Capping a four-hit day for Ed Goodson, the Giants' rookie first baseman homered in the eighth inning to break a tie and drove in another run with a single in the ninth to insure an 11-9 victory over the Braves. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 11, Atlanta Braves 9
Game Played on Saturday, May       27, 1972 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       3  0  0    5  0  1    0  1  1  -  11 17  1
Braves       0  2  0    2  4  1    0  0  0  -   9  8  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds cf              6   2   3   2     0   0   .267      Millan 2b             4   0   1   1     1   0   .271
Fuentes 2b            5   2   3   1     0   0   .273      Garr rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Goodson 1b            6   2   4   3     0   0   .333      Aaron 1b              2   1   0   0     3   0   .259
Kingman 3b            4   1   2   2     2   0   .247      Williams c            4   1   1   1     1   1   .254
Speier ss             6   1   3   0     0   0   .264      Carty lf              3   1   0   0     2   1   .268
Maddox rf             6   1   1   1     0   3   .237      Baker cf              3   1   0   0     2   0   .310
Henderson lf          5   1   1   0     0   0   .168      Evans 3b              3   3   2   2     2   0   .287
Healy c               4   0   0   0     1   0   .105      Perez ss              5   2   3   4     0   0   .254
McDowell p            2   1   0   1     0   0   .160      Niekro p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .172
  Barr p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .288        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stone p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Jarvis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               46  11  17  10     4   3             Totals               32   9   8   8    11   4

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 10,168
Left on Base: Giants 13, Braves 8
DP: Giants 0, Braves 0
Errors: Kingman, Aaron, Evans
Doubles: Fuentes (9), Speier (11), Bonds 2 (11), Evans (4)
Triples: Williams (1)
Home Runs: Kingman (11), Fuentes (3), Goodson (2), Perez (1)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (4), Speier (3)
Caught Stealing: Perez (2), Evans (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (5), Stone (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell                4.2   5   7   6   7   2   0  25   4.31
Barr                    1.1   2   2   2   2   0   1   8   3.90
Johnson W(3-2)          1     1   0   0   2   1   0   5   9.19
McMahon SV(3)           2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.26
Totals                  9     8   9   8  11   4   1  44

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro                  3.1   7   8   7   0   1   1  19   3.72
Hardin                  0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   5.40
Stone L(0-3)            3     6   2   2   1   0   2  17  11.70
Jarvis                  2     3   1   1   2   2   0  11   6.31
Totals                  9    17  11  10   4   3   3  51

Passed Balls: Healy (3), Williams (8)
Wild Pitches: McDowell (3), Niekro (1)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes doubled
to center; Goodson reached on an error by Aaron [Fuentes scored
(no RBI), Goodson to first]; Kingman homered [Goodson scored
(unearned)]; Speier grounded out (third to first); Maddox struck
out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan made an out to shortstop; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); Aaron walked; Williams made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Healy
flied out to center; McDowell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Carty flied out to left; Baker walked; Evans doubled
to right [Baker scored]; Healy allowed a passed ball [Evans to
third]; Perez singled to right [Evans scored]; Perez was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop);
Niekro singled to center; Millan popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds made an out to first; Fuentes singled; Goodson
flied out to center; Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr flied out to left; Aaron walked; McDowell threw
a wild pitch [Aaron to second]; Williams struck out; Carty flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier doubled to right; Niekro threw a wild pitch
[Speier to third]; Maddox singled to left [Speier scored];
Henderson singled to left [Maddox to second]; Healy flied out to
center [Maddox to third, Henderson to second]; McDowell reached
on a fielder's choice [Maddox scored, Henderson stayed at
second]; Henderson stole third; Williams allowed a passed ball
[McDowell to second]; Bonds doubled to left [Henderson scored,
McDowell scored]; HARDIN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Fuentes
flied out to right [Bonds to third]; Goodson singled to center
[Bonds scored]; Kingman walked [Goodson to second]; Speier flied
out to right; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker walked; Evans walked [Baker to second]; Perez
forced Baker (third unassisted) [Evans scored (error by Kingman)
(no RBI), Perez to third]; BROWN BATTED FOR HARDIN; Brown struck
out; Millan singled to left [Perez scored (unearned)]; Garr
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 8, Braves 4.

GIANTS 5TH: STONE REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Maddox flied out to
center; Henderson flied out to right; Healy flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Aaron flied out to left; Williams walked; Carty
walked [Williams to second]; Baker flied out to center; Evans
singled to right [Williams scored, Carty to second]; BARR
REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Perez homered [Carty scored, Evans
scored]; Stone popped to third in foul territory; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 8.

GIANTS 6TH: Barr flied out to left; Bonds made an out to
shortstop; Fuentes homered; Goodson singled to center; Kingman
singled to center [Goodson to second]; Speier singled to third
[Goodson to third, Kingman to second]; Maddox grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 9, Braves 8.

BRAVES 6TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr flied
out to center; Aaron walked; Williams tripled to right [Aaron
scored]; Carty walked; Baker popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 9, Braves 9.

GIANTS 7TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Healy flied
out to left; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR BARR; Gallagher walked; Bonds
doubled to left [Gallagher to third]; Fuentes flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 9, Braves 9.

BRAVES 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Evans walked;
Evans was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Perez
singled; Stone out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Perez
to second]; Millan walked; Garr struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 9, Braves 9.

GIANTS 8TH: Goodson homered; Kingman reached on an error by
Evans [Kingman to first]; JARVIS REPLACED STONE (PITCHING);
Speier singled to center [Kingman to third]; Maddox struck out;
Henderson popped to third in foul territory; Speier stole
second; Healy was walked intentionally; HOWARTH BATTED FOR
JOHNSON; Howarth flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 10, Braves 9.

BRAVES 8TH: MCMAHON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Aaron flied to
left in foul territory; Williams flied out to center; Carty was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 10, Braves
9.

GIANTS 9TH: Bonds singled to left; Fuentes out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Bonds to second]; Goodson singled to
left [Bonds scored]; Kingman walked [Goodson to second]; Speier
made an out to second; Maddox struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 11, Braves 9.

BRAVES 9TH: Baker flied out to right; Evans grounded out (first
unassisted); Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 11, Braves 9.