Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  7  1
Braves       1  0  2    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   5 10  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds cf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .250      Garr lf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .319
Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .263      Gilbreath 2b          5   1   2   0     0   1   .281
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .274      Aaron 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .265
Hart 3b               3   0   3   0     1   0   .333      Evans 3b              3   1   2   1     1   1   .249
Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Baker cf              3   1   1   2     1   1   .320
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lum rf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
  McCovey ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .217      Perez ss              4   0   2   0     0   1   .229
  B. Williams pr      0   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Didier c              2   1   1   0     1   0   .500
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .209
Matthews rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .261
Thomasson lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Henderson ph,lf     2   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Rader ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Reberger p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .229
  Howarth 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .248

Totals               32   2   7   2     4   2             Totals               31   5  10   5     4   7

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  5,461
Left on Base: Giants 7, Braves 9
DP: Giants 0, Braves 2
Errors: Howarth, Niekro
Doubles: Fuentes (31), Gilbreath (1)
Home Runs: Bonds (23), Baker (15), Garr (11)
Caught Stealing: Gilbreath (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro 2 (9)
GIDP: Kingman (8), Bonds (13)
Hit by Pitch: Didier (1,by Reberger)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reberger L(3-4)         5.1   9   5   5   3   4   2  28   3.95
Sosa                    1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Johnson                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.13
Totals                  8    10   5   5   4   7   2  38

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(14-11)         9     7   2   2   4   2   1  36   3.04
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   2   1  36

Passed Balls: Didier (2)
Hit by Pitch: Reberger (5)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes made an out to
shortstop; Speier flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
doubled to right; Aaron popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Evans singled to right [Gilbreath scored]; Baker made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Hart singled to left; Kingman grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Hart out at second]; Matthews walked;
Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum grounded out (second to first); Perez singled to
center; Didier singled to left [Perez to second]; Niekro out on
a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Perez to third, Didier to
second]; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Healy grounded out (third to first); Reberger flied
out to center; Bonds walked; Bonds was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Niekro [Bonds to second]; Fuentes grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath singled to shortstop; Aaron flied out to
center; Gilbreath was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Evans singled to right; Baker homered [Evans
scored]; Lum was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier walked; Hart singled to left [Speier to
second]; Kingman lined to left; Didier allowed a passed ball
[Speier to third, Hart to second]; Matthews made an out to
second; Thomasson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez was called out on strikes; Didier was hit by a
pitch; Niekro struck out; Garr singled to right [Didier to
third]; Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Healy made an out to shortstop; Reberger singled to
right; Bonds grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Reberger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Aaron popped to third in foul territory; Evans
walked; Baker walked [Evans to second]; Lum flied out to center;
Perez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Speier struck
out; Hart singled to left; Kingman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Didier walked; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Didier to second]; Garr homered [Didier
scored]; HOWARTH REPLACED REBERGER (PLAYING 1B); SOSA REPLACED
KINGMAN (PITCHING); Gilbreath grounded out (second to first);
Aaron walked; Evans struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); HENDERSON
BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Henderson popped to third in foul
territory; Healy popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 7TH: HENDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Baker struck
out; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez singled to
shortstop [Perez to second (error by Howarth)]; Didier grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Howarth lined to shortstop; Bonds homered; Fuentes
doubled to left; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Hart
walked; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR SOSA; McCovey singled to center
[Fuentes scored, Hart to second]; B. WILLIAMS RAN FOR MCCOVEY;
Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Niekro
struck out; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Gilbreath
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); RADER
BATTED FOR HEALY; Rader popped to catcher in foul territory;
Howarth grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 5.