With relief help from Jim Brewer in the ninth inning, Don Sutton gained his seventh straight victory when the Dodgers pounded three homers and two triples to beat the Giants, 5-2. Steve Garvey homered for the Dodgers' first run in the second inning.

Bill Russell tripled in the third and continued home when Tito Fuentes bobbled the throw from the outfield. Jim Lefebvre homered in the fourth. Willie Davis tripled and Frank Robinson homered for two more runs in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Monday, May       29, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      0  1  1    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   5  8  1
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     0   2   .327      Bonds cf              4   1   0   0     0   2   .279
Buckner 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .273      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Davis cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .254      Goodson 1b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .341
Robinson rf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .275        Blanco pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mota lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Kingman 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .238
Lefebvre 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .232      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Maddox rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .275
Garvey 3b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .263      Henderson lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .157
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .192      Healy c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Howarth ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .304
                                                            Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          C. Williams p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rader c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .212

Totals               35   5   8   4     0   4             Totals               32   2   4   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 21,583
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 0
Errors: Russell, Fuentes
Doubles: Maddox (11), Howarth (3)
Triples: Russell (1), Davis (2)
Home Runs: Garvey (3), Lefebvre (3), Robinson (6)
Stolen Bases: Buckner (1), Bonds (8)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(7-0)           8     4   2   1   2   5   0  31   1.27
Brewer SV(4)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.35
Totals                  9     4   2   1   2   5   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
C. Williams L(0-1)      5     7   5   5   0   2   3  22   6.48
Carrithers              3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   3.82
Johnson                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   9.17
Totals                  9     8   5   5   0   4   3  35

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi


DODGERS 1ST: Russell struck out; Buckner singled to left; Davis
flied out to left; Robinson singled to center [Buckner to
third]; Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds reached on an error by Russell [Bonds to
first]; Bonds stole second; Fuentes grounded out (second to
first) [Bonds to third]; Goodson singled to right [Bonds scored
(unearned)]; Kingman struck out; Speier forced Goodson
(shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Giants 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Lefebvre flied out to center; Sims flied out to
center; Garvey homered; Sutton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Maddox popped to third in foul territory; Henderson
grounded out (second to first); Healy grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell tripled to right [Russell scored (error by
Fuentes) (no RBI)]; Buckner grounded out (second to first);
Davis popped to third in foul territory; Robinson flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: C. Williams made an out to third; Bonds was called
out on strikes; Fuentes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota lined to right; Lefebvre homered; Sims made an
out to third; Garvey flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Kingman
flied out to center; Speier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Sutton grounded out (second to first); Russell
flied out to center; Buckner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox made an out to shortstop; Henderson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Healy popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Davis tripled to right; Robinson homered [Davis
scored]; CARRITHERS REPLACED HEALY (PITCHING); RADER REPLACED C.
WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Mota grounded out (second to first);
Lefebvre flied out to left; Sims lined to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Bonds lined to
third; Fuentes lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Giants 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey struck out; Sutton grounded out (pitcher to
first); Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Kingman
struck out; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Buckner singled to center; Davis flied out to
right; Buckner stole second; Robinson popped to third in foul
territory; Mota grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Maddox doubled to left; Henderson walked; HOWARTH
BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Howarth doubled to center [Maddox scored,
Henderson to third]; Rader lined to left; Bonds was called out
on strikes; Fuentes flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Giants 2.

DODGERS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Lefebvre
grounded out (second to first); Sims popped to third in foul
territory; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Goodson singled to left; BLANCO RAN FOR GOODSON;
Kingman walked [Blanco to second]; BREWER REPLACED SUTTON
(PITCHING); Speier made an out to shortstop; Maddox popped to
third in foul territory; Henderson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 2.