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Braves
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
October 1, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves, played on October 1, 1972 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | October 1, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
Atlanta Braves
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | October 1, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Atlanta Braves |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Stone |
Home Starting Pitcher | Sam McDowell |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 17,872 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Williams 1B: Bob Engel 2B: Nick Colosi 3B: Ed Sudol |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
Larvell Blanks | Second Baseman |
Hank Aaron | First Baseman |
Earl Williams | Third Baseman |
Dusty Baker | Center Fielder |
Oscar Brown | Right Fielder |
Marty Perez | Shortstop |
Paul Casanova | Catcher |
George Stone | Pitcher |
Eddie Mathews | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Dave Kingman | Third Baseman |
Dave Rader | Catcher |
Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Gary Thomasson | First Baseman |
Sam McDowell | Pitcher |
Charlie Fox | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Braves
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
October 1, 1972
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. McDowell
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garr is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. McDowell
Blanks hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. McDowell
Aaron strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Stone
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Stone
There goes Bonds. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Bonds steals second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Stone
Fuentes strikes out. Casanova drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Fuentes out. There goes Bonds. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Speier vs. Stone
Speier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds scores. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Stone
Kingman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Stone
Rader is hit by the pitch. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Matthews vs. Stone
Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Speier scores. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. Stone
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. McDowell
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. McDowell
Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McDowell
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Stone
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Stone
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Stone
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Stone
Fuentes hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. McDowell
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. McDowell
Casanova hits a popup towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. McDowell
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomasson fields the ball and throws to McDowell covering. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. McDowell
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomasson scoops it up and throws to first, with McDowell covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Stone
Speier hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Stone
Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Stone
Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. McDowell
Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. McDowell
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. McDowell
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. McDowell
Baker hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. McDowell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baker for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Stone
Matthews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Stone
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Stone
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Stone
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McDowell
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. McDowell
Perez 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 -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. McDowell
Casanova is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Stone
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Stone
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Stone
Casanova fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Casanova. Fuentes moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Speier vs. Stone
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Stone
Kingman takes first base on ball four. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rader vs. Stone
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. Speier scores. Kingman moves to third. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Matthews vs. Kelley
Tom Kelley now pitching. Gil Garrido now playing shortstop.
Matthews is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maddox vs. Kelley
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomasson vs. Kelley
Thomasson hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrido vs. McDowell
Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. McDowell
Garr hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. McDowell
Blanks hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Kelley
McDowell strikes out. Casanova drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws McDowell out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Kelley
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Kelley
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Kelley
Speier is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. McDowell
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. McDowell
Williams is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. McDowell
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. McDowell
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Kelley
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Kelley
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Kelley
Matthews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Kelley
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Didier vs. McDowell
Bob Didier pinch hits for Tom Kelley.
Didier hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. McDowell
Casanova hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garrido vs. McDowell
Garrido hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. McDowell
Garr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Garr reaches second base with a double. Casanova goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blanks vs. McDowell
Blanks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garr scores. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Sosa
Elias Sosa now pitching.
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Jaster
Bob Didier now catching. Larry Jaster now pitching.
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops it up and throws to first, with Jaster covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Jaster
Sosa hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Didier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Jaster
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Jaster
Fuentes takes first base on ball four. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Jaster
There's a wild pitch. Bonds moves to third. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Speier vs. Jaster
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kingman vs. Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Bonds scores. Fuentes moves to third. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kingman vs. Upshaw
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Sosa
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Sosa
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sosa
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Didier vs. Sosa
Didier hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 10/1/1972 -- Atlanta at San Francisco (D) Atlanta AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Garr R, lf 4 1 2 1 Bonds B, rf 4 2 2 0 Blanks L, 2b 4 0 1 1 Fuentes T, 2b 4 1 2 0 Aaron H, 1b 4 0 0 0 Speier C, ss 3 2 1 1 Williams E, 3b 2 0 0 0 Kingman D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Baker D, cf 4 0 0 0 Rader D, c 3 0 1 2 Brown O, rf 3 0 0 0 Matthews G, lf 3 1 3 2 Perez M, ss 2 0 0 0 Maddox G, cf 4 0 0 0 Kelley T, p 0 0 0 0 Thomasson G, 1b 4 0 0 0 Didier B, ph-c 2 0 0 0 McDowell S, p 3 0 0 0 Casanova P, c 3 1 1 0 Sosa E, p 1 0 0 0 Jaster L, p 0 0 0 0 Upshaw C, p 0 0 0 0 Stone G, p 1 0 1 0 Garrido G, ss 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 2 5 2 33 6 9 5 Atlanta 000 000 020 -- 2 San Francisco 200 120 01x -- 6 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Stone G (L) 4.1 7 5 5 2 1 Kelley T 2.2 2 0 0 1 3 Jaster L 0.2 0 1 1 3 0 Upshaw C 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO McDowell S (W) 7.2 5 2 2 1 4 Sosa E (S) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 E -- Casanova P LOB -- Atlanta 5, San Francisco 10 2B -- Garr R HR -- Matthews G SB -- Bonds B HBP -- by Stone G (Rader D), by McDowell S (Williams E) WP -- Jaster L, Upshaw C T -- 2:20 A -- 17872
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