Although allowing only four hits, Juan Marichal was handed his seventh straight defeat when Pete Rose walked in the third inning and Joe Morgan homered for the Reds to beat the Giants, 2-1. Jim Ray Hart homered for the Giants' run off Ross Grimsley in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       17, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .237      B. Williams lf        4   0   0   0     0   2   .182
Morgan 2b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .301      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .279
Tolan cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .361      Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Bench c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .214      Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Uhlaender rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .191      Kingman 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Menke 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Hart 3b               3   1   1   1     0   0   .222
Javier 3b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .250      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .203
  Chaney ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Healy c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .115
Concepcion ss,3b      3   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Marichal p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Grimsley p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gallagher ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .275
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rosario pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   4   2     4   2             Totals               30   1   6   1     0   6

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance:  2,670
Left on Base: Reds 5, Giants 2
DP: Reds 2, Giants 1
Errors: Hart
Doubles: Healy (1)
Home Runs: Morgan (5), Hart (1)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (2), Rosario (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Grimsley 2 (3)
GIDP: Tolan (3), Hart (1), Bonds (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(2-0)         8     5   1   1   0   5   1  27   2.20
Carroll SV(5)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.66
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0   6   1  30

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(1-7)         9     4   2   2   4   2   1  34   2.83
Totals                  9     4   2   2   4   2   1  34

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Williams


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Morgan grounded
out (first unassisted); Tolan grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: B. Williams flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out
(first unassisted); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench walked; Uhlaender popped to second; Menke flied
out to center; Javier grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Bonds flied out to center; Kingman singled to left;
Hart grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion reached on an error by Hart [Concepcion to
first]; Grimsley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Concepcion to second]; Concepcion was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Rose walked; Morgan homered [Rose scored];
Tolan was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Healy
doubled to center; Marichal popped to second; B. Williams flied
to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench flied out to center; Uhlaender walked; Menke
popped to shortstop; Javier singled to shortstop [Uhlaender to
second]; Concepcion reached on a fielder's choice [Uhlaender out
at third (left to second to third), Javier to second]; Ted
Uhlaender out on appeal for missing 3B; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Speier popped
to second; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Grimsley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose flied
to left in foul territory; Morgan popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Kingman struck out; Hart homered; Maddox struck out;
Healy grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Bench grounded
out (pitcher to first); Uhlaender lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Marichal flied out to right; B. Williams was called
out on strikes; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Menke flied out to center; Javier walked; Concepcion
singled to left [Javier to second]; Grimsley out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Javier to third, Concepcion to
second]; Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier singled to left; Bonds grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Speier out at second]; Kingman
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

REDS 8TH: Morgan singled to center; Tolan grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Morgan out at second];
Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Hart flied out to center; Maddox flied out to right;
Healy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

REDS 9TH: Uhlaender grounded out (first unassisted); Menke was
called out on strikes; Javier lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: CHANEY REPLACED JAVIER (PLAYING SS); CONCEPCION
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); GALLAGHER BATTED FOR MARICHAL;
Gallagher singled to center; CARROLL REPLACED GRIMSLEY
(PITCHING); ROSARIO RAN FOR GALLAGHER; Rosario was picked off
and caught stealing second (catcher to second); Jimmy Rosario
picked off anticipating bunt; B. Williams was called out on
strikes; Fuentes singled to right; Speier grounded out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.