Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
June 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1972 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, San Francisco Giants 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf 6 2 4 0
Stennett 2b 6 2 0 1
Davalillo lf 5 0 3 1
Stargell 1b 3 1 2 4
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Pagan 3b 4 1 2 0
  Alley 3b 1 0 1 0
May c 5 1 1 0
Hernandez ss 5 1 1 0
Kison p 5 1 2 2
Totals 44 9 16 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 1 0 0
Howarth lf 4 0 2 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 1 1
  Blanco pr,ss 1 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Kingman 3b 3 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 0 0
Rader c 4 0 0 0
Williams C. p 0 0 0 0
  Carrithers p 1 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Cumberland p 0 0 0 0
  Williams B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Pittsburgh 050 102 0109162
San Francisco 000 010 000133
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 4 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (0-2) 1.0 4 4 3 1 1
  Carrithers   4.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Cumberland   2.0 3 2 1 0 1
  Barr   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
9
7
2
7

  E–Stennett (3), J Hernandez (9), Fuentes (10), C Williams (1), Cumberland (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Kison (1,off C Williams); Davalillo 2 (4,off Carrithers,off Cumberland); Pagan (6,off Carrithers), San Francisco Howarth (4,off Kison).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (11,8th inning off Barr 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Stargell (2,off Cumberland).  WP–Kison (4).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:24.  A–19,929.
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