Sunday August 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
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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