Ron Bryant, coming back after a bout with pneumonia, gained his first victory since July 23 when the Giants defeated the Cardinals. 5-3. Dave Kingman homered after a double by Garry Maddox in the second inning and the Giants added two more runs in the third on singles by Chris Speier and Ken Henderson, an infield out, balk by Reggie Cleveland and single by Dave Rader. Bobby Bonds homered for the Giants' last run in the seventh. The defeat was the fifth in a row for Cleveland. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3 10  1
Giants       0  2  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   5  9  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .305      Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     0   3   .263
Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .263      Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   1   .272
Melendez cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Henderson lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .254
Torre 1b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .302      McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
  Allen 1b            0   0   0   0     2   0   .111      Rader c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .258
Simmons c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .300      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Anderson 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .265      Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .262
Roque rf              2   0   0   0     0   2   .067      Kingman 3b            3   1   2   2     0   0   .219
  Carbo ph,rf         2   0   0   1     0   0   .264      Bryant p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .180
Maxvill ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .227        Moffitt p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Cleveland p           2   1   1   0     0   0   .233        Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Cruz ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .209
  Bare p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .313

Totals               34   3  10   3     2   5             Totals               33   5   9   4     0   8

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 10,269
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Giants 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Giants 2
Errors: Sizemore
Doubles: Brock 2 (16), Maddox (23)
Triples: Anderson (1)
Home Runs: Kingman (24), Bonds (21)
Stolen Bases: Rader (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bryant (3)
GIDP: Melendez (6), Simmons (13)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(12-10)      7     8   5   5   0   7   2  30   3.91
Bare                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     9   5   5   0   8   2  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant W(10-5)          6     7   1   1   1   3   0  23   2.63
Moffitt                 1.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   8   3.00
Barr SV(2)              1.1   1   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.21
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   5   0  36

Wild Pitches: Bryant (7)
Balks: Cleveland (2)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Shag Crawford


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to right; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Melendez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Speier was called out on strikes;
Henderson reached on an error by Sizemore [Henderson to first];
McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre popped to second; Simmons singled to right;
Anderson flied out to right; Roque was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Maddox doubled to left; Kingman
homered [Maddox scored]; Bryant struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill grounded out (second to first); Cleveland
singled to right; Brock doubled to right [Cleveland to third];
Sizemore singled to left [Cleveland scored, Brock to third];
Melendez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Sizemore out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds struck out; Speier singled to right; Henderson
singled to left [Speier to second]; McCovey grounded out (second
to first) [Speier to third, Henderson to second]; Cleveland
balked [Speier scored, Henderson to third]; Rader singled to
center [Henderson scored]; Rader stole second; Fuentes flied out
to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre popped to catcher in foul territory;
Simmons singled to right; Bryant threw a wild pitch [Simmons to
second]; Anderson singled to left [Simmons out at home (left to
catcher), Anderson to second (on throw)]; Roque struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 4TH: ALLEN REPLACED TORRE (PLAYING 1B); Maddox struck
out; Kingman singled to left; Bryant out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Kingman to second]; Bonds struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill singled to left; Cleveland forced Maxvill
(shortstop to second); Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson
singled to second; McCovey popped to second; Rader grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez flied out to center; Allen walked;
Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Allen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes popped to shortstop; Maddox flied out to
right; Kingman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Anderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); CARBO BATTED FOR ROQUE; Carbo
grounded out (second to first); Maxvill grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Moffitt struck
out; Bonds homered; Speier popped to first; Henderson flied out
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; Cruz singled to
center; Brock doubled to left [Cruz scored]; Sizemore struck
out; Melendez grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Brock
to third]; Allen walked; BARR REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING);
Simmons lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: BARE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); McCovey struck out;
Rader flied to left in foul territory; Fuentes singled to
second; Maddox lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Giants 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Anderson tripled to right; Carbo grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Anderson scored]; Maxvill struck out; ALOU
BATTED FOR BARE; Alou grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 5.

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