Willie Mays celebrated his first appearance in San Francisco in a Mets' uniform by hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning to beat his former Giants' teammates, 3-1. A single by Ted Martinez, double by Jerry Grote and infield out by Bud Harrelson gave the Mets their first run before Mays came to the plate and smashed the 650th homer of his career. Chris Speier accounted for the Giants' run with a homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Friday, July      21, 1972 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Mets         0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   0   1   1     1   1   .203      Bonds rf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .266
Mays cf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .237      Maddox cf             4   0   2   0     0   2   .277
Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Speier ss             4   1   2   1     0   0   .271
Schneck rf            3   0   0   0     2   0   .333      McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Jones lf              5   0   1   0     0   4   .264        Goodson 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Garrett 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .212      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
Martinez 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .237      Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .192
Grote c               3   1   2   0     1   0   .211      Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .247
Koosman p             4   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Barr p                1   0   1   0     0   0   .118
                                                            B. Williams ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .172
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Healy ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .167

Totals               35   3   8   3     5   8             Totals               36   1   8   1     1   9

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 18,117
Left on Base: Mets 11, Giants 9
DP: Mets 1, Giants 0
Errors: Garrett, McCovey
Doubles: Grote (5), Rader (8)
Home Runs: Mays (4), Speier (11)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Milner (4)
GIDP: Henderson (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(7-5)          7.1   7   1   1   1   6   1  32   3.30
McGraw SV(15)           1.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   5   2.01
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   9   1  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(3-3)             5     5   3   3   1   3   1  21   3.16
Moffitt                 2     3   0   0   2   3   0  12   2.75
McMahon                 2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8   2.91
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   8   1  41

Wild Pitches: Koosman (4), Moffitt (4)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


METS 1ST: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Mays grounded out
(third to first); Milner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
singled to left; Speier flied out to center; McCovey grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 2ND: Schneck grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
singled to center; Garrett singled to right [Jones to third];
Martinez flied to right in foul territory [Garrett to second];
Grote was walked intentionally; Koosman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Fuentes struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch; Henderson struck out; Gallagher grounded out (second to
first) [Fuentes to second]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Mays flied
out to center; Milner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Barr singled to pitcher; Bonds struck out; Maddox
struck out; Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 4TH: Schneck flied out to left; Jones struck out; Garrett
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

METS 5TH: Martinez singled to third; Grote doubled to right
[Martinez to third]; Koosman flied out to left; Harrelson
grounded out (second to first) [Martinez scored, Grote to
third]; Mays homered [Grote scored]; Milner flied out to left; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Gallagher walked; Rader forced Gallagher (first to
shortstop); B. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR BARR; B. Williams struck out;
Bonds reached on an error by Garrett [Rader to third, Bonds to
second]; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Giants 0.

METS 6TH: MOFFITT REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Schneck
reached on an error by McCovey [Schneck to first]; Jones struck
out; Moffitt threw a wild pitch [Schneck to second]; Garrett
walked; Martinez popped to third; Grote singled to pitcher
[Schneck to third, Garrett to second]; Koosman struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier homered; McCovey grounded out (first to
pitcher); Fuentes made an out to second; Henderson singled to
left; Gallagher grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

METS 7TH: Harrelson singled to center; Mays singled to right
[Harrelson to second]; Milner out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Harrelson to third, Mays to second]; Schneck was
walked intentionally; Jones struck out; Garrett popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants
1.

GIANTS 7TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); ARNOLD
BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Arnold flied out to center; Bonds flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

METS 8TH: GOODSON REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); MCMAHON
REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Martinez flied out to center; Grote
grounded out (shortstop to first); Koosman grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Maddox singled to second; Speier singled to center
[Maddox to second]; Goodson flied out to center [Maddox to
third]; Fuentes singled to third [Speier to second, Maddox
stayed at third]; MCGRAW REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Henderson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at
second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

METS 9TH: Harrelson walked; Mays made an out to second;
Harrelson stole second; Milner struck out; Schneck was walked
intentionally; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Gallagher struck out; Rader doubled to right; HEALY
BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Healy was called out on strikes; Bonds
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.