San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
August 27, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1972 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Henderson lf 3 2 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader c 4 0 2 1
Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 0
Kingman 3b 4 0 0 0
Reberger p 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 3
Cardenal rf 5 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 1 2 1
Pepitone 1b 3 1 1 1
Monday cf 3 0 0 0
  Hooton p 0 0 0 0
Fanzone 3b 1 1 0 0
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
  Tyrone pr 0 1 0 0
  Rudolph c 1 1 1 0
Popovich 2b 3 1 1 1
Hands p 1 0 0 0
  North ph,cf 2 1 1 1
Totals 30 9 10 8
San Francisco 000 102 000370
Chicago 000 003 24x9102
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reberger  L (3-3) 6.2 7 5 5 1 3
  McMahon   1.0 3 4 4 2 0
  Stone   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  McDowell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
5
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands   6.0 5 3 2 2 4
  Hooton  W (8-11) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
6

  E–Kessinger 2 (21).  DP–San Francisco 1, Chicago 2.  2B–San Francisco Fuentes (27,off Hands), Chicago Williams (28,off Reberger); Cardenal (19,off Reberger); Popovich (3,off Reberger).  HR–San Francisco Henderson (18,4th inning off Hands 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Williams (28,8th inning off McMahon 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Speier (4,off Hands); Hooton (4,off McMahon).  HBP–Maddox (4,by Hands); Fanzone (2,by Reberger).  IBB–McCovey (5,by Hands); Fanzone (4,by McMahon).  SF–Pepitone (3,off Reberger).  SB–Henderson (12,2nd base off Hands/Hendricks); Maddox (10,2nd base off Hooton/Hendricks).  CS–Rader (2,2nd base by Hands/Hendricks); Kessinger (6,2nd base by McMahon/Rader).  WP–Reberger (4), Hooton (7).  HBP–Reberger (4,Fanzone); Hands (2,Maddox).  IBB–McMahon (3,Fanzone); Hands (6,McCovey).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:37.  A–23,386.
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