Juan Marichal, who had not won since opening day, was handed his eighth straight defeat when the Braves beat the Giants, 9-4. The Braves' attack on Marichal, who was kayoed in the fourth inning, included Hank Aaron's seventh homer of the season and 646th of his major league career. Garry Maddox hit his first with the Giants. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 9, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Friday, May       26, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   4  9  6
Braves       1  3  1    3  1  0    0  0  x  -   9 11  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Millan 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .272
Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Garr lf               5   2   2   1     0   0   .303
Goodson 1b            3   0   2   1     1   0   .250      Aaron 1b              5   2   1   3     0   0   .264
  Blanco pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Williams c            4   0   1   0     1   1   .254
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Evans 3b              3   1   1   1     2   0   .276
Kingman 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Lum rf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .217
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Baker cf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .324
B. Williams lf        4   1   1   0     0   1   .200      Perez ss              2   1   2   1     2   0   .240
Maddox rf             4   2   2   1     0   0   .242      Reed p                2   0   0   1     0   1   .111
Rader c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Healy ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .113
  Henderson ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .167
Marichal p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .182
  C. Williams p       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Howarth ph,1b       2   1   2   1     0   0   .300

Totals               35   4   9   4     2   3             Totals               34   9  11   8     5   2

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 10,903
Left on Base: Giants 7, Braves 8
DP: Giants 1, Braves 0
Errors: Bonds, Fuentes, Kingman, Speier, Rader, Marichal
Doubles: Perez (7), Lum (3)
Home Runs: Maddox (1), Aaron (7)
Stolen Bases: Garr (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Reed 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(1-8)         3.2   8   8   6   3   1   1  22   3.63
C. Williams             3.1   3   1   1   2   0   0  15   2.70
Carrithers              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.20
Totals                  8    11   9   7   5   2   1  41

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed W(2-6)             9     9   4   4   2   3   1  38   4.53
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   3   1  38

Wild Pitches: Marichal (2)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Augie Donatelli


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Fuentes flied out to left;
Goodson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
singled to center; Garr stole second [Garr to third (error by
Rader)]; Aaron grounded out (second to first) [Garr scored
(unearned)]; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Speier grounded out (shortstop
to first); B. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans walked; Lum made an out to third; Baker
singled to pitcher [Evans to second]; Perez doubled to left
[Evans scored, Baker to third]; Marichal threw a wild pitch
[Baker scored, Perez to third]; Reed reached on an error by
Marichal on a sacrifice bunt [Perez scored (RBI)]; Millan hit
into a double play (right to first) [Reed out at second]; 3 R, 2
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 4.

GIANTS 3RD: Maddox homered; Rader grounded out (second to
first); Marichal walked; Bonds popped to third in foul
territory; Fuentes made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); Aaron reached
on an error by Kingman [Aaron to first]; Williams walked [Aaron
to second]; Evans singled to center [Aaron scored (unearned),
Williams to second]; Lum made an out to shortstop; Baker forced
Evans (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Braves 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson walked; Kingman popped to first in foul
territory; Speier made an out to shortstop; B. Williams flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 5.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez walked; On a bunt Reed struck out; Millan
singled to second [Perez out at home (shortstop to catcher),
Millan to second (error by Fuentes)]; Garr singled to center
[Millan scored, Garr to second (error by Bonds)]; Aaron homered
[Garr scored]; Williams singled to left; C. WILLIAMS REPLACED
MARICHAL (PITCHING); Evans grounded out (second to first); 3 R,
4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 8.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox made an out to third; Rader grounded out
(second to pitcher); C. Williams grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 8.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum doubled to center; Baker singled to center [Lum
scored]; Perez singled to pitcher [Baker to second]; Reed out on
a sacrifice bunt (catcher unassisted) [Baker to third, Perez to
second]; Millan flied out to center; Garr flied out to right; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 9.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
singled to center; Goodson singled to center [Fuentes to
second]; Kingman flied to left in foul territory; Speier
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Braves 9.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron made an out to third; Williams flied out to
right; Evans walked; Lum made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 9.

GIANTS 7TH: B. Williams was called out on strikes; Maddox flied
out to center; HEALY BATTED FOR RADER; Healy flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 9.

BRAVES 7TH: HEALY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Baker popped to
first in foul territory; Perez walked; Reed forced Perez
(shortstop to second); Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 9.

GIANTS 8TH: HOWARTH BATTED FOR C. WILLIAMS; Howarth singled;
Bonds singled to center [Howarth to second]; Fuentes flied out
to center; Goodson singled to right [Howarth scored, Bonds to
third]; BLANCO RAN FOR GOODSON; Kingman made an out to third;
Debut game for Damaso Blanco; Speier made an out to second;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 9.

BRAVES 8TH: CARRITHERS REPLACED BLANCO (PITCHING); HOWARTH
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Garr grounded out (shortstop to
first); Aaron reached on an error by Speier [Aaron to first];
Williams struck out; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 9.

GIANTS 9TH: B. Williams singled to pitcher; Maddox singled to
right [B. Williams to third]; HENDERSON BATTED FOR HEALY;
Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to center [B. Williams scored,
Maddox to second]; Howarth singled to center [Maddox scored];
Bonds struck out; Fuentes made an out to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 9.