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Saturday September 2, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Roberto Clemente passed Hall of Famer Honus Wagner and became the most prolific hitter in Pirates' history with a double and homer in a 6-3 victory over the Giants. Clemente's blows raised his career total to 2,972 against Wagner's 2,970. Clemente's double in the third inning was wasted, but his homer with two men on base in the fourth broke a 2-2 tie and pinned the defeat on Sam McDowell, who made his first start for the Giants since July 12. [The Sporting News]


Pittsburgh Pirates 6, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Saturday, September 2, 1972 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Giants       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  9  1
Pirates      2  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   0   2   0     0   2   .257      Stennett lf           4   2   2   0     1   0   .286
Speier ss             5   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Oliver cf             5   2   2   2     0   0   .310
Henderson lf          4   2   2   0     0   1   .260      Clemente rf           3   1   2   3     2   0   .307
McCovey 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .206      Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .309
Rader c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .269      Robertson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   3   .175
Kingman 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .219      Hebner 3b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .313
Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .264      Cash 2b               2   0   0   0     2   1   .276
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Alley ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .248
McDowell p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Briles p              4   0   1   0     0   2   .172
  Reberger p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  B. Williams ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .185
  Stone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .129
  Howarth ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .260

Totals               36   3   9   3     1   8             Totals               32   6   8   6     7   6

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 14,194
Left on Base: Giants 8, Pirates 9
DP: Giants 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Maddox, Briles
Doubles: Bonds (26), Henderson (16), Clemente (14)
Home Runs: Clemente (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (7)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(8-8)         3.1   7   6   6   4   3   1  21   4.73
Reberger                2.2   1   0   0   1   1   0  10   3.76
Stone                   2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8   2.98
Totals                  8     8   6   6   7   6   1  39

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(13-6)          9     9   3   3   1   8   0  38   3.26
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   8   0  38

Wild Pitches: McDowell (8)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Jerry Dale


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Speier singled to right; Henderson
flied out to left; McCovey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to center [Stennett to second
(error by Maddox)]; Oliver singled to center [Stennett scored];
Clemente walked [Oliver to second]; Sanguillen flied out to
right [Oliver to third]; Robertson struck out; Hebner singled to
center [Oliver scored, Clemente to third, Hebner to second (on
throw)]; Cash walked; Alley popped to first in foul territory; 2
R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Rader popped to first in foul territory; Kingman
grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Briles grounded out (third to first); Stennett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Maddox struck out; McDowell grounded out (first
unassisted); Bonds doubled to right; Speier flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Clemente doubled to left; McDowell threw a wild
pitch [Clemente to third]; Sanguillen popped to catcher in foul
territory; Robertson grounded out (first unassisted); Hebner
walked; Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Pirates 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Henderson doubled to left; McCovey walked; Rader
singled to center [Henderson scored, McCovey to third]; Kingman
struck out; Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to right [McCovey
scored]; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Alley walked; Briles struck out; Stennett singled
to left [Alley to second]; Oliver singled to center [Alley
scored, Stennett to second]; Clemente homered [Stennett scored,
Oliver scored]; REBERGER REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING);
Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); Robertson struck
out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Reberger grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds
singled to left; Speier flied out to right; Henderson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 5TH: Hebner lined to first; Cash flied out to center;
Alley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey singled to right; Rader flied out to right;
Kingman flied out to left; Fuentes reached on an error by Briles
[McCovey to second, Fuentes to first]; Maddox flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 6TH: Briles singled to left; Stennett flied out to
center; Oliver lined to shortstop; Clemente walked [Briles to
second]; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 7TH: B. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR REBERGER; B. Williams struck
out; Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Speier grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 7TH: STONE REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Robertson
struck out; Hebner flied out to center; Cash walked; Alley
forced Cash (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Henderson singled to center; McCovey grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Henderson to second]; Rader singled to
center [Henderson scored]; Kingman struck out; Fuentes forced
Rader (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: Briles struck out; Stennett walked; Oliver flied
out to center; Clemente flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox lined to first; HOWARTH BATTED FOR STONE;
Howarth singled to right; Bonds struck out; Speier struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Pirates 6.



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