Buzz Capra, who delivered his first major league hit to drive a run home in the second inning, combined with Tug McGraw to pitch the Mets to a 1-0 victory over the Giants. Capra allowed only three hits in eight innings before McGraw took over and struck out the side in the ninth.

Capra's hit off Juan Marichal, who drew his sixth straight defeat, followed singles by Cleon Jones and Duffy Dyer. Capra last season went hitess in 62 times at bat -- 12 with Memphis (Dixie), 49 with Tidewater (International) and once with the Mets. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 1, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Saturday, May       13, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Mets         0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  7  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Speier ss             2   0   1   0     2   1   .276      Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Martinez 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .290      Agee cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Kingman 1b            1   0   0   0     3   1   .260      Staub rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Henderson cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .185      Jones lf              3   1   3   0     0   0   .337
Hart 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Boswell 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Maddox lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Kranepool 1b          2   0   0   0     1   2   .237
Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Dyer c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .400
Marichal p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Capra p               3   0   1   1     0   1   .200
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .231        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   0   3   0     5  10             Totals               28   1   7   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 35,780
Left on Base: Giants 5, Mets 5
DP: Giants 0, Mets 2
Doubles: Maddox (4)
Stolen Bases: Agee (2)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (1), Martinez (1), Jones (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Boswell (1)
GIDP: Fuentes (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(1-6)         7     7   1   1   1   4   0  27   2.98
Barr                    1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.61
Totals                  8     7   1   1   1   6   0  30

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra W(2-1)            8     3   0   0   5   7   0  29   3.75
McGraw SV(5)            1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   0.41
Totals                  9     3   0   0   5  10   0  32

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Jerry Dale


GIANTS 1ST: Speier struck out; Fuentes struck out; Bonds struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez
singled to left; Martinez was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Agee singled to left; Agee stole second; Staub flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman walked; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Kingman to second]; Hart struck out; Maddox flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones singled to center; Boswell flied out to right;
Kranepool struck out; Dyer singled to shortstop [Jones to
second]; Capra singled to left [Jones scored, Dyer to second];
Harrelson flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Mets 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader grounded out (third to first); Marichal
singled to left; Speier singled to right [Marichal to third];
Fuentes grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Martinez lined to third; Agee flied out to right;
Staub was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Mets 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds struck out; Kingman walked; Henderson hit into
a double play (first to second) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Jones singled to third; Boswell popped to shortstop;
Jones was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Kranepool struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Hart flied out to left; Maddox doubled to left;
Rader struck out; Marichal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Dyer flied out to center; Capra struck out; Harrelson
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier walked; Fuentes popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bonds forced Speier (third to second); Bonds was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Martinez grounded out (second to first); Agee grounded
out (second to first); Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Kingman walked; Henderson forced Kingman (pitcher to
shortstop); Hart made an out to second; Maddox flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Jones singled to center; Boswell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Jones to second]; Kranepool was walked
intentionally; Dyer grounded out (third to first) [Jones to
third, Kranepool to second]; Capra grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); HOWARTH
BATTED FOR MARICHAL; Howarth struck out; Speier walked; Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Mets 1.

METS 8TH: BARR REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Harrelson struck
out; Martinez struck out; Agee grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.

GIANTS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); Bonds struck out;
Kingman was called out on strikes; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 1.