Although Jim Barr served up consecutive homers to Johnny Bench and Tony Perez in the fourth inning, the Giants' righthander was able to beat the Reds, 3-2, for his first victory of the season. The Giants scored one run on a double by Dave Kingman and two wild pitches in the second and tied the count at 2-2 in their half of the fourth when Willie McCovey walked and Dave Rader and Tito Fuentes singled. The winning run followed in the seventh on a single by Fuentes, sacrifice by Barr and single by Chris Speier. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      29, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Giants       0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .247
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Howarth cf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .246
Tolan cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .293      Speier ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .279
Bench c               4   1   2   1     0   1   .286      McCovey 1b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .195
Perez 1b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .290      Kingman lf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .230
Hague rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Rader c               4   0   3   0     0   0   .267
Menke 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .236      Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .267
Concepcion ss         4   0   3   0     0   0   .214      Fuentes 2b            3   1   2   1     0   0   .258
Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .034      Barr p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McRae ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .286

Totals               34   2   8   2     2   5             Totals               29   3   8   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  6,337
Left on Base: Reds 8, Giants 7
DP: Reds 0, Giants 0
Errors: Bench, Kingman
Doubles: Concepcion (8), Kingman (10), Rader (7)
Home Runs: Bench (20), Perez (12)
Caught Stealing: Howarth (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Billingham (2), Barr (3)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(4-9)       8     8   3   3   4   5   0  34   4.05
Totals                  8     8   3   3   4   5   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(1-2)             9     8   2   2   2   5   2  37   3.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   5   2  37

Wild Pitches: Billingham 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Frank Pulli


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to right; Morgan grounded out (pitcher
to first); Tolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds popped to second; Howarth grounded out (second
to first); Speier popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Perez singled to shortstop; Hague
forced Perez (second to shortstop); Menke popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey walked; Kingman doubled to left [McCovey to
third]; Rader reached on a fielder's choice [McCovey out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Kingman stayed at second]; Billingham
threw a wild pitch [Kingman to third, Rader to second];
Gallagher walked; Billingham threw a wild pitch [Kingman scored,
Rader to third, Gallagher stayed at first]; Fuentes popped to
center; Barr forced Gallagher (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion singled to left; Billingham out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Concepcion to second]; Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Concepcion to third]; Morgan
popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds struck out; Howarth flied out to center;
Speier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Bench homered;
Perez homered; Hague popped to third in foul territory; Menke
walked; Concepcion singled to center [Menke to third];
Billingham struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey walked; Kingman struck out; Rader singled to
right [McCovey to second]; Gallagher flied out to right [McCovey
to third]; Fuentes singled to center [McCovey scored, Rader to
second]; Barr flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 2.

REDS 5TH: Rose flied out to left; Morgan lined to right; Tolan
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Howarth
singled to right; Howarth was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

REDS 6TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey flied out to center; Kingman struck out;
Rader doubled to right; Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

REDS 7TH: Menke flied out to center; Concepcion doubled to
right; Billingham struck out; Rose grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes singled to right; Barr out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Fuentes to second]; Bonds struck out;
Howarth walked; Speier singled to left [Fuentes scored, Howarth
out at third (left to catcher to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 8TH: Morgan grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan grounded
out (second to first); Bench singled to left [Bench to second
(error by Kingman)]; Perez walked; Hague flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Kingman
flied out to center; Rader singled to left; Bench dropped a foul
fly hit by Gallagher for an error; Gallagher popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: Menke struck out; Concepcion lined to right; MCRAE
BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; McRae singled to right; Rose forced McRae
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.