| With the help of Chris Speier, who hit a two-run homer, Sam McDowell was able to pitch the Giants past the Phillies, 3-1, for his fourth straight victory. McDowell helped himself at bat, hitting a single before Speier connected for the circuit in the fifth inning. [The Sporting News] |
San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1972 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Giants 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 1 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Speier ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 .253 Bowa ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Arnold 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .263 Harmon 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .350 Henderson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Montanez cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .288 Bonds rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .294 Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .314 Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .229 Money 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .209 Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Hutton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .385 Maddox lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .184 Anderson rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .167 Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Ryan c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Mays ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Selma p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Healy c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .093 Browne ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 McDowell p 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 5 3 4 4 Totals 30 1 4 1 5 9 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 14,010 Left on Base: Giants 6, Phillies 7 DP: Giants 1, Phillies 0 Errors: Speier Doubles: Arnold 2 (2) Triples: Maddox (1) Home Runs: Speier (3) Stolen Bases: Bonds (6) GIDP: Ryan (2) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McDowell W(4-0) 9 4 1 0 5 9 0 35 2.45 Totals 9 4 1 0 5 9 0 35 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Selma L(1-2) 7 3 2 2 2 3 1 26 2.57 Twitchell 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 7.88 Hoerner 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5.06 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 4 1 36 Wild Pitches: McDowell (2) Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Frank Pulli GIANTS 1ST: Speier was called out on strikes; Arnold doubled to left; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Arnold to third]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa popped to first in foul territory; Harmon flied out to right; Montanez walked; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 2ND: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Money singled to right; Hutton flied out to right; Anderson walked [Money to second]; Ryan grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 3RD: Rader grounded out (second to first); McDowell flied out to right; Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Selma grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa flied out to center; Harmon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 4TH: Arnold walked; Henderson forced Arnold (second to shortstop); Bonds forced Henderson (pitcher to second); Kingman walked [Bonds to second]; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Luzinski walked; Money flied out to left; Hutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Phillies 0. GIANTS 5TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader lined to second; McDowell singled to first; Speier homered [McDowell scored]; Arnold grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Anderson walked; McDowell threw a wild pitch [Anderson to second]; Ryan struck out; Selma was called out on strikes; Bowa grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. GIANTS 6TH: Henderson lined to first; Bonds grounded out (third to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Harmon walked; Montanez struck out; Luzinski forced Harmon (shortstop to second); Money struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Maddox struck out; Rader popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Hutton singled to shortstop; Anderson flied out to center; Ryan struck out; BROWNE BATTED FOR SELMA; Browne struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. GIANTS 8TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED BROWNE (PITCHING); McDowell grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Arnold doubled to right; Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa singled to shortstop [Bowa to second (error by Speier)]; On a bunt Harmon grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bowa to third]; Montanez singled to center [Bowa scored (unearned)]; Luzinski lined to shortstop; Money struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 1. GIANTS 9TH: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Kingman struck out; Fuentes flied out to center; Maddox tripled to left [Bonds scored]; HOERNER REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); MAYS BATTED FOR RADER; Mays was walked intentionally; McDowell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 9TH: HEALY REPLACED MAYS (PLAYING C ); Hutton grounded out (second to first); Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Ryan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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