Reggie Cleveland doled out five hits and pitched the Cardinals to a 6-0 victory over the Giants. Joe Torre homered in the second inning and another run counted in the fifth on a single by Cleveland and triple by Ted Sizemore. The Cardinals finished the job of handing Juan Marichal his ninth defeat by adding four runs in the ninth with the aid of three errors. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      7, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  4  -   6 14  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  3


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .301      Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .255
Sizemore 2b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .271      Arnold 2b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .241
Alou 1b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .350        Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Fiore 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Fuentes 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Torre 3b              5   1   3   2     0   0   .347      Bonds rf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Simmons c             5   0   0   0     0   1   .279      McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .231
Carbo rf              3   0   2   0     1   1   .227      Kingman 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .227
Cruz cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .186      Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .203
Maxvill ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .129      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .248
Cleveland p           4   2   2   1     0   0   .222      Rader c               2   0   1   0     1   0   .245
                                                          Marichal p            3   0   2   0     0   0   .207
                                                            Cumberland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               39   6  14   4     2   2             Totals               29   0   5   0     3   9

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  2,718
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Giants 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Giants 1
Errors: Kingman, Henderson, Marichal
Doubles: Alou (6), Rader (6), Bonds (14)
Triples: Sizemore (2)
Home Runs: Torre (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Bonds (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bonds (2,by Cleveland)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(5-4)        9     5   0   0   3   9   0  34   3.96
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   9   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(2-9)         8.2  13   6   3   2   2   1  39   3.61
Cumberland              0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   8.64
Totals                  9    14   6   3   2   2   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (2)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to right; Sizemore popped to
second; Alou popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Speier singled to left; Arnold struck out; Bonds out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Speier to second];
McCovey walked; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre homered; Simmons was called out on strikes;
Carbo walked; Cruz walked [Carbo to second]; Maxvill grounded
out (third to first) [Carbo to third, Cruz to second]; Cleveland
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson struck out; Maddox flied out to center;
Rader doubled to left; Marichal singled to right [Rader out at
home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Sizemore
flied out to left; Alou popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier struck out; Arnold grounded out (second to
first); Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre flied out to center; Simmons grounded out
(second to pitcher); Carbo singled to right; Cruz flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Kingman
struck out; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill flied out to center; Cleveland singled to
shortstop; Brock popped to shortstop; Sizemore tripled to left
[Cleveland scored]; Alou flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox struck out; Rader walked; Marichal singled to
third [Rader to second]; Speier popped to shortstop; Arnold
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Torre singled to left; Simmons flied out to
center; Carbo singled to left [Torre to third]; Cruz hit into a
double play (right to catcher) [Torre out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds was hit by a pitch; McCovey flied out to left;
Kingman struck out; Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cleveland grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock singled to
center; Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Maddox was called out on strikes; Rader grounded out
(third to first); Marichal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Alou singled to third; Torre forced Alou
(shortstop to second); Simmons flied out to left; Carbo was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier flied out to center; HOWARTH BATTED FOR
ARNOLD; Howarth grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds doubled
to right; McCovey struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: FUENTES REPLACED HOWARTH (PLAYING 2B); Cruz
singled to right; Cruz was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Marichal [Cruz to third]; Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cleveland singled to right [Cruz scored];
Kingman dropped a foul fly hit by Brock for an error; Brock
singled to right [Cleveland to second]; Sizemore singled to left
[Cleveland scored (error by Henderson) (unearned) (no RBI),
Brock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sizemore out at home (left to
second to catcher)]; Alou doubled to right; CUMBERLAND REPLACED
MARICHAL (PITCHING); Torre singled to right [Alou scored
(unearned)]; Simmons popped to shortstop; 4 R (1 ER), 6 H, 3 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: FIORE REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 1B); Kingman walked;
Henderson lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Kingman
out at first]; Maddox popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Giants 0.