New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1972 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 2 2 2
Martinez 2b 5 1 2 0
Agee cf 5 1 2 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 1
Jones lf 5 0 2 2
Fregosi 3b 5 1 2 1
Beauchamp 1b 4 1 1 1
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Speier ss 4 1 1 2
Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 0
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 1 2 1
Maddox lf 4 0 0 0
Gallagher 3b 3 0 0 0
Rader c 4 1 1 1
Cumberland p 1 0 0 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Howarth ph 1 1 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Mays ph 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
New York 101 200 3007140
San Francisco 001 002 100460
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (4-0) 6.2 5 4 4 2 12
  McGraw  SV (3) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
15
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cumberland  L (0-3) 3.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Bryant   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Johnson   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  McMahon   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Morris   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
4

  E–None.  3B–New York Fregosi (1,off Cumberland), San Francisco Fuentes (1,off Seaver).  HR–New York Harrelson (1,3rd inning off Cumberland 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Rader (1,3rd inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out); Speier (2,6th inning off Seaver 1 on, 0 out); Henderson (3,7th inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Harrelson (1,off Bryant).  CS–Agee (1,2nd base by Bryant/Rader).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:29.  A–3,855.
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