Although collecting only six hits off Bob Gibson, who struck out 14, the Giants broke the righthander's mastery and defeated the Cardinals, 3-2. The setback snapped Gibson's string of 10 straight victories over the Giants since September, 1968.

The Giants combined singles by Dave Rader, Dave Kingman and Al Gallagher for a run in the second inning, but Gibson batted himself into a tie with a homer in the sixth. With one out in the ninth, Chris Speier walked for the Giants and scored on singles by Ken Henderson and Rader. Tito Fuentes then singled to drive in what proved to be the winning run, enabling Jim Willoughby to survive a homer by Bernie Carbo in the Cardinals' half of the ninth. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    30, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  6  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  7  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Howarth cf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .260      Sizemore 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .262
Speier ss             3   1   0   0     1   2   .273      Carbo rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .278
Henderson lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .258      Torre 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .293
Rader c               4   1   2   1     0   1   .264      Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Kingman 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .218      Melendez cf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .260
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .264      Anderson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Gallagher 3b          2   0   1   1     1   1   .230      Crosby 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Gibson p              3   1   1   1     0   0   .188
  Blanco 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .385
Willoughby p          3   0   0   0     0   2   .176

Totals               33   3   6   3     2  14             Totals               32   2   7   2     0   3

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 10,201
Left on Base: Giants 5, Cardinals 3
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 0
Home Runs: Gibson (5), Carbo (6)
Stolen Bases: Melendez (3)
Caught Stealing: Melendez (4)
GIDP: Carbo (6)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Willoughby W(4-1)       9     7   2   2   0   3   2  32   2.09
Totals                  9     7   2   2   0   3   2  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(15-8)          9     6   3   3   2  14   0  35   2.75
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2  14   0  35

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to center; Howarth was called out on
strikes; Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore
singled to left; Carbo grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Rader
singled to left; Kingman singled to left [Rader to third];
Fuentes popped to first; Gallagher singled to right [Rader
scored, Kingman to second]; Willoughby struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons
struck out; Melendez singled to center; Melendez stole second;
Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds flied out to center; Howarth struck out;
Speier was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby grounded out (first to pitcher); Gibson
flied out to right; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Henderson struck out; Rader lined to first; Kingman
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore lined to third; Carbo struck out; Torre
singled to center; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Gallagher
struck out; Willoughby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: On a bunt Melendez singled; Anderson lined to
second; Melendez was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Crosby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds struck out; Howarth struck out; Speier struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Gibson homered; Brock grounded out (shortstop to
first); Sizemore singled to center; Carbo grounded out (third to
first) [Sizemore to second]; Torre flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Rader was
called out on strikes; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Melendez
popped to catcher in foul territory; Anderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals
1.

GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes struck out; Gallagher walked; Willoughby
struck out; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Crosby flied out to center; Gibson grounded out
(second to first); Brock popped to shortstop in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Howarth lined to shortstop; Speier walked; Henderson
singled to left [Speier to third]; Rader singled to center
[Speier scored, Henderson to third]; Kingman popped to
shortstop; Fuentes singled to right [Henderson scored, Rader to
second]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR GALLAGHER; McCovey flied out to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: BLANCO REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 3B); Sizemore
flied out to left; Carbo homered; Torre flied out to right;
Simmons flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Cardinals 2.