A slugfest marked by nine homers, the most in any game in N. L. this season, wound up in undramatic fashion when Joe Pepitone was hit by a pitched ball with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to force in the run that gave the Cubs a 10-9 victory over the Giants. Billy Williams and Ron Santo each hit two homers for the Cubs and Paul Popovich poked one. Santo's first circuit clout with two men on base in the third inning was the 2,000th hit of his major league career.

The Giants had two homers by Ken Henderson and one each by Willie McCovey and Dave Rader. In the 10th, Jose Cardenal and Williams singled and, after Rick Monday struck out, an intentional pass to Santo loaded the bases. Randy Moffitt's first pitch to Pepitone grazed his knee, sending him to first base and pushing Cardenal over the plate. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 10, San Francisco Giants 9
Game Played on Saturday, August    26, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Giants       0  0  0    2  0  2    2  1  2    0  -   9 14  1
Cubs         0  0  3    0  1  3    0  2  0    1  -  10 18  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              6   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Kessinger ss          5   1   1   0     1   0   .284
Speier ss             5   2   3   1     0   2   .276      Cardenal cf,rf        6   2   4   0     0   2   .284
Henderson lf          5   2   2   3     0   0   .262      Williams lf           6   2   5   4     0   0   .339
McCovey 1b            3   2   1   2     1   1   .212      Hickman rf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .277
Rader c               5   1   2   1     0   1   .258        Monday cf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Fuentes 2b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .266      Santo 3b              5   2   4   4     1   1   .311
Maddox cf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .261      Pepitone 1b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .258
Kingman 3b            1   0   0   1     2   1   .219      Hundley c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .218
  Blanco pr,3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .385      Popovich 2b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .193
Bryant p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Jenkins p             4   1   0   0     0   2   .192
  Johnson p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Aker p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Howarth ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .272
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  14   9     3   5             Totals               47  10  18  10     3   9

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance: 18,830
Left on Base: Giants 7, Cubs 13
DP: Giants 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Kingman, Hundley
Doubles: Speier (24), Cardenal (18)
Triples: Speier (2)
Home Runs: Henderson 2 (17), McCovey (11), Rader (6), Santo 2 (14), Williams 2 (27), Popovich (1)
Stolen Bases: Speier (8), Maddox (9), Fuentes (13)
Caught Stealing: Kingman (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Bryant (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (3), McCovey (1)
Hit by Pitch: Kingman (4,by Aker), Pepitone (2,by Moffitt)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant                  5.2   9   6   6   1   4   4  26   2.86
Johnson                 1.2   6   3   2   1   2   1  13   4.67
McMahon                 1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.00
Moffitt L(1-2)          0.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   5   3.15
Totals                  9.1  18  10   9   3   9   5  51

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins                 8    12   9   8   3   4   4  38   3.08
Aker W(5-5)             2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.95
Totals                 10    14   9   8   3   5   4  46

Passed Balls: Rader (6)
Hit by Pitch: Moffitt (2), Aker (4)

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - John McSherry


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to center; Speier singled to center;
Henderson flied out to right; Speier stole second; McCovey flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to right; Cardenal singled to
third; Williams singled to center [Cardenal out at third (center
to third)]; Hickman struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cubs 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Rader made an out to third; Fuentes grounded out
(second to first); Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Santo singled to left; On a bunt Pepitone singled to
third [Santo to second]; Hundley flied out to center; Popovich
flied out to left; Jenkins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Kingman walked; Bryant out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Kingman to second]; Kingman was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Bonds grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenal
doubled to left; Williams grounded out (first unassisted)
[Cardenal to third]; Hickman walked; Santo homered [Cardenal
scored, Hickman scored]; Pepitone popped to catcher in foul
territory; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cubs 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier struck out; Henderson homered; McCovey
walked; Rader singled to center [McCovey to second]; Fuentes
forced Rader (second to shortstop) [McCovey to third]; Maddox
singled to left [McCovey scored, Fuentes to second]; Kingman
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Hundley grounded out (third to first); Popovich flied
out to center; Jenkins struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Bryant flied out to left; Bonds flied out to center;
Speier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Cardenal
struck out; Williams homered; Hickman popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); McCovey
homered; Rader homered; Fuentes grounded out (first to pitcher);
Maddox singled to left; Maddox stole second; Kingman was walked
intentionally; Bryant flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Giants 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: Santo homered; Pepitone made an out to second; Hundley
grounded out (third to first); Popovich homered; JOHNSON
REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Jenkins reached on an error by
Kingman [Jenkins to first]; Kessinger singled to shortstop
[Jenkins to second]; Cardenal singled to second [Jenkins to
third, Kessinger to second]; Williams singled to shortstop
[Jenkins scored (unearned), Kessinger to third, Cardenal to
second]; Hickman flied out to center; 3 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 4, Cubs 7.

GIANTS 7TH: MONDAY REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING CF); CARDENAL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bonds flied out to right; Speier
doubled to center; Henderson homered [Speier scored]; McCovey
was called out on strikes; Rader made an out to shortstop; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Cubs 7.

CUBS 7TH: Santo struck out; Pepitone singled to right; Hundley
singled to left [Pepitone to second]; Popovich lined to center;
Jenkins forced Pepitone (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 6, Cubs 7.

GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes singled to right; Fuentes stole second
[Fuentes to third (error by Hundley)]; Maddox lined to third;
Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fuentes scored (unearned)];
Johnson made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 7, Cubs 7.

CUBS 8TH: Kessinger walked; On a bunt Cardenal struck out;
Williams homered [Kessinger scored]; MCMAHON REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Monday flied out to center; Santo singled to
pitcher; Pepitone struck out but Santo advanced to second and
Pepitone advanced to first on a passed ball; Hundley forced
Pepitone (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7,
Cubs 9.

GIANTS 9TH: Bonds singled to left; Speier tripled to right
[Bonds scored]; AKER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Henderson
flied out to left; McCovey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Speier
scored]; Rader struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 9, Cubs
9.

CUBS 9TH: Popovich made an out to second; Aker struck out;
Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 9,
Cubs 9.

GIANTS 10TH: Fuentes singled to pitcher; Maddox lined into a
double play (pitcher to first) [Fuentes out at first]; Kingman
was hit by a pitch; BLANCO RAN FOR KINGMAN; HOWARTH BATTED FOR
MCMAHON; Howarth singled to right [Blanco to third]; Bonds
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
9, Cubs 9.

CUBS 10TH: BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MOFFITT REPLACED
HOWARTH (PITCHING); Cardenal singled to right; Williams singled
to right [Cardenal to third]; Monday struck out; Santo was
walked intentionally [Williams to second]; Pepitone was hit by a
pitch [Cardenal scored, Williams to third, Santo to second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 9, Cubs 10.