The Giants, after being shut out in the first game, 4-0, scored only one run in the first nine innings of the second game before erupting in the 10th to beat the Reds, 6-1. Ross Grimsley pitched his first shutout of the season in the opener. The Reds bunched a double by Johnny Bench, triple by Denis Menke and double by Darrel Chaney for two runs in the second inning and added two more in the third to send Juan Marichal down to defeat.

In the nightcap, Bobby Bonds homered off Tom Hall in the fifth inning. The Reds came up with a matching run in their half off Jim Barr on a double by Bench, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Hal McRae. In the 10th, with Clay Carroll on the mound for the Reds, Chris Speier walked, Dave Kingman was safe on an error and, after a sacrifice, Ken Henderson drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Tito Fuentes followed with an infield hit to drive in the tie-breaking tally. Ed Goodson then cleared the sacks with a triple and scored himself on a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, San Francisco Giants 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      30, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  2
Reds         0  2  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Rose lf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .287
Maddox cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .275      Morgan 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .289
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Concepcion 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .198
Goodson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Tolan cf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .295
Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .254      Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Gallagher 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Perez 1b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .280
Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .193      Geronimo rf           4   1   0   0     0   1   .286
Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Menke 3b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .228
  Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Chaney ss             4   0   1   1     0   0   .300
Marichal p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Grimsley p            4   0   1   0     0   1   .128
  Arnold ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .229
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  B. Williams ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .169
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               34   0   8   0     1   1             Totals               33   4   8   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:03
Left on Base: Giants 8, Reds 8
DP: Giants 0, Reds 1
Errors: Goodson 2
Doubles: Fuentes 2 (19), Henderson (7), Bench (12), Chaney (5)
Triples: Maddox (6), Menke (2)
GIDP: Goodson (5)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(4-11)        4     7   4   4   2   1   0  22   3.47
Moffitt                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.77
McMahon                 2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.79
Totals                  8     8   4   4   3   4   0  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(9-4)         9     8   0   0   1   1   0  35   2.31
Totals                  9     8   0   0   1   1   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds popped to second; Maddox tripled to right;
Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded
out (first to pitcher); Tolan lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Gallagher
flied out to center; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench doubled to left; Perez flied out to center;
Geronimo reached on a fielder's choice [Bench out at third
(pitcher to third)]; Menke tripled to right [Geronimo scored];
Chaney doubled to right [Menke scored]; Grimsley grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader grounded out (second to first); Marichal
singled to center; Bonds flied out to center; On a bunt Maddox
grounded out (pitcher to first); Garry Maddox called for
interference for running in fair territory when he was struck by
the throw; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to left; Morgan walked [Rose to second];
Tolan singled to left [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Bench
popped to first; Perez reached on an error by Goodson [Morgan
scored (RBI), Tolan to second, Perez to first]; Geronimo forced
Perez (first to shortstop) [Tolan to third]; Menke flied out to
right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson
singled to right; Fuentes doubled to left [Goodson to third];
Gallagher grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

REDS 4TH: Chaney flied out to right; Grimsley struck out; Rose
singled to left [Rose to second (error by Goodson)]; Morgan
singled to third [Rose to third]; Tolan walked [Morgan to
second]; Bench forced Morgan (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader flied out to left; ARNOLD BATTED FOR MARICHAL;
Arnold singled to left; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Arnold to second]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

REDS 5TH: MOFFITT REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Perez grounded out
(first unassisted); Geronimo struck out; Menke grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Goodson
grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

REDS 6TH: Chaney grounded out (first to pitcher); Grimsley
singled to left; Rose struck out; Morgan flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

GIANTS 7TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Gallagher
grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson doubled to left;
Rader flied out to left; B. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; B.
Williams popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
4.

REDS 7TH: MCMAHON REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Tolan
grounded out (second to first); Bench grounded out (shortstop to
first); Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
4.

GIANTS 8TH: Bonds walked; Maddox singled to pitcher [Bonds to
second]; Speier flied out to left; Goodson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: Geronimo grounded out (third to first); Menke walked;
Chaney grounded out (first unassisted) [Menke to second];
Grimsley popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
4.

GIANTS 9TH: Fuentes doubled to left; Gallagher grounded out
(first unassisted); Henderson was called out on strikes; KINGMAN
BATTED FOR RADER; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.