Juan Marichal's string of eight straight losses since a victory in the opening game of the season came to an end when the Giants defeated the Pirates, 7-4. The Giants backed Marichal with a two-run single by Dave Rader and homers by Ed Goodson, Dave Kingman and Bobby Bonds. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Game Played on Friday, June      2, 1972 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Pirates      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4  7  2
Giants       2  0  2    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   7 10  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .284      Bonds rf              4   2   3   1     1   0   .285
Sanguillen c          3   1   1   0     1   0   .353      Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .267
Clemente rf           4   0   1   2     0   1   .327      Goodson 1b            5   1   1   1     0   0   .322
Stargell lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .291      Kingman 3b            3   2   1   1     2   0   .239
Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .321      Speier ss             4   1   2   0     1   1   .260
Robertson 1b          4   0   3   0     0   1   .140      Henderson cf          1   0   0   0     3   0   .196
Pagan 3b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .278      Maddox lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Alley ss              3   1   0   0     1   1   .286        Howarth ph,lf       3   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Johnson p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Rader c               4   1   2   2     0   0   .227
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Marichal p            4   0   0   0     0   2   .154
  Mazeroski ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .344
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stennett ph         1   0   1   2     0   0   .400

Totals               34   4   7   4     3   5             Totals               33   7  10   6     7   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  6,669
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Giants 10
DP: Pirates 2, Giants 0
Errors: Johnson, Miller
Doubles: Cash (9), Robertson (4)
Triples: Clemente (3), Stennett (4)
Home Runs: Kingman (13), Bonds (8), Goodson (3)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (9)
GIDP: Goodson (3), Speier (5)
Hit by Pitch: Maddox (1,by Johnson)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(0-3)          3     7   5   5   3   2   2  19   4.60
Garber                  1     2   1   1   1   0   1   6   9.00
Miller                  2     1   1   0   2   1   0   9   0.96
Giusti                  2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.80
Totals                  8    10   7   6   7   4   3  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(2-8)         9     7   4   4   3   5   0  37   3.67
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3   5   0  37

Passed Balls: Sanguillen (2)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (1)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer


PIRATES 1ST: Cash doubled to center; Sanguillen grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cash to third]; Clemente grounded out
(second to first) [Cash scored]; Stargell walked; Oliver flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to left; Fuentes singled to center
[Bonds to third]; Goodson grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to second) [Bonds scored (no RBI), Fuentes out at
second]; Kingman homered; Speier walked; Henderson made an out
to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Robertson struck out; Pagan grounded out (second to
first); Alley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Maddox was hit by a pitch; Rader popped to third in
foul territory; Marichal struck out; Bonds singled to right
[Maddox to third]; Bonds stole second; Fuentes made an out to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Johnson was called out on strikes; Cash lined to
second; Sanguillen walked; Clemente tripled to right [Sanguillen
scored]; Stargell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Kingman
walked; Speier singled to pitcher [Kingman to third (error by
Johnson), Speier to second]; Henderson was walked intentionally;
HOWARTH BATTED FOR MADDOX; Howarth made an out to shortstop;
Rader singled to right [Kingman scored, Speier scored, Henderson
to second]; Marichal was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 4.

PIRATES 4TH: HOWARTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Robertson doubled to left;
Pagan flied out to center; Alley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds homered; GARBER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Fuentes flied out to left; Goodson homered; Kingman lined to
left; Speier singled to left; Henderson walked [Speier to
second]; Howarth grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 6.

PIRATES 5TH: MAZEROSKI BATTED FOR GARBER; Mazeroski grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sanguillen singled to right; Clemente struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 6.

GIANTS 5TH: MILLER REPLACED MAZEROSKI (PITCHING); Rader singled
to second; Marichal reached on an error by Miller [Rader to
second, Marichal to first]; Bonds flied out to right [Rader to
third]; Fuentes forced Marichal (first to shortstop) [Rader
scored (unearned)]; Goodson grounded out (second to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 7.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell flied out to right; Oliver flied out to
center; Robertson singled to center; Pagan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 7.

GIANTS 6TH: Kingman walked; Speier grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second];
Henderson walked; Sanguillen allowed a passed ball [Henderson to
second]; Howarth was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 7.

PIRATES 7TH: Alley grounded out (shortstop to first); DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR MILLER; Davalillo grounded out (third to first); Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Giants 7.

GIANTS 7TH: GIUSTI REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Rader flied
out to right; Marichal grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
walked; Fuentes made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Giants 7.

PIRATES 8TH: Sanguillen lined to second; Clemente popped to
first in foul territory; Stargell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Giants 7.

GIANTS 8TH: Goodson popped to third in foul territory; Kingman
flied out to left; Speier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Giants 7.

PIRATES 9TH: Oliver flied out to right; Robertson singled to
third; Pagan forced Robertson (third to second); Alley walked
[Pagan to second]; STENNETT BATTED FOR GIUSTI; Stennett tripled
to right [Pagan scored, Alley scored]; Cash flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Giants 7.