April 20 Giants 6 Cardinals 4

All the runs in the game for both teams were scored in the 8th inning as the Giants outscored the Cardinals at Candlestick Park 6-4.

The Cardinals Joe Hague slammed a grand slam homer in the 8th off winning pitcher Gaylord Perry (2-0) to lift the Cardinals to a 4-0 lead before a six run Giant bottom of the 8th.

The first six runners in the Giants 8th reached base and all would score as the Giants batted around.

Don McMahon pitched a scoreless 9th for his first save of the season as the Giants moved to 11-4 on the season.

Ken Henderson finished with 2 hits,2 RBI and a steal for the Giants in the win.

April 19th Giants 1 Cardinals 0

The St.Louis Cardinals may have outhit the San Francisco Giants 5-3,but the Giants pushed one run across the plate in the Juan Marichal vs Bob Gibson duel and that was the difference in a 1-0 Giants win.
Marichal's complete game shutout was needed with the Giants scoring only one run off Bob Gibson on a sixth inning double by Ken Henderson that scored Alan Gallagher from second base.
The Giants collected all three hits in the game in the sixth inning.
Marichal improved to 2-1 on the season in boosting the Giants record to 10-4 on the season....

April 18th-Game two Giants 6 Cubs 3

Dave Kingman homered (1) to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs to salvage a split at Candlestick Park of a doubleheader.
Steve Stone allowed two runs over six innings to earn his first win of the season (1-0).
The Giants scored their six runs off just seven hits,but they did work Cubs pitching for five walks.

San Francisco improved to 9-4 on the season with the win as they enter a three game series against the Cardinals at Candlestick...

April 18th-Game one-Cubs 2 Giants 1

Chicago's Jim Hickman smacked a two run homer off Giants lefty Ron Bryant in the top of the sixth to erase a 1-0 San Francisco lead and give the Cubs a 2-1 win at Candlestick Park in the first game of a doubleheader.
Hickman's one out homer was all the runs that Milt Pappas would need as Pappas went the distance in earning the win as he scattered nine hits.
Ron Bryant allowed just two runs over seven innings in falling to 0-3 on the season.
Tito Fuentes had three hits for the Giants,who fell to 8-4 with the defeat.
Game two of the double dip will be played later today...