Steve Stone, who had lost four straight decisions this season and 11 in a row over two years, pitched the Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers in a duel with Claude Osteen. The Giants collected only three hits off Osteen but scored in the second inning on a walk to Chris Speier, infield out by Bernie Williams and single by Garry Maddox. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       24, 1972 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds cf              4   0   1   0     0   3   .260      Valentine 2b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .333
Arnold 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Buckner 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Goodson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Kingman 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Robinson rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .264
Speier ss             2   1   0   0     1   2   .261      Crawford lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
B. Williams lf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Garvey 3b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .273
Maddox rf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .230      Sims c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .154
Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Russell ss            3   0   2   0     0   0   .337
Stone p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Osteen p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .300
                                                            Wills ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .117
                                                            Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   3   1     1   5             Totals               31   0   8   0     0   6

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 26,299
Left on Base: Giants 2, Dodgers 5
DP: Giants 0, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Garvey (6)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (1), Davis (9), Russell (1)
Caught Stealing: Garvey (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (3)
GIDP: Goodson (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(1-4)            9     8   0   0   0   6   0  32   1.99
Totals                  9     8   0   0   0   6   0  32

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(5-2)           8     3   1   1   1   4   0  27   1.06
Brewer                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.83
Totals                  9     3   1   1   1   5   0  30

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Arnold grounded out (second to
first); Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Valentine singled to first; Valentine stole second;
Buckner grounded out (third to first); Davis struck out;
Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman flied out to center; Speier walked; B.
Williams grounded out (third to first) [Speier to second];
Maddox singled to right [Speier scored, Maddox to second (on
throw)]; Rader grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford grounded out (second to first); Garvey
flied out to left; Sims flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Stone grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
singled to center; Arnold grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Bonds to second]; Goodson lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (third to first); Osteen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
was called out on strikes; B. Williams flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner popped to shortstop; Davis singled to
right; Davis stole second; Robinson was called out on strikes;
Crawford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox lined to left; Rader grounded out (second to
first); Stone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey singled to right; Garvey was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Sims flied out to right; Russell
singled to left; Russell stole second; Osteen struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds struck out; Arnold singled to left; Goodson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Arnold out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 6TH: Valentine flied out to right; Buckner flied out to
left; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Kingman grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier was
called out on strikes; B. Williams grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Robinson struck out; Crawford struck out; Garvey
doubled to right; Sims was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Maddox lined to left; Rader grounded out (first
unassisted); Stone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell singled to left; WILLS BATTED FOR OSTEEN;
Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Russell to
second]; On a bunt Valentine singled to third [Russell out at
home (third to shortstop)]; Buckner singled to first [Valentine
out at third (first to second to third)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED WILLS (PITCHING); Bonds was called
out on strikes; Arnold flied out to left; Goodson flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 9TH: Davis popped to second; Robinson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Crawford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 0.