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Sunday May 14, 1972
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Playing his first game with the Mets, Willie Mays homered against his former teammates in the fifth inning to beat the Giants, 5-4. Mays, who batted in the leadoff spot, walked in the first inning and, after two more passes loaded the bases, Rusty Staub hit a grand-slam homer off Sam McDowell.

The Giants came back to tie the score in the fifth with a walk, triple by Bernie Williams, double by Chris Speier and homer by Tito Fuentes, but Mays then earned a thunderous ovation from the crowd of 35,505 with his game-winning blow off Don Carrithers in the Mets' half. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Game Played on Sunday, May 14, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Giants       0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Mets         4  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   5  4  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Speier ss             5   1   1   1     0   0   .273      Mays 1b               2   2   1   1     2   1   .196
Fuentes 2b            4   1   4   2     1   0   .288      Harrelson ss          3   1   0   0     1   1   .224
Bonds rf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .277      Agee cf               2   1   0   0     2   2   .281
Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Staub rf              3   1   1   4     1   1   .261
Henderson cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .322
Hart 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Fregosi 3b            3   0   1   0     0   2   .267
Maddox lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Martinez 2b           3   0   1   0     0   2   .310
Healy c               1   1   0   0     2   0   .087      Grote c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .250
  Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Sadecki p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
McDowell p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .176        McAndrew p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  B. Williams ph      1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .260

Totals               36   4   9   4     3   4             Totals               25   5   4   5     7  13

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 35,505
Left on Base: Giants 8, Mets 3
DP: Giants 2, Mets 0
Doubles: Fuentes 2 (7), Speier (7), Maddox (5), Fregosi (5)
Triples: B. Williams (1)
Home Runs: Fuentes (2), Staub (3), Mays (1)
Stolen Bases: Agee (3)
Caught Stealing: Mays (1)
GIDP: Jones (2), Grote (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell                4     2   4   4   4   7   1  18   3.13
Carrithers L(1-3)       1     1   1   1   2   1   1   5   5.73
Barr                    3     1   0   0   1   5   0   9   2.28
Totals                  8     4   5   5   7  13   2  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki W(1-0)          5     6   4   4   2   2   1  23   7.56
McAndrew SV(1)          4     3   0   0   1   2   0  16   4.11
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   4   1  39

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


GIANTS 1ST: Speier flied out to right; Fuentes doubled to right;
Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mays walked; Harrelson walked [Mays to second]; Agee
walked [Mays to third, Harrelson to second]; Staub homered [Mays
scored, Harrelson scored, Agee scored]; Jones struck out;
Fregosi struck out; Martinez struck out; 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Mets 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson made an out to shortstop; Hart singled;
Maddox flied out to right; Healy walked [Hart to second];
McDowell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 4.

METS 2ND: Grote flied out to right; Sadecki grounded out (second
to first); Mays struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Mets 4.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
singled to center; Bonds forced Fuentes (shortstop to second);
Kingman forced Bonds (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Mets 4.

METS 3RD: Harrelson made an out to second; Agee struck out;
Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Mets 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Henderson popped to catcher in foul territory; Hart
popped to catcher in foul territory; Maddox flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 4.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (third to first); Fregosi doubled
to left; Martinez struck out; Grote was walked intentionally;
Sadecki struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Healy walked; B. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR MCDOWELL; B.
Williams tripled [Healy scored]; Speier doubled to right [B.
Williams scored]; Fuentes homered [Speier scored]; Bonds was
called out on strikes; Kingman flied out to center; Henderson
flied out to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: CARRITHERS REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Mays
homered; Harrelson struck out; Agee walked; Agee stole second;
Staub was walked intentionally; Jones grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

GIANTS 6TH: MCANDREW REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Hart singled
to center; Maddox forced Hart (third to second); Healy popped to
second; HOWARTH BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Howarth struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

METS 6TH: BARR REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Fregosi struck out;
Martinez singled; Grote grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Martinez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
doubled to right; Bonds made an out to second; Kingman flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

METS 7TH: McAndrew was called out on strikes; Mays walked; Mays
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrelson flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Henderson made an out to shortstop; Hart grounded
out (third to first); Maddox doubled to right; RADER BATTED FOR
HEALY; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

METS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Agee struck out;
Staub was called out on strikes; Jones was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Mets 5.

GIANTS 9TH: GALLAGHER BATTED FOR BARR; Gallagher grounded out
(pitcher to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fuentes walked; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
4, Mets 5.



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