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. Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 3Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumGiants 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. |
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