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Sunday July 23, 1972
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After being held to one hit, the Giants jumped on Tom Seaver for four runs on two homers in the fifth inning to defeat the Mets, 5-2. With two out, Ken Henderson connected for the circuit, Chris Arnold and Ron Bryant followed with singles and Bobby Bonds settled Seaver's fate with a round-tripper. Bryant gained his sixth straight victory. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Sunday, July 23, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Mets         1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  4  0    0  1  x  -   5  7  4


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          3   1   1   0     1   1   .201      Bonds rf              3   1   1   3     1   1   .265
Mays cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .233      Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .273
Fregosi 3b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .238      Speier ss             4   0   1   1     0   0   .268
Jones lf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .268      Goodson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .284
Sudakis 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Schneck rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .314      Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Martinez 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Henderson lf          2   1   1   1     1   0   .197
Dyer c                3   1   0   0     1   0   .233      Arnold 3b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .217
Seaver p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .157      Bryant p              3   1   1   0     0   0   .149
  Grote ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .211

Totals               31   2   4   2     3   5             Totals               29   5   7   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 26,257
Left on Base: Mets 8, Giants 2
DP: Mets 0, Giants 0
Errors: Seaver, Rader, Bryant 3
Doubles: Schneck (2)
Home Runs: Henderson (7), Bonds (15)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (10), Maddox (4)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Martinez (3), Harrelson (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Fregosi (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(12-7)          8     7   5   5   2   6   2  31   3.16
Totals                  8     7   5   5   2   6   2  31

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant W(9-4)           9     4   2   1   3   5   0  37   2.48
Totals                  9     4   2   1   3   5   0  37

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


METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Mays flied out to left; Harrelson
stole second [Harrelson to third (error by Rader)]; Fregosi
struck out; Jones singled to center [Harrelson scored]; Sudakis
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Seaver [Bonds to second]; Bonds was out
trying to advance to third (second to third); Maddox struck out;
Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 0.

METS 2ND: Schneck reached on an error by Bryant (assist by
Fuentes) [Schneck to first]; Martinez reached on an error by
Bryant on a sacrifice bunt [Schneck to second, Martinez to
first]; Dyer made an out to first; Seaver flied out to center
[Schneck to third]; Harrelson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson singled to right; Rader flied out to center;
Fuentes flied out to left; Henderson made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

METS 3RD: Mays was called out on strikes; Fregosi flied out to
left; Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Arnold struck out; Bryant grounded out (second to
first); Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 0.

METS 4TH: Sudakis grounded out (second to first); Schneck flied
out to center; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Speier popped to catcher
in foul territory; Goodson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 0.

METS 5TH: Dyer walked; Seaver reached on an error by Bryant
[Dyer to second, Seaver to first]; Harrelson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Dyer to third, Seaver to second]; Mays
was walked intentionally; Fregosi hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Dyer scored (unearned)]; Jones forced Mays (shortstop to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader popped to catcher in foul territory; Fuentes
flied out to right; Henderson homered; Arnold singled to center;
Bryant singled to left [Arnold to second]; Bonds homered [Arnold
scored, Bryant scored]; Maddox was called out on strikes; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 4.

METS 6TH: Sudakis grounded out (third to first); Schneck struck
out; Martinez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier made an out to shortstop; Goodson struck out;
Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants
4.

METS 7TH: Dyer grounded out (third to first); Seaver lined to
second; Harrelson singled to left; Mays forced Harrelson (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); Henderson
walked; Henderson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Arnold flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Giants 4.

METS 8TH: Fregosi grounded out (third to first); Jones singled
to shortstop; Sudakis made an out to second; Schneck doubled to
right [Jones to third]; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Bryant grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds flied
out to center; Maddox singled to center; Maddox stole second;
Speier singled to center [Maddox scored]; Goodson grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 5.

METS 9TH: Dyer popped to first; GROTE BATTED FOR SEAVER; Grote
grounded out (third to first); Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Giants 5.



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