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Cardinals
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
August 20, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 20, 1972 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 20, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 20, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Reggie Cleveland |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ron Bryant |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 10,269 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Kibler 1B: Frank Pulli 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: Shag Crawford |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Ted Sizemore | Second Baseman |
Luis Melendez | Center Fielder |
Joe Torre | First Baseman |
Ted Simmons | Catcher |
Dwain Anderson | Third Baseman |
Jorge Roque | Right Fielder |
Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
Reggie Cleveland | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Ken Henderson | Left Fielder |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
Ron Bryant | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
August 20, 1972
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Bryant
Brock hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Bryant
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Bryant
Melendez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Cleveland
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore misplays the ball. That's an error on Sizemore. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Bryant
Torre hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Bryant
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Bryant
Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roque vs. Bryant
Roque is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Cleveland
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Cleveland covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Cleveland
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Maddox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Cleveland
Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bryant vs. Cleveland
Bryant strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Bryant
Maxvill 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 -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cleveland vs. Bryant
Cleveland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Bryant
Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Brock reaches second base with a double. Cleveland moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sizemore vs. Bryant
Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cleveland scores. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Melendez vs. Bryant
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Cleveland
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Speier moves to third. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rader vs. Cleveland
The umpire calls a balk on Cleveland Speier scores. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rader vs. Cleveland
Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
There goes Rader. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Rader steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Bryant
Torre hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Bryant
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Bryant
There's a wild pitch. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Anderson vs. Bryant
Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Simmons trying to get to home. Henderson throws the ball in to Rader who tags Simmons, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Anderson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roque vs. Bryant
Roque strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Cleveland
Ron Allen now playing first base.
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Cleveland
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bryant vs. Cleveland
Bryant bunts between the mound and first base. Cleveland scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bryant for the out. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Bryant
Maxvill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cleveland vs. Bryant
Cleveland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Bryant
Brock is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sizemore vs. Bryant
Sizemore hits a line drive towards third. Kingman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Cleveland
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Cleveland
McCovey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Cleveland
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Bryant
Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Bryant
Allen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Bryant
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Cleveland
Fuentes hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Cleveland
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Roque settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Cleveland
Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Roque settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Moffitt
Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Jorge Roque.
Carbo 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 -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Moffitt
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moffitt vs. Cleveland
Bernie Carbo now playing right field.
Moffitt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Cleveland
Bonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Cleveland
Speier hits a popup towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Cleveland
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Moffitt
Jose Cruz pinch hits for Reggie Cleveland.
Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Moffitt
Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Brock reaches second base with a double. Cruz goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sizemore vs. Moffitt
Sizemore strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melendez vs. Moffitt
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Moffitt, and towards Fuentes, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Allen vs. Moffitt
Allen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Simmons vs. Barr
Jim Barr now pitching.
Simmons hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Bare
Ray Bare now pitching.
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bare
Rader hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Bare
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Bare
Maddox hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Barr
Anderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Anderson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carbo vs. Barr
Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Barr covering, for the out. Anderson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Barr
Maxvill strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Barr
Matty Alou pinch hits for Ray Bare.
Alou 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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/20/1972 -- St.Louis at San Francisco (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Brock L, lf 4 0 2 1 Bonds B, rf 4 1 1 1 Sizemore T, 2b 4 0 1 1 Speier C, ss 4 1 1 0 Melendez L, cf 4 0 0 0 Henderson K, lf 4 1 2 0 Torre J, 1b 2 0 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Allen R, 1b 0 0 0 0 Rader D, c 4 0 1 1 Simmons T, c 4 0 2 0 Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Anderson D, 3b 4 1 2 0 Maddox G, cf 4 1 1 0 Roque J, rf 2 0 0 0 Kingman D, 3b 3 1 2 2 Carbo B, ph-rf 2 0 0 1 Bryant R, p 1 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 4 0 1 0 Moffitt R, p 1 0 0 0 Cleveland R, p 2 1 1 0 Barr J, p 0 0 0 0 Cruz J, ph 1 1 1 0 Bare R, p 0 0 0 0 Alou M, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 3 10 3 33 5 9 4 St.Louis 001 000 011 -- 3 San Francisco 022 000 10x -- 5 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland R (L) 7.0 8 5 5 0 7 Bare R 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Bryant R (W) 6.0 7 1 1 1 3 Moffitt R 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 Barr J (S) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 E -- Sizemore T DP -- San Francisco 2 LOB -- St.Louis 6, San Francisco 5 2B -- Maddox G, Brock L 2 3B -- Anderson D HR -- Kingman D, Bonds B SB -- Rader D SH -- Bryant R WP -- Bryant R Balk -- Cleveland R T -- 2:04 A -- 10269
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