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.