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Giants
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
September 16, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants, played on September 16, 1972 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 16, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 16, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Willoughby |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ron Reed |
Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Satch Davidson 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Bruce Froemming |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Center Fielder |
Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Jim Ray Hart | Third Baseman |
Ken Henderson | Left Fielder |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Gary Matthews | Right Fielder |
Jim Willoughby | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ralph Garr | Right Fielder |
Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
Jim Breazeale | First Baseman |
Earl Williams | Catcher |
Dusty Baker | Center Fielder |
Rico Carty | Left Fielder |
Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
Sonny Jackson | Shortstop |
Ron Reed | Pitcher |
Eddie Mathews | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
September 16, 1972
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reed
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Reed
There goes Bonds. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Bonds steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Reed
Fuentes bunts towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. Bonds moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Speier vs. Reed
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
McCovey vs. Reed
McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Reed
Hart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Willoughby
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Willoughby
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier misplays the ball. That's an error on Speier. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Breazeale vs. Willoughby
Breazeale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Millan scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Willoughby
Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Willoughby
Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Reed
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Reed
Rader hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Reed
Matthews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Reed
Willoughby hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reed
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Willoughby
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Willoughby
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Willoughby
Reed hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Garr vs. Willoughby
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. Jackson scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Willoughby
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Reed
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Reed
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Reed
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Reed
Hart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baker. Hart reaches second base with a double. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Henderson vs. Reed
Henderson hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Breazeale vs. Willoughby
Breazeale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Willoughby
Baker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Carty vs. Willoughby
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it and throws to first for the out. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Willoughby
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Reed
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Reed
Matthews hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Reed
Willoughby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Willoughby
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Willoughby
Marty Perez pinch runs for Sonny Jackson.
Reed hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Willoughby
Willoughby fires over to first and Fuentes covering first, drops the ball. That's an error on Fuentes. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Willoughby
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reed
Marty Perez now playing shortstop.
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Reed
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Reed
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Willoughby
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Breazeale vs. Willoughby
Breazeale hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Willoughby
Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Willoughby
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Reed
McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Reed
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Reed
Henderson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Reed
Rader hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hart moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Matthews vs. Reed
Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hart tags and scores. Rader tags and moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Willoughby vs. Reed
Willoughby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Willoughby
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Willoughby covering. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Willoughby
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Willoughby, and towards Fuentes, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Willoughby
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willoughby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garr vs. Willoughby
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Reed
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Reed
There goes Bonds. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Bonds steals second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Reed
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Perez. Bonds scores. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Reed
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
McCovey vs. Jaster
Larry Jaster now pitching.
McCovey hits a line drive towards short. Perez catches it and throws to second to double up Fuentes. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Jaster
Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Jaster
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Willoughby
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Breazeale vs. Willoughby
Breazeale hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Jaster
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Jaster
Matthews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Willoughby vs. Jaster
Willoughby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Jaster
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Jaster
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Willoughby
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Willoughby
Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Willoughby
Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Jaster
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Jaster
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Jaster
Hart hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Willoughby
Perez hits a line drive into left field. Henderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henderson. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Lum vs. Willoughby
Mike Lum pinch hits for Larry Jaster.
Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez scores. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Willoughby
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Willoughby
There's a wild pitch. Garr moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Millan vs. Willoughby
Millan hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Garr scores. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Breazeale vs. Willoughby
Breazeale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Willoughby
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/16/1972, game 1 -- San Francisco at Atlanta (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI Bonds B, cf 5 2 2 0 Garr R, rf 5 1 0 1 Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Millan F, 2b 5 1 2 1 Speier C, ss 4 0 0 0 Breazeale J, 1b 5 0 1 1 McCovey W, 1b 5 2 3 3 Williams E, c 5 1 1 1 Hart J, 3b 5 1 3 0 Baker D, cf 3 0 2 0 Henderson K, lf 4 0 0 0 Carty R, lf 4 0 0 0 Rader D, c 4 1 2 0 Evans D, 3b 4 0 2 0 Matthews G, rf 3 2 2 4 Jackson S, ss 1 1 0 0 Willoughby J, p 4 0 1 0 Perez M, pr-ss 2 1 1 0 Reed R, p 3 0 1 0 Jaster L, p 0 0 0 0 Lum M, ph 1 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 8 14 7 38 5 11 5 San Francisco 220 002 110 -- 8 Atlanta 111 000 002 -- 5 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Willoughby J (W) 9.0 11 5 4 2 0 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Reed R (L)* 6.0 11 7 7 1 0 Jaster L 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Speier C 2, Fuentes T, Perez M, Henderson K DP -- San Francisco 1, Atlanta 1 LOB -- San Francisco 6, Atlanta 8 2B -- Hart J HR -- McCovey W 2, Matthews G 2, Williams E SB -- Bonds B 2 SH -- Fuentes T SF -- Matthews G WP -- Willoughby J T -- 2:24 A -- 0
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