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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
June 18, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, played on June 18, 1972 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam McDowell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Scipio Spinks |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 19,957 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mel Steiner 1B: Jerry Dale 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Al Gallagher | Third Baseman |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Sam McDowell | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Ted Sizemore | Second Baseman |
| Donn Clendenon | First Baseman |
| Joe Torre | Third Baseman |
| Ted Simmons | Catcher |
| Luis Melendez | Right Fielder |
| Dwain Anderson | Shortstop |
| Jose Cruz | Center Fielder |
| Scipio Spinks | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
June 18, 1972
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Spinks
Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Spinks
Speier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Spinks
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Spinks
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. McDowell
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sizemore vs. McDowell
Sizemore takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clendenon vs. McDowell
Clendenon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. McDowell
Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. McDowell
Simmons hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Brock scores. Sizemore goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melendez vs. McDowell
Melendez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Spinks
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Spinks
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Spinks
Gallagher is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. McDowell
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. McDowell
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spinks vs. McDowell
Spinks hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Spinks
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDowell vs. Spinks
McDowell bunts towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Sizemore covering, for the out. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Spinks
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Spinks
Speier hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. McDowell
Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. McDowell
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. McDowell
Clendenon hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Spinks
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Spinks, and towards Anderson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Spinks
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Spinks
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards second. Sizemore scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. McDowell
Torre hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. McDowell
Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melendez vs. McDowell
Melendez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. McDowell
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Spinks
Maddox hits a line drive towards short. Anderson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Spinks
Gallagher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Spinks
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore misplays the ball. That's an error on Sizemore. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDowell vs. Spinks
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spinks fields it and throws to third for the out. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bonds vs. Spinks
Bonds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Melendez. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Fuentes scores. McDowell moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Speier vs. Spinks
Speier hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. McDowell
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spinks vs. McDowell
Spinks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. McDowell
Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sizemore vs. McDowell
Sizemore strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Spinks
Kingman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Spinks
There goes Kingman. The throw from Simmons and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCovey vs. Spinks
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rader vs. Spinks
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maddox vs. Spinks
Maddox strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. McDowell
Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. McDowell
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. McDowell
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Spinks
Gallagher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Spinks
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDowell vs. Spinks
McDowell strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Spinks
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Spinks
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. McDowell
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. McDowell
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. McDowell
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Spinks
Kingman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Spinks
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Spinks
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Segui
Diego Segui now pitching. Damaso Blanco pinch runs for Dave Rader.
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Maddox vs. Segui
Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kingman scores. Blanco moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gallagher vs. Segui
There goes Maddox. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Maddox steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gallagher vs. Segui
Gallagher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fuentes vs. Segui
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goodson vs. Segui
Ed Goodson pinch hits for Sam McDowell.
Goodson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blanco scores. Maddox scores. Gallagher moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonds vs. Segui
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching. Fran Healy now catching. Matty Alou pinch hits for Diego Segui.
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Moffitt
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Moffitt
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moffitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Palmer
Lowell Palmer now pitching.
Speier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Palmer
Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Palmer
McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Palmer
Healy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Cloninger
Tony Cloninger now pitching.
Maddox bunts towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Sizemore covering, for the out. McCovey moves to third. Healy moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gallagher vs. Cloninger
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger has McCovey trapped. There's the throw to Torre and over to Simmons, who tags McCovey for the out. Healy moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fuentes vs. Cloninger
Fuentes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Melendez who is chasing the ball. Fuentes reaches third base with a triple. Healy scores. Gallagher goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moffitt vs. Cloninger
Moffitt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Moffitt
Ken Henderson now playing left field.
Clendenon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Moffitt
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Moffitt
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clendenon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carbo vs. Moffitt
Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Luis Melendez.
Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/18/1972 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 5 0 2 1 Brock L, lf 4 1 1 0
Speier C, ss 5 1 2 0 Sizemore T, 2b 3 1 0 0
Kingman D, lf 3 2 1 2 Clendenon D, 1b 4 0 1 0
Henderson K, lf 0 0 0 0 Torre J, 3b 4 0 0 0
McCovey W, 1b 5 0 2 0 Simmons T, c 4 0 3 2
Rader D, c 3 0 1 0 Melendez L, rf 3 0 0 0
Blanco D, pr 0 1 0 0 Carbo B, ph 1 0 0 0
Healy F, c 1 1 1 0 Anderson D, ss 3 0 0 0
Maddox G, cf 4 1 1 1 Cruz J, cf 3 0 0 0
Gallagher A, 3b 3 1 1 0 Spinks S, p 2 0 1 0
Fuentes T, 2b 5 1 2 2 Segui D, p 0 0 0 0
McDowell S, p 2 0 0 0 Alou M, ph 1 0 0 0
Goodson E, ph 1 0 1 2 Palmer L, p 0 0 0 0
Moffitt R, p 1 0 0 0 Cloninger T, p 0 0 0 0
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38 8 14 8 32 2 6 2
San Francisco 000 010 034 -- 8
St.Louis 200 000 000 -- 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell S (W) 7.0 4 2 2 1 4
Moffitt R (S) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Spinks S (L) 7.1 7 3 2 4 5
Segui D 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Palmer L* 0.0 4 4 4 0 0
Cloninger T 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 9th
E -- Sizemore T, Simmons T
DP -- San Francisco 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- San Francisco 10, St.Louis 4
2B -- Simmons T, Bonds B
3B -- Fuentes T
HR -- Kingman D
SB -- Kingman D 2, Blanco D, Maddox G
SH -- McDowell S, Maddox G
T -- 2:29
A -- 19957
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