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- ↑ "San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves Box Score, May 11, 1974". Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ↑ "San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves Box Score, May 12, 1974". Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved 23 March 2021.
