The Giants, who hit three homers against the Dodgers in the preceding night's game, smashed three more for the circuit and powered their way to an 8-5 victory. Dave Kingman began the slugging with a three-run smash in the first inning. Willie McCovey and Dave Rader homered in the fifth, Rader's blow coming with a man on base, to add three more runs.

Steve Garvey hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers in the first. Randy Moffitt, the brother of tennis star Billie Jean King, received credit for his first major league victory after taking over for Sam McDowell with the bases loaded and none out in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Game Played on Saturday, July 1, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers      2  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  0  -   5 10  3
Giants       3  2  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   8 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Bonds rf              5   1   1   1     0   1   .246
  Sims ph,c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Howarth cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .258
Valentine cf          4   2   1   0     1   0   .256      Speier ss             2   0   1   0     2   0   .280
Mota lf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .329      McCovey 1b            4   2   2   1     0   0   .225
Garvey 1b,3b          4   2   2   2     1   0   .277      Kingman lf            3   2   1   3     1   1   .228
Parker rf,1b          4   1   2   2     0   1   .261      Rader c               4   1   1   2     0   0   .261
Lefebvre 3b,2b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Gallagher 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Cannizzaro c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .290        Blanco 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Davis ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .259
  Osteen pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      McDowell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .156
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moffitt p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Russell ss            4   0   2   1     0   0   .266
Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .086
  Richert p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .750
  Crawford ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .235

Totals               37   5  10   5     3   3             Totals               32   8  10   7     4   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 13,872
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 1
Errors: Lacy, Cannizzaro 2, Fuentes
Doubles: Russell (11), Parker (6), Garvey (9), Bonds (19)
Home Runs: Garvey (7), Kingman (17), McCovey (3), Rader (3)
Stolen Bases: Kingman (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Moffitt (1)
GIDP: Kingman (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing L(4-5)          4.1   9   8   7   2   3   3  24   2.92
Richert                 2.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   2.61
Brewer                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   1.24
Totals                  8    10   8   7   4   5   3  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell                4     6   4   4   3   2   1  22   4.30
Moffitt W(1-0)          5     4   1   1   0   1   0  18   3.72
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   3   1  40

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy made an out to second; Valentine walked; Mota
grounded out (third to first) [Valentine to second]; Garvey
homered [Valentine scored]; Parker struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Howarth singled
to left; Speier singled to center [Howarth to second]; McCovey
forced Speier (shortstop unassisted) [Howarth to third]; Kingman
homered [Howarth scored, McCovey scored]; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Lefebvre flied out to center; Cannizzaro grounded
out (shortstop to first); Russell doubled to right; Downing was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants
3.

GIANTS 2ND: Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
singled to left; McDowell struck out; Bonds doubled to left
[Fuentes scored]; Howarth singled to second [Bonds scored (error
by Lacy) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Speier walked [Howarth to
second]; McCovey grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 5.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy made an out to second; Valentine lined to
right; Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Giants 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Cannizzaro dropped a foul fly hit by Kingman for an
error; Kingman struck out; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); Gallagher singled to shortstop; Fuentes struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 5.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to center; Parker doubled to left;
Lefebvre grounded out (third to first); Cannizzaro walked;
Russell singled to left [Parker scored, Cannizzaro to second];
Downing reached on an error by Fuentes (assist by Speier)
[Cannizzaro to third, Russell to second, Downing to first]; Lacy
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 5.

GIANTS 4TH: McDowell popped to first in foul territory; Bonds
flied out to center; Howarth grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Valentine singled to left; Mota singled to left
[Valentine to second]; Garvey walked [Valentine to third, Mota
to second]; MOFFITT REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Parker
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Valentine scored, Mota to
third, Garvey to second]; Lefebvre lined into a double play
(first to shortstop) [Garvey out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 5.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); McCovey
homered; Kingman walked; Kingman stole second [Kingman to third
(error by Cannizzaro)]; Rader homered [Kingman scored]; RICHERT
REPLACED DOWNING (PITCHING); Gallagher grounded out (second to
first); Fuentes grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 8.

DODGERS 6TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (second to first); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Richert singled to center;
Lacy lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Giants 8.

GIANTS 6TH: Moffitt struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to
first); Howarth lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Giants 8.

DODGERS 7TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Mota
grounded out (third to first); Garvey doubled to left; Parker
singled to center [Garvey scored]; Lefebvre flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 8.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier walked; McCovey singled to left [Speier to
second]; Kingman grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Speier to third, McCovey out at second]; Rader made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 8.

DODGERS 8TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR CANNIZZARO; Davis singled to
center; OSTEEN RAN FOR DAVIS; Russell flied out to left;
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR RICHERT; Crawford was called out on strikes;
SIMS BATTED FOR LACY; Sims grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 8.

GIANTS 8TH: SIMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CRAWFORD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); BREWER REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); PARKER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GARVEY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); LEFEBVRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Gallagher
walked; Fuentes forced Gallagher (shortstop to second); Moffitt
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Fuentes to second];
Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 8.

DODGERS 9TH: BLANCO REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); Valentine
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mota flied out to left;
Garvey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Giants 8.

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