Sam McDowell yielded just five hits and pitched the Giants to a 3-1 victory to become only the second lefthander to beat the Pirates this season and first to do it in a route-going performance. Claude Osteen of the Dodgers also won over the Pirates previously but needed assistance. San Francisco Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1Game Played on Wednesday, June 14, 1972 (Night game) at Three Rivers StadiumGiants 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 2 Pirates 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .266 Cash 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .298 Speier ss 3 0 2 1 1 0 .257 Clines lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Clemente rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .322 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .335 Kingman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Pagan 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Rader c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Oliver cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .115 Fuentes 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .258 Alley ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .278 McDowell p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Ellis p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .352 R. Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 6 2 2 2 Totals 31 1 5 1 1 4 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 14,552 Left on Base: Giants 4, Pirates 5 DP: Giants 2, Pirates 0 Errors: Speier, Fuentes, Pagan Caught Stealing: Speier (1) Sacrifice Hits: Pagan (2) Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (3) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McDowell W(7-4) 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 33 4.37 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 33 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ellis L(5-3) 7 6 3 2 1 2 0 28 2.36 R. Hernandez 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.67 Totals 9 6 3 2 2 2 0 34 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Williams GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Speier singled to right; Henderson flied out to center; McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Cash struck out; Clines struck out; Clemente grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0. GIANTS 2ND: Kingman flied out to center; Rader grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Sanguillen flied out to right; Pagan grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0. GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes singled to right; McDowell flied out to left; Bonds singled to left [Fuentes to second]; Speier singled to left [Fuentes scored, Bonds scored (error by Pagan) (unearned) (no RBI), Speier to second]; Henderson made an out to second; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first); Alley grounded out (third to first); Ellis singled to right; Cash flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. GIANTS 4TH: Kingman flied out to center; Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); Maddox lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Clines singled to center; Clemente reached on an error by Fuentes [Clines to second, Clemente to first]; Sanguillen singled to left [Clines scored, Clemente to second]; Pagan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Clemente to third, Sanguillen to second]; Oliver made an out to third; Robertson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 1. GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes lined to second; McDowell struck out; Bonds walked; Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: Alley singled to left; Ellis struck out; Cash flied out to center; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 1. GIANTS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Clemente singled to center; Sanguillen lined into a double play (second to first) [Clemente out at first]; Pagan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 1. GIANTS 7TH: Rader singled to right; Maddox singled to right [Rader to third]; Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rader scored, Maddox to second]; McDowell flied out to left; Bonds lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: Oliver made an out to second; Robertson reached on an error by Speier [Robertson to first]; Alley made an out to shortstop; STENNETT BATTED FOR ELLIS; Stennett made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Pirates 1. GIANTS 8TH: R. HERNANDEZ REPLACED STENNETT (PITCHING); Speier walked; Henderson flied out to center; McCovey made an out to third; Speier was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 8TH: Cash walked; Clines made an out to second; Clemente lined into a double play (second to first) [Cash out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Pirates 1. GIANTS 9TH: Kingman made an out to third; Rader grounded out (second to first); Maddox made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen flied out to center; Pagan grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Pirates 1. |
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