San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 21, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, St. Louis Cardinals 14

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Morales cf 4 1 3 0
Stanley 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 1 1 0
Colbert 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaston rf 4 0 0 0
Roberts 3b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 1 1 1
  Jestadt 2b 0 0 0 0
Kirby p 0 0 0 0
  Acosta p 1 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaeffer p 0 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 3 3 3
  Melendez lf 0 1 0 0
Crosby 2b 4 2 2 2
Alou 1b 5 1 3 1
Torre 3b 4 1 1 3
  Anderson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 2 1
  McNertney c 1 0 0 0
Cruz cf 5 0 0 0
Carbo rf 1 2 1 0
Maxvill ss 5 2 2 0
Gibson p 3 2 2 3
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 14 16 13
San Diego 000 000 120360
St. Louis 433 000 40x14161
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  L (5-7) 1.0 6 6 6 2 0
  Acosta   4.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Schaeffer   2.0 4 4 4 2 0
  Ross   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
14
14
5
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (5-5) 7.0 3 1 1 0 6
  Drabowsky  SV (2) 2.0 3 2 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
0
7

  E–McNertney (1).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego Morales 2 (8,off Gibson,off Drabowsky); Lee (13,off Gibson), St. Louis Simmons (14,off Acosta).  3B–St. Louis Brock 2 (6,off Kirby,off Acosta).  HR–San Diego Blefary (1,8th inning off Drabowsky 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Torre (9,1st inning off Kirby 2 on, 0 out); Gibson (2,7th inning off Schaeffer 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Gibson (2,off Acosta).  HBP–Melendez (1,by Schaeffer); Carbo (4,by Ross).  SB–Brock (23,2nd base off Kirby/Kendall); Cruz (3,2nd base off Kirby/Kendall).  WP–Acosta (2), Gibson 2 (4).  HBP–Schaeffer (1,Melendez); Ross (2,Carbo).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:10.  A–10,686.
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