Finals: 1973 Giants win title in seven games over 2019 Cardinals

Game One: Cardinals 6, Giants 4
WP: Flaherty (5-1)
LP: Bryant (3-5)
Save: Hicks (4)
HR: Goldschmidt (10), McCovey (9)

Game Two: Giants 5, Cardinals 4
WP: Moffitt (1-1)
LP: Gant (2-1)
Save: McMahon (1)
HR: Molina (2)

Game Three: Cardinals 11, Giants 2
WP: Mikolas (3-2)
LP: Bradley (5-3)
Save: Wacha (1)
HR: Kingman (9), Matthews (4), Wong (1), Bader (1)

Game Four: Giants 11, Cardinals 3
WP: Bryant (4-5)
LP: Wainwright (2-2)
HR: Goldschmidt (11), McCovey (10)

Game Five: Giants 3, Cardinals 1
WP: Barr (6-2)
LP: Flaherty (5-2)
Save: Moffitt (6)
HR: Maddox (4)

Game Six: Cardinals 4, Giants 3
WP: Gallegos (4-0)
LP: Sosa (0-2)
HR: Edman (2)

Game Seven: Giants 3, Cardinals 2
WP: McMahon (2-0)
LP: Webb (0-2)
Save: Moffitt (7)

The 1973 San Francisco Giants emerged at the unlikely champions of Tournament Three. The final series was their third series that went the full seven games.

The homestanding Cardinals took control of Game One early, knocking Ron Bryant out after three innings and taking a 5-0 lead. Two of the runs off Bryant were unearned. Willie McCovey homered in the fourth off winner Jack Flaherty and tripled in a two-run ninth in which the Cardinals needed three pitchers to get three outs and secure with win.

The Cardinals held a 4-0 lead after six innings of Game Two, but the Giants scored three in the seventh off Andrew Miller and two more in the eighth off John Gant to take a 5-4 lead. With two out in the bottom of the ninth, Paul Goldschmidt walked and Marcel Ozuna doubled off Elias Sosa; Don McMahon relieved to strike out Harrison Bader, who had entered the game for defensive purposes when the Cardinals had that 4-0 lead.

The series moved to 1973 and Candlestick Park, and the Cards bombarded Tom Bradley and reliever Jim Willoughby for 11 runs in fourth through seventh innings.  Bader and Kolton Wong each hit three-run homers for St. Louis. Miles Mikolas went five innings for the win, and Michael Wacha threw four innings for the save.

The Giants returned the favor in Game Four, evening the series with an 11-3 win. Bryant went the distance despite a two-run homer by Goldschmidt. San Francisco got four extra-base hits off Adam Wainwright in one-plus innings --  doubles by Chris Speier and Ed Goodson, a triple from Garry Maddox and a homer by McCovey.

Jim Barr gave up one run in seven innings in Game Five, with McMahon and Randy Moffitt each tossing a hitless frame. Maddox threw out Goldschmidt at the plate to end the fourth inning, then led off the bottom of the inning with a hit and scored the first run of the game. Maddox hit a two-run homer in the fifth, and Barr and the relievers took it from there.

Back in St. Louis, the Giants shifted plans and gave the start to Juan Marichal, giving the Hall of Famer a chance to wrap up the series. The Dominican Dandy allowed three runs in six innings, leaving with the game tied at three. Elias Sosa went the rest of the way for the Giants, surrendering the winning run on a two-out ninth-inning single by Dexter Fowler. Giovanny Gallegos was credited with his fourth win of the tournament after getting the final two outs of the ninth.

Game Seven pit Bryant and Mikolas, and there were no runs through four innings. Tito Fuentes led off the fifth with a single. The Giants put on the hit-and-run, and Dave Rader singled Fuentes to third. Bryant bunted Rader to second. St. Louis pulled the infield in, and Bobby Bonds singled past shortstop Paul DeJong to plate both runners. The Cardinals tied it in the sixth; Fowler singled to lead off and advanced on Goodson's error. DeJong singled Fowler home and stole second ahead of Goldschmidt's walk. After Wong fanned, Jose Martinez walked to load the bases, and Speier couldn't complete the double play on Tommy Edman's grounder. The tie held into the eighth. Tyler Webb entered at the start of the inning to strike out McCovey. He then walked Gary Matthews and got Goodson to ground out, with Matthews advancing to second. John Brebbia came into face Speier, but Spieir doubled to bring home Matthews with the final run of the tournament. McMahon, who entered to get the final out of the seventh, pitched a scoreless eighth, and Moffitt allowed a leadoff single in the ninth but then got a double play and a strikeout to end the game, the series and the tournament.