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Saturday May 6, 1972
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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.



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