Willie McCovey hit the 14th grand-slam homer of his career, tying Hank Aaron and the late Gil Hodges for the all-time N. L. lead as the Giants walloped the Dodgers, 9-3. Juan Marichal made his first start for the Giants since June 11 but was removed in the fifth inning when the Dodgers tied the score at 2-2.

The Giants went ahead with a pair in their half, aided by two errors. McCovey then broke the game wide apart in the seventh with his slam off Don Sutton after the Giants had loaded the bases on singles by Tito Fuentes, Don McMahon and Jim Howarth. Dave Kingman followed McCovey to the plate and also hit a homer. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      2, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  9  2
Giants       0  2  0    0  2  0    5  0  x  -   9 11  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Valentine cf          4   1   1   1     0   1   .256      Bonds rf              5   2   2   1     0   0   .248
Buckner rf            3   0   2   1     1   0   .296      Howarth cf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .268
Parker 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .261      Speier ss             5   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Garvey 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276      McCovey 1b            3   2   1   4     1   0   .228
Crawford lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Kingman lf            3   2   1   1     1   0   .229
Lefebvre 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .207      Rader c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .266
Sims c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .192      Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .266
Russell ss            4   2   1   0     0   0   .266      Fuentes 2b            3   1   2   0     1   1   .263
Sutton p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .179      Marichal p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .750        McMahon p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Lacy ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .200        B. Williams pr      0   1   0   0     0   0   .161
                                                            Johnson p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     1   3             Totals               34   9  11   8     3   2

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 23,285
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 1
Errors: Sims, Russell
Doubles: Russell (12)
Home Runs: McCovey (4), Kingman (18)
Stolen Bases: Garvey (4), Bonds (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (6), McMahon (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (3), Gallagher (3)
GIDP: Parker (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(9-4)           6.2   8   9   8   3   1   2  32   2.05
Richert                 1.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.45
Totals                  8    11   9   8   3   2   2  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal                4.2   6   2   2   1   1   0  20   3.75
McMahon W(2-2)          2.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.92
Johnson SV(4)           2     3   1   1   0   1   0  10   5.63
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   3   0  37

Wild Pitches: Johnson (3)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Valentine grounded out (third to first); Buckner
flied out to left; Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Howarth
grounded out (first unassisted); Speier flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey singled to left; Garvey stole second;
Crawford made an out to shortstop; Lefebvre lined to right; Sims
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey walked; Kingman walked [McCovey to second];
Rader singled to right [McCovey scored, Kingman to third];
Gallagher hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kingman scored];
Fuentes struck out; Marichal forced Rader (shortstop to second);
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell doubled to left; Sutton singled to right
[Russell to third]; Valentine hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Russell scored]; Buckner walked [Sutton to second]; Parker
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Buckner out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Howarth
singled to right; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Howarth to second]; McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey popped to first in foul territory; Crawford
grounded out (first unassisted); Lefebvre struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman made an out to shortstop; Rader popped to
third in foul territory; Gallagher lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Sims singled to center; Russell forced Sims
(shortstop unassisted); Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Russell to second]; Valentine singled to shortstop
[Russell to third]; Buckner singled to center [Russell scored,
Valentine to third]; MCMAHON REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING);
Parker struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes walked; McMahon out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Fuentes to second]; Bonds singled to right
[Fuentes scored]; Bonds stole second [Bonds to third (error by
Sims)]; Howarth flied out to center; Speier reached on an error
by Russell [Bonds scored (unearned) (no RBI), Speier to first];
McCovey flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Giants 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford
popped to shortstop; Lefebvre popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
popped to third in foul territory; Gallagher flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Sims grounded out (second to first); Russell flied
out to center; Sutton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes singled to left; McMahon singled to first
[Fuentes to second]; B. WILLIAMS RAN FOR MCMAHON; Bonds forced
Fuentes (shortstop to third) [B. Williams to second]; Howarth
singled to third [B. Williams to third, Bonds to second]; Speier
lined to shortstop; McCovey homered [B. Williams scored, Bonds
scored, Howarth scored]; Kingman homered; RICHERT REPLACED
SUTTON (PITCHING); Rader singled to center; Gallagher lined to
center; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 9.

DODGERS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Valentine
struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Buckner
singled to shortstop [Valentine to second]; Parker singled to
center [Valentine scored, Buckner to second]; Garvey popped to
catcher in foul territory; Crawford flied out to center;
Lefebvre popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 9.

GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes singled to left; Johnson struck out; Bonds
singled to third [Fuentes to second]; Howarth flied out to left;
Speier forced Fuentes (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Giants 9.

DODGERS 9TH: Sims grounded out (second to first); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); LACY BATTED FOR RICHERT; Lacy
singled to left; Valentine forced Lacy (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 9.