Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
May 31, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1972 at Candlestick Park. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Valentine 2b 5 1 1 2
Russell ss 5 1 1 0
Davis cf 4 1 0 0
Robinson rf 3 1 2 0
  Crawford pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Mota lf 3 0 1 1
Parker 1b 4 0 1 0
Garvey 3b 4 1 1 1
Dietz c 1 0 0 0
  Sims c 1 0 0 0
Downing p 3 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Wills ph 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 1
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Goodson 1b 5 1 1 0
Kingman 3b 3 0 0 1
Speier ss 3 0 1 2
Maddox lf 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 3 1 2 0
Gibson c 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Healy c 0 0 0 0
Bryant p 2 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Los Angeles 100 021 000 1571
San Francisco 100 002 100 0462
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing   6.2 6 4 4 3 7
  Wilhelm   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Brewer  W (4-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
4
4
4
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant   7.0 4 4 3 4 2
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McMahon  L (0-2) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
7
5
4
5
4

  E–Valentine (1), Henderson (3), Johnson (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 1.  PB–Dietz (2).  2B–San Francisco Fuentes (11,off Downing); Speier (12,off Downing); Bonds (12,off Downing).  3B–Los Angeles Mota (3,off McMahon).  HR–Los Angeles Valentine (2,5th inning off Bryant 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Mota (2,off Johnson); Wills (4,off Johnson); Gibson (1,off Downing).  SF–Garvey (1,off Bryant); Kingman (1,off Downing).  HBP–Mota (2,by Bryant).  IBB–Dietz (1,by Bryant).  SB–Russell (3,2nd base off Bryant/Gibson); Mota (2,2nd base off Bryant/Gibson); Garvey (3,2nd base off Bryant/Gibson); Speier (4,2nd base off Wilhelm/Sims).  CS–Mota (1,Home by McMahon/Healy).  WP–Bryant (5).  HBP–Bryant (1,Mota).  IBB–Bryant (2,Dietz).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:56.  A–6,881.
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