Gary Matthews and Dave Rader batted in two runs apiece to lead the Giants to a 6-2 victory over the Braves. Matthews singled for one of the Giants' two tallies in the first inning and hit homer in the fourth. San Francisco Giants 6, Atlanta Braves 2Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkBraves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 5 1 Giants 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 x - 6 9 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .323 Bonds rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .256 Blanks 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .342 Fuentes 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .261 Aaron 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Speier ss 3 2 1 1 2 1 .266 Williams 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .260 Kingman 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .227 Baker cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Rader c 3 0 1 2 0 0 .257 Brown rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Matthews lf 3 1 3 2 1 0 .291 Perez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Kelley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .088 Thomasson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Didier ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McDowell p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .119 Casanova c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .207 Sosa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Stone p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Garrido ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Totals 31 2 5 2 2 4 Totals 33 6 9 5 6 5 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 17,872 Left on Base: Braves 5, Giants 10 DP: Braves 0, Giants 0 Errors: Casanova Doubles: Garr (22) Home Runs: Matthews (4) Stolen Bases: Bonds (41) Hit by Pitch: Williams (6,by McDowell), Rader (3,by Stone) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone L(6-11) 4.1 7 5 5 2 1 1 23 5.51 Kelley 2.2 2 0 0 1 3 0 11 4.58 Jaster 0.2 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 6.14 Upshaw 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.69 Totals 8 9 6 6 6 5 1 40 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McDowell W(10-8) 7.2 5 2 2 1 4 0 29 4.33 Sosa SV(2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.45 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 4 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Stone (4), McDowell (6) Wild Pitches: Jaster (1), Upshaw (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ed Sudol BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to third [Garr out at second (second to first)]; Blanks made an out to shortstop; Aaron struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to pitcher; Bonds stole second; Fuentes struck out (catcher to first) [Bonds to third]; Speier singled to left [Bonds scored]; Kingman made an out to second; Rader was hit by a pitch [Speier to second]; Matthews singled to center [Speier scored, Rader to third]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 2. BRAVES 2ND: Williams struck out; Baker popped to catcher in foul territory; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson grounded out (third to first); McDowell grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds singled to left; Fuentes made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 2. BRAVES 3RD: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Casanova made an out to third; Stone singled to first; Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 3RD: Speier flied out to right; Kingman flied out to left; Rader made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 2. BRAVES 4TH: Blanks flied out to left; Aaron flied out to center; Williams walked; Baker grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 4TH: Matthews homered; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson grounded out (second to first); McDowell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 3. BRAVES 5TH: Brown struck out; Perez grounded out (second to first); Casanova was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 3. GIANTS 5TH: Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes singled to left; Fuentes was picked off first but was safe on an error by Casanova [Fuentes to third]; Speier walked; Kingman walked [Speier to second]; Rader singled to right [Fuentes scored, Speier scored, Kingman to third, Rader to second (on throw)]; KELLEY REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); GARRIDO REPLACED STONE (PLAYING SS); Matthews was walked intentionally; Maddox struck out; Thomasson flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 5. BRAVES 6TH: Garrido grounded out (third to first); Garr flied out to left; Blanks flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 5. GIANTS 6TH: McDowell struck out (catcher to first); Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes singled to pitcher; Speier was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 5. BRAVES 7TH: Aaron grounded out (third to first); Williams was hit by a pitch; Baker flied out to left; Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 5. GIANTS 7TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Rader grounded out (third to first); Matthews singled to left; Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 5. BRAVES 8TH: DIDIER BATTED FOR KELLEY; Didier flied out to left; Casanova singled to left; Garrido flied out to right; Garr doubled to right [Casanova scored]; Blanks singled to left [Garr scored]; SOSA REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Aaron flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 5. GIANTS 8TH: DIDIER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); JASTER REPLACED CASANOVA (PITCHING); Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher); Sosa popped to catcher in foul territory; Bonds walked; Fuentes walked [Bonds to second]; Jaster threw a wild pitch [Bonds to third, Fuentes to second]; Speier walked; UPSHAW REPLACED JASTER (PITCHING); Upshaw threw a wild pitch [Bonds scored, Fuentes to third, Speier to second]; Kingman struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 6. BRAVES 9TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Baker grounded out (third to first); Brown walked; Didier flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 6. |
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