Homers in the seventh inning by Earl Williams, Darrell Evans and Paul Casanova helped carry the Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Giants in the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The second game was rained out after one inning with the Braves leading, 1-0.

After their slugging burst in the opener, the Braves added what proved to be the winning run in the eighth when Ralph Garr doubled and Dusty Baker singled. Al Gallagher homered for the Giants in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  x  -   4  8  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Maddox cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .272      Garr lf               3   1   2   0     1   0   .318
Speier ss             4   0   2   1     0   0   .271      Baker cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .326
McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Williams 1b           3   1   2   1     1   1   .266
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .251      Evans 3b              3   1   1   1     0   1   .244
Rader c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .258      Casanova c            3   1   2   1     0   0   .226
Gallagher 3b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .247      Perez ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Henderson lf          3   1   0   0     1   1   .194      Schueler p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Bryant p              2   0   2   0     0   0   .184        McLain p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goodson 1b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .291
  B. Williams pr      0   0   0   0     0   0   .172

Totals               35   3   9   2     2   6             Totals               30   4   8   4     2   8

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 10,333
Left on Base: Giants 8, Braves 4
DP: Giants 2, Braves 1
Doubles: Maddox (19), Williams (18), Garr (11)
Home Runs: Gallagher (2), Williams (16), Evans (14), Casanova (2)
Caught Stealing: Baker (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Bryant (2)
GIDP: Bonds (10), Perez (14)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(9-5)           7     6   3   3   1   6   3  27   2.55
Moffitt                 1     2   1   1   1   2   0   5   2.92
Totals                  8     8   4   4   2   8   3  32

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler W(4-4)         8.2   9   3   1   2   6   1  37   3.43
McLain SV(1)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.84
Totals                  9     9   3   1   2   6   1  38

Passed Balls: Casanova (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ken Burkhart


GIANTS 1ST: game two rained out; Bonds struck out; Maddox
made an out to second; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Brown made an out to shortstop; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); Baker flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey flied out to right; Fuentes singled to left;
Rader made an out to third; Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams was called out on strikes; Millan was
called out on strikes; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Henderson struck out but advanced to first on a
passed ball; Bryant out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Henderson to second]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Paul Casanova thought
there were three out and he left the plate, letting in run;
Maddox doubled to right; Speier singled to left [Maddox scored
(unearned)]; McCovey struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Casanova popped to third in foul territory; Perez
struck out; Schueler flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes made an out to shortstop; Rader walked;
Gallagher grounded out (second to first) [Rader to second];
Henderson was walked intentionally; Bryant singled [Rader to
third, Henderson to second]; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
singled to right; Baker struck out; Williams doubled to left
[Garr to third]; Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
singled to center; McCovey flied out to right; Fuentes was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Evans struck out; Casanova singled to center; Perez
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Casanova out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Rader grounded out (first unassisted); Gallagher
grounded out (second to first); Henderson flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Schueler grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr walked; Baker forced
Garr (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves
0.

GIANTS 7TH: Bryant singled to left; Bonds grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Bryant out at second]; Maddox
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Williams homered; Millan grounded out (pitcher to
first); Evans homered; Casanova homered; Perez flied out to
left; Schueler was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier flied out to left; McCovey grounded out
(first unassisted); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 3.

BRAVES 8TH: GOODSON REPLACED BRYANT (PLAYING 1B); MOFFITT
REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); Brown struck out; Garr doubled to
right; Baker singled to center [Garr scored]; Williams walked
[Baker to second]; Millan struck out while Baker was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Rader was called out on strikes; Gallagher homered;
Henderson grounded out (second to first); Goodson singled to
right; B. WILLIAMS RAN FOR GOODSON; Bonds singled to center [B.
Williams to second]; MCLAIN REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Maddox
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 4.