A crowd of only 1,578, smallest in San Francisco's major league history, saw the Giants end their season with a 6-4 victory over the Padres. Johnny Jeter hit a two-run homer to give the Padres a 4-3 lead in the eighth, but in the Giants' half Gary Matthews and Bernie Williams drew passes from Fred Norman and, after Ed Acosta relieved, Bobby Bonds hit the winning homer. [The Sporting News]
San Francisco Giants 6, San Diego Padres 4

Game Played on Wednesday, October 4, 1972 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Padres       0  0  0    0  1  1    0  2  0  -   4 12  0
Giants       1  0  1    0  1  0    0  3  x  -   6  8  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas ss             5   1   1   0     0   0   .230      Bonds rf              5   2   2   3     0   1   .259
Stanley 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .196      Fuentes 2b            3   1   1   0     1   2   .264
Jeter cf              4   1   1   2     0   1   .221      Speier ss             3   1   1   0     2   1   .269
Colbert 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Kingman 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .225
Gaston rf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .269      Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Morales lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .239      Matthews lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .290
Jestadt 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .246      Maddox cf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .266
Goddard c             3   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Thomasson 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .333
  Blefary ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .221      Bryant p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .125        B. Williams ph      0   1   0   0     1   0   .191
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .226

Totals               35   4  12   4     1   2             Totals               31   6   8   4     6   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  1,578
Left on Base: Padres 6, Giants 9
DP: Padres 2, Giants 4
Errors: Kingman, Rader
Doubles: Thomasson (1), Kingman (17), Rader (14), Fuentes (33)
Home Runs: Jeter (7), Bonds (26)
Stolen Bases: Fuentes 2 (16), Speier (9), Bonds 2 (44)
Caught Stealing: Gaston (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (5), Maddox (4)
GIDP: Jeter (9), Gaston (12), Thomas (6), Stahl (3), Thomasson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Fuentes (3,by Norman)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(9-11)          7.2   7   5   4   5   8   0  36   3.49
Acosta                  0.1   1   1   1   1   0   1   3   4.45
Totals                  8     8   6   5   6   8   1  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant W(14-7)          8    10   4   3   1   2   1  33   2.90
Sosa SV(3)              1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.30
Totals                  9    12   4   3   1   2   1  37

Passed Balls: Goddard (2)
Hit by Pitch: Norman (2)
Wild Pitches: Norman 2 (14)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Art Williams


PADRES 1ST: On a bunt Thomas singled to third; Stanley forced
Thomas (shortstop to second); Jeter grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out (catcher to first); Fuentes was hit
by a pitch; Norman threw a wild pitch [Fuentes to second];
Fuentes stole third; Speier struck out but Fuentes advanced to
home and Speier advanced to first on a passed ball; Speier stole
second; Kingman struck out; Rader grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert singled to center; Gaston grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Colbert out at
second]; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews lined to left; Maddox struck out; Thomasson
doubled to center; Bryant flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 3RD: Jestadt singled to left; Goddard popped to first in
foul territory; Norman reached on an error by Rader on a
sacrifice bunt [Jestadt to second, Norman to first]; Thomas
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Norman out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes struck out;
Speier singled to second; Kingman doubled to left [Speier
scored]; Rader struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 2.

PADRES 4TH: Stanley flied out to right; Jeter struck out;
Colbert flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews singled to first; Maddox flied out to
center; Thomasson grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 2.

PADRES 5TH: Gaston singled to shortstop; Morales singled to left
[Gaston to second]; Gaston was caught stealing third (catcher to
third) [Morales to second]; Jestadt grounded out (third to
first); Goddard singled to left [Morales scored]; Norman
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Bryant grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Bonds singled to third; Bonds stole second; Bonds stole third;
Fuentes struck out but Bonds advanced to home and Fuentes
advanced to second on a wild pitch; Fuentes stole third; Speier
walked; Kingman hit into a double play (left to catcher)
[Fuentes out at home]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 3.

PADRES 6TH: Thomas reached on an error by Kingman [Thomas to
first]; Stanley walked [Thomas to second]; Jeter forced Stanley
(shortstop to second) [Thomas to third]; Colbert forced Jeter
(third to second) [Thomas scored (unearned)]; Gaston singled to
left [Colbert to second]; Morales lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Rader doubled to center; Matthews grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maddox was walked intentionally; Thomasson
flied out to left; Bryant grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 3.

PADRES 7TH: Jestadt popped to first in foul territory; Goddard
was called out on strikes; Norman grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
doubled to left; Speier was walked intentionally; Kingman flied
out to right; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 3.

PADRES 8TH: Thomas flied out to center; Stanley singled to
first; Jeter homered [Stanley scored]; Colbert flied out to
right; Gaston singled to right; Morales made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Matthews walked; Maddox out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Matthews to second]; Thomasson struck out; B.
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR BRYANT; B. Williams walked; ACOSTA REPLACED
NORMAN (PITCHING); Bonds homered [Matthews scored, B. Williams
scored]; Fuentes walked; Speier flied out to left; 3 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 6.

PADRES 9TH: SOSA REPLACED B. WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Jestadt
singled to center; BLEFARY BATTED FOR GODDARD; Blefary singled
to right [Jestadt to second]; STAHL BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Stahl
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Jestadt to third, Blefary out at second]; Thomas lined to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 6.
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