San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 29, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Howarth cf 4 0 1 0
  Maddox pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Speier ss 3 1 1 0
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Rader c 3 1 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 3
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Gallagher 3b 3 0 0 0
Barr p 4 0 2 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Carbo rf 3 0 1 0
Torre 1b 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Melendez cf 3 0 1 0
Anderson 3b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Crosby ph 1 0 0 0
Cleveland p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
San Francisco 000 000 003370
St. Louis 000 000 000031
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  W (6-7) 9.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  L (13-11) 9.0 7 3 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
2
4

  E–Anderson (6).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–San Francisco Barr (2,off Cleveland); Kingman (14,off Cleveland), St. Louis Carbo (11,off Barr).  SH–Henderson (2,off Cleveland).  HBP–Speier (3,by Cleveland).  IBB–Rader (1,by Cleveland); Gallagher (4,by Cleveland).  HBP–Cleveland (4,Speier).  IBB–Cleveland 2 (9,Rader,Gallagher).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–1:49.  A–9,002.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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