Friday August 18, 1972
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After five straight losses, Don Durham gained his first major league victory for the Cardinals by defeating the Giants, 3-1 with the help of his own bat and relief assistance of Diego Segui. Durham singled and scored in the third inning and hit a homer in the fifth to beat Jim Willoughby, who suffered his first major league defeat after two victories. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1972 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Cardinals 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 11 1 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .304 Bonds rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .262 Sizemore 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Speier ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .271 Carbo rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Henderson lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .252 Torre 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .299 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Rader c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Melendez cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .260 Fuentes 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Crosby 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .217 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .230 Gallagher 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Durham p 3 2 2 1 0 0 .556 Howarth ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Segui p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Willoughby p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Goodson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Blanco pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 37 3 11 3 3 3 Totals 30 1 4 1 4 4 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 6,292 Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Giants 7 DP: Cardinals 0, Giants 1 Errors: Torre, Speier Doubles: Speier (23) Home Runs: Durham (2) Stolen Bases: Brock (48), Bonds (31) Caught Stealing: Henderson (4) Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (9) GIDP: Sizemore (7) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Durham W(1-5) 6.1 4 1 1 2 3 0 25 4.66 Segui SV(6) 2.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 2.54 Totals 9 4 1 1 4 4 0 35 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Willoughby L(2-1) 7 8 2 2 1 1 1 29 2.52 McMahon 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.09 Johnson 1.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 4.60 Totals 9 11 3 3 3 3 1 40 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore popped to first in foul territory; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier doubled to left; Henderson walked; McCovey flied out to left; Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons grounded out (second to pitcher); Melendez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Fuentes flied out to left; Maddox popped to first in foul territory; Gallagher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby lined to right; Maxvill struck out; Durham singled to right; Brock singled to center [Durham to second]; Sizemore singled to left [Durham scored, Brock to second]; Carbo grounded out (first to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Willoughby struck out; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier singled to center; Henderson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Melendez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Rader popped to third in foul territory; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Crosby flied out to center; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); Durham homered; Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Maddox flied out to center; Gallagher grounded out (second to first); Willoughby grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Carbo grounded out (second to pitcher); Torre singled to center; Simmons singled to center [Torre to second]; Melendez singled to third [Torre to third, Simmons to second]; Crosby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Bonds singled to left; Bonds stole second; Speier flied out to left; Henderson singled to center [Bonds scored]; Henderson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McCovey popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Maxvill singled to left; Durham forced Maxvill (catcher to shortstop) [Durham to second (error by Speier)]; Brock was walked intentionally; Sizemore grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Rader walked; Fuentes reached on an error by Torre on a sacrifice bunt [Rader to second, Fuentes to first]; Maddox popped to first in foul territory; SEGUI REPLACED DURHAM (PITCHING); HOWARTH BATTED FOR GALLAGHER; Howarth flied out to center; GOODSON BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY; Goodson walked [Rader to third, Fuentes to second]; BLANCO RAN FOR GOODSON; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. CARDINALS 8TH: BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MCMAHON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Carbo singled to right; Torre singled to center [Carbo to second]; Simmons forced Torre (second to shortstop) [Carbo to third]; JOHNSON REPLACED MCMAHON (PITCHING); Melendez singled to right [Carbo scored, Simmons to second]; Crosby walked [Simmons to third, Melendez to second]; Maxvill was called out on strikes; Segui struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson flied out to center; McCovey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Rader flied out to center; Fuentes walked; Maddox flied out to right; KINGMAN BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 1.

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