Astros @ Giants
April 23, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 13 17 2
Giants 7 7 2
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Astros 13 17 2
Giants 7 7 2

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .129
OBP .250 .325
At Bats 4 31
Hits 1 4
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 3

Fred Gladding Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Candlestick Park - April 23, 1972
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Out
Fred Gladding
Johnny Edwards
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger
Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Jim Wynn
Willie Mays

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 13 17 2 9
San Francisco Giants 7 7 2 5
Winning Pitcher George Culver
Losing Pitcher Don McMahon
Save Fred Gladding
Game Winning RBI Lee May
Attendance 40,821
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fred Gladding now pitching. Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 May hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou scores. Cedeno moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards scores. Alou moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Norm Miller. Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson scores. Helms scores. Edwards moves to third.
Top 9 John Morris now pitching. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Speier. Watson moves to third. Helms moves to second.
Top 9 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 9 Rader is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Don McMahon now pitching. May hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 The ball gets by Healy for a passed ball. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Miller scores. Metzger goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jerry Johnson now pitching. Fran Healy now catching. Norm Miller pinch hits for George Culver. Miller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Chris Arnold pinch hits for Jim Barr. Arnold hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Howarth strikes out.
Bottom 8 Henderson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 George Culver now pitching. Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fuentes scores. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fuentes moves to third.
Bottom 8 Fuentes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Fuentes reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Watson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Barr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rader. Barr moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howarth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 May is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fuentes tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. Fuentes moves to third.
Bottom 6 Fuentes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Fuentes reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Speier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Dierker hits a popup towards third. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to second.
Top 6 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jim Barr now pitching. Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jimmy Rosario pinch hits for Steve Stone. Rosario hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kingman scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Kingman moves to third. Howarth moves to second.
Bottom 5 Howarth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Kingman. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Kingman steals second.
Bottom 5 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 May strikes out.
Top 5 Wynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Edwards trying to get to home. Henderson throws the ball in to Rader who tags Edwards, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 4 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Rader goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Helms hits a popup, foul, towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Speier.
Bottom 3 Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Stone bunts towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 May strikes out.
Top 3 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howarth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Helms is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Speier hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rader strikes out.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Stone Metzger scores. Cedeno moves to third. May moves to second.
Top 1 Watson strikes out.
Top 1 May is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Metzger moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Metzger moves to second.
Top 1 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.