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New York Mets @ San Francisco Giants

1972-05-02 · Night game · Candlestick Park · Att: 6570 · 2:15

New York Mets defeated San Francisco Giants 4–2. New York Mets put up 2 in the 2nd. Gary Gentry earned the win. Cleon Jones went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	9
SFN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2

W: Gary Gentry L: Don Carrithers SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Vargo · 1B: Paul Pryor · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Bruce Froemming · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bud Harrelson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Boswell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommie Agee	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cleon Jones	4	2	2	1	0	1
Jim Fregosi	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Kranepool	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jerry Grote	3	0	2	1	1	0
Gary Gentry	4	0	1	1	0	2

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Speier	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tito Fuentes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds	4	2	2	0	0	0
Dave Kingman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Henderson	2	0	0	1	0	0
Garry Maddox	4	0	0	1	0	1
Al Gallagher	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Rader	3	0	0	0	0	1
Don Carrithers	2	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Gentry	9.0	2	3	5

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Carrithers	7.0	7	1	3
Jim Barr	2.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bud Harrelson: 43
Ken Boswell: 43
Tommie Agee: K/C

Bot 1

Chris Speier: W
Tito Fuentes: 8/F
Bobby Bonds: 9/F9D
Dave Kingman: K

Top 2

Rusty Staub: S8/G
Cleon Jones: S9/L.1-2
Jim Fregosi: 7/L
Ed Kranepool: 9/F.2-3
Jerry Grote: S7/G.3-H;1-2
Gary Gentry: S9/F.2-H;1-2
Bud Harrelson: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Ken Henderson: 9/F
Garry Maddox: K
Al Gallagher: W
Dave Rader: 7/F

Top 3

Ken Boswell: 6/P
Tommie Agee: 9/F
Rusty Staub: 9/F

Bot 3

Don Carrithers: K
Chris Speier: 7/F
Tito Fuentes: 43

Top 4

Cleon Jones: 8/F
Jim Fregosi: 8/F
Ed Kranepool: D9/L
Jerry Grote: IW
Gary Gentry: K

Bot 4

Bobby Bonds: T8/78
Dave Kingman: 3/P
Ken Henderson: HP
Garry Maddox: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Al Gallagher: SB2
Al Gallagher: 8/F

Top 5

Bud Harrelson: 3/G
Ken Boswell: 8/F
Tommie Agee: 9/F

Bot 5

Dave Rader: K/C
Don Carrithers: K
Chris Speier: W
Tito Fuentes: SB2
Tito Fuentes: 9/F

Top 6

Rusty Staub: 31
Cleon Jones: HR/7
Jim Fregosi: K/C
Ed Kranepool: 8/F

Bot 6

Bobby Bonds: 7/F
Dave Kingman: 8/F
Ken Henderson: 8/F

Top 7

Jerry Grote: 9/F
Gary Gentry: 63
Bud Harrelson: S3/G
Ken Boswell: 7/F

Bot 7

Garry Maddox: 3/FL
Al Gallagher: 43
Dave Rader: 7/F

Top 8

Tommie Agee: D8/78
Rusty Staub: 43.2-3
Cleon Jones: K/C
Jim Fregosi: CSH(12)

Bot 8

Chris Arnold: 63
Chris Speier: 5/P
Tito Fuentes: 7/F

Top 9

Jim Fregosi: W
Ed Kranepool: 36(1)/FO
Jerry Grote: S7/G.1-H(E7)(UR)(NR);B-2
Gary Gentry: K
Bud Harrelson: 7/F

Bot 9

Bobby Bonds: T8/89
Dave Kingman: 3/FL
Ken Henderson: 8/SF.3-H
Garry Maddox: 53