New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
July 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1972 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 2, San Francisco Giants 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 1 1 0
Mays cf 3 0 0 0
Fregosi 3b 3 0 0 1
Jones lf 4 0 2 1
Sudakis 1b 4 0 0 0
Schneck rf 4 0 1 0
Martinez 2b 3 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 1 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  Grote ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 1 1 3
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 1
Goodson 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader c 3 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 0 0
Henderson lf 2 1 1 1
Arnold 3b 3 1 1 0
Bryant p 3 1 1 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
New York 100 010 000241
San Francisco 000 040 01x574
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (12-7) 8.0 7 5 5 2 6
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
2
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  W (9-4) 9.0 4 2 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
3
5

  E–Seaver (2), Rader (5), Bryant 3 (3).  2B–New York Schneck (2,off Bryant).  HR–San Francisco Henderson (7,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out); Bonds (15,5th inning off Seaver 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Martinez (3,off Bryant); Harrelson (6,off Bryant).  SF–Fregosi (1,off Bryant).  IBB–Mays (5,by Bryant).  SB–Harrelson (10,2nd base off Bryant/Rader); Maddox (4,2nd base off Seaver/Dyer).  CS–Henderson (3,2nd base by Seaver/Dyer).  IBB–Bryant (4,Mays).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:14.  A–26,257.
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