quarterfinals): The Giants took an 8-2 lead after batting in the top of the fifth, then held on in a wild game. A six-run fifth was highlighted by an RBI triple by Darrell Evans, a two-run single by Milt May and a two-run homer by Joe Morgan. The Padres came back…
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San Francisco Giants 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5
GAME #17 (winners’ bracket second round): Trailing 5-4 heading to the ninth, the Giants roughed up St. Louis closer Bruce Sutter for six runs on six hits to claim the victory. With one out and the bases loaded, San Francisco hit five straight singles. Milt May went 4-for-5 with a double. Reliever Fred Breining threw…
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San Francisco Giants 4, New York Mets 2
GAME #9 (winners’ bracket first round): Jack Clark hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to erase a 1-0 deficit as the Giants advanced. San Francisco picked up its fourth run in the seventh inning on back-to-back doubles by Darrell Evans and Jeffrey Leonard. New York’s first run came on a solo homer by…
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