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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 | Frank Reberger |
Home Starting Pitcher | Phil Niekro |
Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Attendance | 5,461 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Stan Landes 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: Bruce Froemming 3B: Satch Davidson |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Center Fielder |
Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Jim Ray Hart | Third Baseman |
Dave Kingman | First Baseman |
Gary Matthews | Right Fielder |
Gary Thomasson | Left Fielder |
Fran Healy | Catcher |
Frank Reberger | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
Rod Gilbreath | Second Baseman |
Hank Aaron | First Baseman |
Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
Dusty Baker | Center Fielder |
Mike Lum | Right Fielder |
Marty Perez | Shortstop |
Bob Didier | Catcher |
Phil Niekro | 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: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Niekro
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Niekro
Speier hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Reberger
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gilbreath vs. Reberger
Gilbreath hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Matthews. Gilbreath reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Reberger
Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Reberger
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilbreath scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Reberger
Baker hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Niekro
Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Niekro
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gilbreath scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Niekro
Matthews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Niekro
Thomasson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lum vs. Reberger
Lum 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 -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Reberger
Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Didier vs. Reberger
Didier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Niekro vs. Reberger
Niekro bunts towards first. Kingman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Niekro for the out. Perez moves to third. Didier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Garr vs. Reberger
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 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Niekro
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reberger vs. Niekro
Reberger hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Niekro
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Niekro fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Niekro. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilbreath vs. Reberger
Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Reberger
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Reberger
There goes Gilbreath. The throw from Healy and he is out, Speier applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Reberger
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Reberger
Baker hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lum vs. Reberger
Lum strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Niekro
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Niekro
Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Niekro
Kingman hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Matthews vs. Niekro
The ball gets by Didier for a passed ball. Speier moves to third. Hart moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Matthews vs. Niekro
Matthews hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Thomasson vs. Niekro
Thomasson hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Reberger
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Didier vs. Reberger
Didier is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Niekro vs. Reberger
Niekro strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Reberger
Garr hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Didier moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Gilbreath vs. Reberger
Gilbreath strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Niekro
Healy hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reberger vs. Niekro
Reberger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Niekro
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Reberger
Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Reberger
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Reberger
Baker takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lum vs. Reberger
Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Reberger
Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Niekro
Speier strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Niekro
Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Niekro
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Didier vs. Reberger
Didier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Niekro vs. Reberger
Niekro bunts towards the mound. Reberger fields it and throws to first for the out. Didier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garr vs. Reberger
Garr hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbreath vs. Sosa
Jim Howarth now playing first base. Elias Sosa now pitching.
Gilbreath 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 -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Sosa
Aaron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Sosa
Evans strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Niekro
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Niekro
Ken Henderson pinch hits for Gary Thomasson.
Henderson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Niekro
Healy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Sosa
Ken Henderson now playing left field.
Baker strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lum vs. Sosa
Lum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Sosa
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier throws towards first. Howarth fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Howarth. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Didier vs. Sosa
Didier 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 8
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Howarth vs. Niekro
Howarth hits a line drive towards short. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Niekro
Bonds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Fuentes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Niekro
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Hart vs. Niekro
Hart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
McCovey vs. Niekro
Willie McCovey pinch hits for Elias Sosa.
McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. Hart moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Matthews vs. Niekro
Bernie Williams pinch runs for Willie McCovey.
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Niekro vs. Johnson
Jerry Johnson now pitching.
Niekro strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Johnson
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilbreath vs. Johnson
Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Niekro
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Niekro
Dave Rader pinch hits for Fran Healy.
Rader hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Didier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Howarth vs. Niekro
Howarth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/16/1972, game 2 -- San Francisco at Atlanta (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI Bonds B, cf 3 1 1 1 Garr R, lf 5 1 2 2 Fuentes T, 2b 4 1 1 0 Gilbreath R, 2b 5 1 2 0 Speier C, ss 3 0 0 0 Aaron H, 1b 3 0 0 0 Hart J, 3b 3 0 3 0 Evans D, 3b 3 1 2 1 Kingman D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Baker D, cf 3 1 1 2 Sosa E, p 0 0 0 0 Lum M, rf 4 0 0 0 McCovey W, ph 1 0 1 1 Perez M, ss 4 0 2 0 Williams B, pr 0 0 0 0 Didier B, c 2 1 1 0 Johnson J, p 0 0 0 0 Niekro P, p 2 0 0 0 Matthews G, rf 3 0 0 0 Thomasson G, lf 2 0 0 0 Henderson K, ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Healy F, c 3 0 0 0 Rader D, ph 1 0 0 0 Reberger F, p 2 0 1 0 Howarth J, 1b 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 2 7 2 31 5 10 5 San Francisco 000 000 020 -- 2 Atlanta 102 002 00x -- 5 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Reberger F (L) 5.1 9 5 5 3 4 Sosa E 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 Johnson J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Niekro P (W) 9.0 7 2 2 4 2 E -- Niekro P, Howarth J DP -- Atlanta 2 LOB -- San Francisco 7, Atlanta 9 2B -- Gilbreath R, Fuentes T HR -- Baker D, Garr R, Bonds B CS -- Gilbreath R SH -- Niekro P 2 HBP -- by Reberger F (Didier B) PB -- Didier B T -- 2:26 A -- 5461
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