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Friday September 29, 1972
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Garry Maddox collected a homer, double and two singles and drove in three runs to lead the Giants' 19-hit attack in a 14-3 victory over the Braves. In addition to scoring on his round-tripper, Maddox crossed the plate three other times. Dave Kingman and Gary Matthews also homered for the Giants, each with a man on base. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 14, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Friday, September 29, 1972 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Braves       0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  4
Giants       0  2  0    2  6  2    0  2  x  -  14 19  3


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   2   3   0     0   0   .321      Bonds rf              5   0   3   1     0   1   .255
Blanks 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Fuentes 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Aaron 1b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .267      Speier ss             4   1   2   0     1   1   .265
Williams 3b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .263      Kingman 3b            4   1   1   2     1   2   .230
Baker cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .324      Rader c               5   3   2   0     0   0   .258
Brown rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .237      Matthews lf           5   2   3   2     0   0   .265
Perez ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .228      Maddox cf             4   4   4   3     1   0   .268
Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Thomasson 1b          5   3   3   1     0   2   .417
Freeman p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Bryant p              4   0   1   1     0   1   .179
  Kelley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .088
  Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Garrido ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .274
  Jaster p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Didier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .353
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   1     5   0             Totals               41  14  19  10     3   7

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  3,042
Left on Base: Braves 9, Giants 6
DP: Braves 1, Giants 2
Errors: Baker, Brown 3, Fuentes, Kingman, Matthews
Doubles: Perez (13), Garr (21), Bryant (2), Maddox (25)
Home Runs: Kingman (29), Matthews (3), Maddox (11)
Stolen Bases: Garr (24)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (1)
GIDP: Blanks (3), Didier (1), Fuentes (9)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freeman L(2-2)          4    10   8   7   2   3   1  24   6.00
Kelley                  0.1   3   2   2   0   1   0   4   4.69
Upshaw                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.71
Jaster                  2     3   2   2   1   2   1   9   5.40
House                   1     3   2   2   0   1   1   5   4.26
Totals                  8    19  14  13   3   7   3  44

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant W(13-7)          9     8   3   0   5   0   0  39   2.88
Totals                  9     8   3   0   5   0   0  39

Passed Balls: Casanova (4)
Wild Pitches: Kelley 2 (9)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bob Engel


BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
singled to right; Aaron flied out to left; Williams walked
[Blanks to second]; Baker reached on an error by Fuentes [Blanks
out at home (second to catcher), Williams to second, Baker to
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes lined to pitcher; Speier
singled to left; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
doubled to center; Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first);
Freeman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Rader made an out to second; Matthews flied out to
left; Maddox walked; Thomasson singled to center [Maddox scored
(error by Baker) (no RBI), Thomasson to second]; Casanova
allowed a passed ball [Thomasson to third]; Bryant doubled to
right [Thomasson scored]; Bonds flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr doubled to left; Blanks flied out to left;
Aaron singled to left [Garr scored (error by Matthews)
(unearned) (no RBI), Aaron to second]; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baker made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes flied out to left; Speier singled to left;
Kingman struck out; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Brown made an out to second; Perez grounded out
(second to first); Casanova made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews flied out to right; Maddox singled to left;
Thomasson singled to right [Maddox scored (error by Brown) (no
RBI), Thomasson scored (error by Brown) (unearned) (no RBI)];
Bryant grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds singled to
third; Fuentes grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Freeman grounded out (third to first); Garr singled
to pitcher; Garr stole second; Blanks flied out to left; Aaron
walked; Williams walked [Garr to third, Aaron to second]; Baker
reached on an error by Kingman [Garr scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Aaron to third, Williams to second, Baker to first]; Brown
singled to shortstop [Aaron scored (unearned), Williams to
third, Baker to second]; Perez flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier walked; Kingman homered [Speier scored];
Rader singled to center; Matthews singled to left [Rader to
second]; KELLEY REPLACED FREEMAN (PITCHING); Kelley threw a wild
pitch [Rader to third]; Maddox doubled to right [Rader scored,
Matthews scored (error by Brown) (no RBI)]; Thomasson singled to
right [Maddox scored]; Kelley threw a wild pitch [Thomasson to
second]; Bryant was called out on strikes; Bonds singled to left
[Thomasson scored, Bonds to second (on throw)]; UPSHAW REPLACED
KELLEY (PITCHING); Fuentes grounded out (second to first);
Speier grounded out (third to first); 6 R, 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 3, Giants 10.

BRAVES 6TH: Casanova made an out to first; GARRIDO BATTED FOR
UPSHAW; Garrido walked; Garr singled to second [Garrido to
second]; Blanks grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3,
Giants 10.

GIANTS 6TH: JASTER REPLACED GARRIDO (PITCHING); Kingman walked;
Rader forced Kingman (third to second); Matthews homered [Rader
scored]; Maddox singled to shortstop; Thomasson was called out
on strikes; Bryant forced Maddox (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 12.

BRAVES 7TH: Aaron grounded out (third to first); Williams flied
out to right; Baker singled to left; Brown forced Baker
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants
12.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds singled to second; Fuentes grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at
second]; Speier struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3,
Giants 12.

BRAVES 8TH: Perez walked; Casanova made an out to second; DIDIER
BATTED FOR JASTER; Didier grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Giants 12.

GIANTS 8TH: HOUSE REPLACED DIDIER (PITCHING); Kingman grounded
out (pitcher to first); Rader singled to center; Matthews
singled to center [Rader to third]; Matthews was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Maddox homered [Rader
scored]; Thomasson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 14.

BRAVES 9TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
grounded out (shortstop to first); Aaron grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 14.



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