Al Downing pitched a four-hitter and Willie Davis drove in four runs with a homer, double and single as the Dodgers gained a 7-0 victory over the Giants, who went down to their eighth straight defeat. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1972 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Dodgers 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 x - 7 14 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Lopes 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .167 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Buckner rf 4 1 3 1 1 0 .317 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Davis cf 4 2 3 4 1 0 .293 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Paciorek lf 5 0 3 2 0 1 .333 Maddox cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Cey 3b 2 0 0 0 3 1 .273 Matthews lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .211 McDermott 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .150 Gallagher 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Russell ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Yeager c 2 2 1 0 2 0 .267 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Downing p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .109 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Reberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Totals 31 0 4 0 0 4 Totals 35 7 14 7 7 6 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 19,222 Left on Base: Giants 4, Dodgers 12 DP: Giants 1, Dodgers 0 Errors: Kingman, Cey Doubles: Davis (22), Paciorek (2), Buckner (13) Home Runs: Davis (18) Caught Stealing: Maddox (6), Russell (7) Sacrifice Hits: Downing (6) GIDP: McDermott (1) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(7-10) 3 9 4 4 4 2 0 21 2.96 Sosa 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 9 3.18 Reberger 2.1 3 2 2 1 1 1 10 3.99 McMahon 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.71 Totals 8 14 7 7 7 6 1 43 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Downing W(9-8) 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 31 2.93 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 31 Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Mel Steiner GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes flied out to left; Speier made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes lined to left; Buckner grounded out (second to first); Davis doubled to right; Paciorek doubled to right [Davis scored]; Cey walked; McDermott was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 1. GIANTS 2ND: Kingman lined to left; Maddox popped to first in foul territory; Matthews singled to left; Gallagher flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 2ND: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager singled to shortstop; Downing struck out; Lopes singled to right [Yeager to third]; Buckner walked [Lopes to second]; Davis walked [Yeager scored, Lopes to third, Buckner to second]; Paciorek singled to third [Lopes scored, Buckner to third, Davis to second]; Cey flied to right in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 3RD: Rader lined to center; Barr struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 3RD: McDermott grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell singled to right; Russell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Yeager walked; Downing flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes struck out; Speier made an out to second; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 4TH: Lopes singled to left; Buckner singled to first [Lopes to third (error by Kingman)]; Davis singled to center [Lopes scored, Buckner to third]; SOSA REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Paciorek struck out; Cey walked [Davis to second]; McDermott struck out; Russell popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 4. GIANTS 5TH: Maddox singled to right; Maddox was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Matthews struck out; Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 5TH: Yeager walked; Downing out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Yeager to second]; Lopes flied out to right [Yeager to third]; Buckner singled to second [Yeager scored]; Davis flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 5. GIANTS 6TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); ARNOLD BATTED FOR SOSA; Arnold flied out to center; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 6TH: REBERGER REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Paciorek popped to catcher in foul territory; Cey walked; McDermott grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 5. GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes reached on an error by Cey [Fuentes to first]; Speier popped to first in foul territory; Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; Maddox made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 7TH: Russell lined to left; Yeager popped to catcher in foul territory; Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 5. GIANTS 8TH: Matthews flied out to left; Gallagher grounded out (second to first); Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 8TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner doubled to right; Davis homered [Buckner scored]; Paciorek singled to left; MCMAHON REPLACED REBERGER (PITCHING); Cey struck out; McDermott singled to right [Paciorek to second]; Russell forced Paciorek (third unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 7. GIANTS 9TH: HART BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Hart flied out to center; Bonds singled to center; Fuentes singled to left [Bonds to second]; Speier popped to first in foul territory; Kingman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 7.

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