Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 24, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 8 1 2 2
Stennett lf 5 1 3 1
  Clines lf 3 0 0 0
Clemente rf 8 2 3 2
Stargell 1b 6 0 2 0
Oliver cf 6 0 2 2
Hebner 3b 4 1 0 0
Sanguillen c 8 2 5 0
Alley ss 6 1 1 0
Moose p 4 1 1 1
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo pr 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 0 0 0 0
  Blass pr 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
Totals 59 9 19 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 0 3 0
Sizemore 2b 6 0 2 0
Alou 1b 6 1 1 0
Torre 3b 5 1 2 0
Simmons c 6 1 1 1
Carbo rf 5 0 2 1
Melendez cf 6 1 1 1
Crosby ss 2 0 0 1
  Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Spinks p 3 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 4 12 4
Pittsburgh 000 002 002 000 059191
St. Louis 010 010 002 000 004121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   8.0 9 4 3 0 4
  Giusti   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Miller  W (2-1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
14.0
12
4
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Spinks   8.1 12 4 4 2 8
  Drabowsky   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hudson   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Cloninger   3.2 1 0 0 5 0
  Higgins  L (0-2) 1.0 4 5 2 3 0
Totals
14.0
19
9
6
11
8

  E–Moose (1), Torre (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stennett (6,off Spinks); Sanguillen (5,off Spinks).  3B–St. Louis Sizemore (1,off Miller).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (3,6th inning off Spinks 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis Simmons (3,2nd inning off Moose 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Torre (4,by R Hernandez).  CS–Oliver (3,2nd base by Cloninger/Simmons); Melendez (1,2nd base by Giusti/Sanguillen).  BK–Moose (1).  HBP–R Hernandez (2,Torre).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:58.  A–10,794.
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