The Dodgers, after failing to hold a 4-1 lead, came back with a run in the 11th inning on a walk to Willie Davis and triple by Manny Mota to defeat the Giants, 5-4. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Wednesday, May       31, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0    1  -   5  7  1
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0    0  -   4  6  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Valentine 2b          5   1   1   2     0   0   .315      Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     1   1   .281
Russell ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .310      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .264
Davis cf              4   1   0   0     1   0   .258      Goodson 1b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .340
Robinson rf           3   1   2   0     1   1   .283      Kingman 3b            3   0   0   1     0   2   .241
  Crawford pr,rf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Speier ss             3   0   1   2     1   2   .255
Mota lf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .298      Maddox lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Parker 1b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .268      Henderson cf          3   1   2   0     1   0   .187
Garvey 3b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .264      Gibson c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Dietz c               1   0   0   0     2   0   .152        B. Williams ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .176
  Sims c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .161        Healy c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Downing p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Bryant p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Wills ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
                                                            McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   7   4     5   4             Totals               33   4   6   4     4   8

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance:  6,881
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 1
Errors: Valentine, Henderson, Johnson
Doubles: Fuentes (11), Speier (12), Bonds (12)
Triples: Mota (3)
Home Runs: Valentine (2)
Stolen Bases: Russell (3), Mota (2), Garvey (3), Speier (4)
Caught Stealing: Mota (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Mota (2), Wills (4), Gibson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (1), Kingman (1)
GIDP: Gibson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Mota (2,by Bryant)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing                 6.2   6   4   4   3   7   0  28   2.59
Wilhelm                 1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.15
Brewer W(4-2)           2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.26
Totals                 10     6   4   4   4   8   0  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant                  7     4   4   3   4   2   1  30   3.39
Johnson                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   8   8.24
McMahon L(0-2)          1     2   1   1   1   1   0   5   3.47
Totals                 10     7   5   4   5   4   1  43

Passed Balls: Dietz (2)
Hit by Pitch: Bryant (1)
Wild Pitches: Bryant (5)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Valentine flied out to right; Russell singled to
left; Davis flied out to right; Russell stole second; Bryant
threw a wild pitch [Russell scored]; Robinson struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Fuentes doubled to left [Bonds to
third]; Goodson popped to third in foul territory; Kingman hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Bonds scored, Fuentes to third (error by
Valentine)]; Speier struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Giants 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Mota was hit by a pitch; Parker made an out to
shortstop; Mota stole second; Garvey struck out; Dietz was
walked intentionally; Downing flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson
singled to center; Gibson struck out; Dietz allowed a passed
ball [Henderson to second]; Bryant grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

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

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Fuentes
flied out to center; Goodson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Robinson singled to left; Mota flied out to right;
Parker lined into a double play [Robinson out at first]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman struck out; Speier struck out; Maddox struck
out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants
1.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey singled to left; Garvey stole second; Dietz
lined to left; Downing made an out to second; Valentine homered
[Garvey scored]; Russell grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Henderson singled to left; Gibson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Henderson out at
second]; Bryant grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Davis reached on an error by Henderson [Davis to
third]; Robinson walked; Mota reached on a fielder's choice
[Davis out at home (shortstop to catcher), Robinson to second];
Parker walked [Robinson to third, Mota to second]; Garvey hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Robinson scored (unearned)]; Dietz
walked [Mota to third, Parker to second]; Downing flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds struck out; Fuentes walked; Goodson singled to
center [Fuentes to second]; Kingman struck out; Speier doubled
to left [Fuentes scored, Goodson scored]; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Valentine grounded out (third to first); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: SIMS REPLACED DIETZ (PLAYING C ); Henderson walked;
Gibson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Henderson to
second]; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR BRYANT; Gallagher grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds doubled to left [Henderson scored];
WILHELM REPLACED DOWNING (PITCHING); Fuentes grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 4.

DODGERS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Robinson
singled to center; CRAWFORD RAN FOR ROBINSON; Mota out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Crawford to second]; Parker
reached on a fielder's choice [Crawford out at third (pitcher to
third)]; Garvey forced Parker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Goodson flied
out to center; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
walked; Speier stole second; Maddox made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Sims reached on an error by Johnson [Sims to
first]; WILLS BATTED FOR WILHELM; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Sims to second]; Valentine grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Sims to third]; Russell struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED WILLS (PITCHING); Henderson grounded
out (third to first); B. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR GIBSON; B. Williams
struck out; ARNOLD BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Arnold grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 4.

DODGERS 10TH: HEALY REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); MCMAHON
REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Davis walked; Crawford struck out;
Mota tripled to center [Davis scored]; Mota was caught stealing
home (catcher to third); Parker singled to shortstop; Garvey
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 10TH: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
flied out to center; Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.