Bob Gibson hit his first homer of the season and also doubled, bringing his batting average to .368, while pitching the Cardinals a to 4-1 victory over the Giants. Doubles by Lou Brock and Jose Cardenal, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Carl Taylor gave the Cardinals two runs in the first inning off Skip Pitlock, making his first major league appearance. Gibson homered in the second. The Giants' run came on a single by Tito Fuentes, a walk, balk and infield out by John Stephenson in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Friday, June      12, 1970 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals    2  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .305      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .293
Cardenal cf           2   1   1   1     2   0   .298      Hunt 3b               2   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Carl Taylor rf        2   0   0   1     0   1   .187      Henderson cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
  Lee ph,rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Torre 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .295      Dietz c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .324
Javier 2b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .241      F. Johnson lf         4   0   0   0     0   3   .256
Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .326      Fuentes 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .244
Shannon 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .114      Lanier ss             2   0   1   0     1   0   .236
Maxvill ss            3   0   0   0     1   1   .180        Davenport ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Gibson p              4   1   2   1     0   0   .368      Pitlock p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stephenson ph       1   0   0   1     0   0   .000
                                                            Jerry Johnson p     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   4     3   5             Totals               32   1   5   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  8,634
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Giants 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Giants 1
Doubles: Brock (8), Cardenal (12), Gibson (2), Dietz (12)
Home Runs: Gibson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Carl Taylor (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hunt (13,by Gibson)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(7-3)           9     5   1   1   2   8   0  35   4.10
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   8   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pitlock L(0-1)          5     5   4   4   1   2   1  21   7.20
McMahon                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   5.91
Jerry Johnson           2     1   0   0   2   1   0   8   5.76
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3   5   1  36

Passed Balls: Dietz (13)
Hit by Pitch: Gibson (3)
Wild Pitches: Pitlock (1)
Balks: Gibson (1), Pitlock (1)

Umpires: HP - Al Barlick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Dick Stello


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock doubled; Debut game for Skip
Pitlock; Cardenal doubled to right [Brock scored]; Pitlock
threw a wild pitch [Cardenal to third]; Carl Taylor hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cardenal scored]; Torre singled to
center; Dietz allowed a passed ball [Torre to second]; Javier
struck out; Simmons flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds was called out on strikes; Hunt was hit by a
pitch; Henderson made an out to shortstop; McCovey singled to
left [Hunt to second]; Dietz popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Shannon flied to right in foul territory; Maxvill
flied out to right; Gibson homered; Brock flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: F. Johnson was called out on strikes; Fuentes
singled to center; Lanier singled to right [Fuentes to second];
Pitlock popped to catcher in foul territory; Bonds grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cardenal walked; Pitlock balked [Cardenal to
second]; Carl Taylor grounded out (second to first) [Cardenal to
third]; Torre reached on a fielder's choice [Cardenal out at
home (second to third to catcher to third), Torre to second];
Javier singled [Torre scored]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson
grounded out (second to first); McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Shannon grounded out (third to first); Maxvill
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Dietz doubled to right; F. Johnson was called out on
strikes; Fuentes grounded out (second to first) [Dietz to
third]; Lanier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock flied out to left; Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carl Taylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR PITLOCK; Taylor lined to third;
Bonds grounded out (second to first); Hunt walked; Henderson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: MCMAHON REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Torre flied
out to left; Javier grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey flied out to left; Dietz struck out; F.
Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Shannon grounded out (pitcher to first); Maxvill
was called out on strikes; Gibson doubled to right; Brock struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes singled to center; Lanier walked [Fuentes to
second]; STEPHENSON BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Gibson balked [Lanier to
second, Fuentes to third]; Stephenson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Fuentes scored]; Bonds struck out; Hunt grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants
1.

CARDINALS 8TH: JERRY JOHNSON REPLACED STEPHENSON (PITCHING);
Cardenal walked; LEE BATTED FOR CARL TAYLOR; Lee flied into a
double play (right to first) [Cardenal out at first]; Torre
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: LEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Henderson made an
out to second; McCovey grounded out (pitcher to first); Dietz
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Giants 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Javier singled; Simmons flied out to left;
Shannon grounded out (pitcher to first) [Javier to second];
Maxvill walked; Gibson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: F. Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first); DAVENPORT BATTED FOR LANIER;
Davenport struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants
1.