San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 2 0
Kingman lf 5 1 1 2
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 0
Rader c 5 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Gallagher 3b 5 0 2 1
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0
Bryant p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 3 1
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 0 0
Torre 3b 5 0 1 2
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
Melendez rf 2 0 1 0
  Alou ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Anderson ss 4 1 0 0
Cruz cf 4 0 1 0
Cleveland p 2 0 0 0
  McNertney ph 1 0 1 0
  Palmer pr 0 1 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
San Francisco 000 000 120 003101
St. Louis 000 000 030 01481
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant   7.1 6 3 2 5 2
  Moffitt   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson  L (3-4) 2.2 1 1 1 3 2
Totals
10.2
8
4
3
9
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland   8.0 9 3 2 2 9
  Segui   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Drabowsky   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Grzenda  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
3
2
3
13

  E–Bonds (5), Clendenon (3).  DP–San Francisco 2, St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis McNertney (3,off Bryant).  HR–San Francisco Kingman (15,8th inning off Cleveland 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Maddox (2,by Cleveland); Simmons (3,by Moffitt); Crosby (1,by Johnson).  SF–Brock (1,off Johnson).  CS–Brock (8,2nd base by Bryant/Rader).  IBB–Moffitt (1,Simmons); Johnson (2,Crosby); Cleveland (4,Maddox).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:58.  A–28,202.
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