San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
May 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 4, Atlanta Braves 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0
Goodson 1b 3 0 2 1
  Blanco pr 0 0 0 0
  Carrithers p 0 0 0 0
Kingman 3b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Williams B. lf 4 1 1 0
Maddox rf 4 2 2 1
Rader c 2 0 0 0
  Healy ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 0 0 0 1
Marichal p 0 0 0 0
  Williams C. p 1 0 0 0
  Howarth ph,1b 2 1 2 1
Totals 35 4 9 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 5 1 1 0
Garr lf 5 2 2 1
Aaron 1b 5 2 1 3
Williams c 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 1
Lum rf 4 1 1 0
Baker cf 4 1 2 1
Perez ss 2 1 2 1
Reed p 2 0 0 1
Totals 34 9 11 8
San Francisco 001 000 012496
Atlanta 131 310 00x9110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  L (1-8) 3.2 8 8 6 3 1
  Williams   3.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Carrithers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
7
5
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (2-6) 9.0 9 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
3

  E–Bonds (3), Fuentes (7), Kingman (6), Speier (8), Rader (3), Marichal (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Atlanta Perez (7,off Marichal); Lum (3,off C Williams).  HR–San Francisco Maddox (1,3rd inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Aaron (7,4th inning off Marichal 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Henderson (2,off Reed).  SH–Reed 2 (2,off Marichal,off C Williams).  SB–Garr (9,2nd base off Marichal/Rader).  WP–Marichal (2).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:22.  A–10,903.
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