Jim Barr set a major league record for most consecutive batters retired over two games, 41, while pitching the Giants to a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals. Barr set down the last 21 batters in an 8-0 decision over the Pirates August 23 and followed by retiring the first 20 Cardinals before his string was broken when Bernie Carbo doubled with two out in the seventh inning.

Reggie Cleveland engaged in a scoreless duel with Barr until the ninth when Jim Howarth was safe on an error by Dwain Anderson, Chris Speier was hit by a pitch, Ken Henderson sacrificed, Dave Rader drew an intentional pass and Dave Kingman doubled to give the Giants their three runs on only one hit. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    29, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  7  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Howarth cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Maddox pr,cf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .258      Carbo rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .278
Speier ss             3   1   1   0     0   0   .275      Torre 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Henderson lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Rader c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .261      Melendez cf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Kingman 1b            4   0   1   3     0   1   .218      Anderson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .228        Crosby ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Barr p                4   0   2   0     0   0   .194      Cleveland p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                            Cruz ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .215

Totals               32   3   7   3     2   4             Totals               29   0   3   0     0   2

Time of Game: 1:49   Attendance:  9,002
Left on Base: Giants 6, Cardinals 2
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Anderson
Doubles: Barr (2), Kingman (14), Carbo (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Henderson (2)
GIDP: Henderson (6), Gallagher (10), Anderson (4)
Hit by Pitch: Speier (3,by Cleveland)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(6-7)             9     3   0   0   0   2   0  29   2.80
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   2   0  29

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(13-11)      9     7   3   2   2   4   0  36   3.85
Totals                  9     7   3   2   2   4   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (4)

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Bruce Froemming


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds popped to second; Howarth singled to right;
Speier popped to first in foul territory; Henderson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

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

GIANTS 2ND: Rader lined to shortstop; Kingman was called out on
strikes; Fuentes flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre popped to first; Simmons flied out to
center; Melendez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Gallagher flied out to right; Barr grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds singled to center; Howarth flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Anderson struck out; Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cleveland flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier singled to center; Henderson grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Speier out at
second]; Rader popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
flied out to center; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
singled to right; Gallagher grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
lined to first; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Barr doubled to left; Bonds grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Barr to third]; Howarth struck out; Speier grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Anderson grounded out (second to first); Maxvill
flied out to right; Cleveland flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader
grounded out (first to pitcher); Kingman popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
flied out to right; Carbo doubled to left; Torre flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Gallagher struck out;
Barr singled to center; Bonds forced Barr (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons flied out to left; Melendez singled to
left; Anderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Melendez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Howarth reached on an error by Anderson [Howarth to
first]; MADDOX RAN FOR HOWARTH; Speier was hit by a pitch
[Maddox to second]; Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Maddox to third, Speier to second]; Rader was walked
intentionally; Kingman doubled to left [Maddox scored
(unearned), Speier scored, Rader scored]; Fuentes struck out;
Gallagher was walked intentionally; Barr lined to third; 3 R (2
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CROSBY BATTED
FOR MAXVILL; Crosby popped to third in foul territory; CRUZ
BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; Cruz singled to center; Brock flied out to
left; Sizemore lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Cardinals 0.