Los Angeles Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1972 at Veteran's Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 5 1 2 1
Mota lf 5 1 3 1
Davis cf 5 0 2 0
Parker 1b 5 2 3 2
Buckner rf 5 0 3 2
Valentine ss 4 1 1 0
Sims c 5 1 2 1
Grabarkewitz 3b 4 2 1 1
John p 4 1 1 0
Totals 42 9 18 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 5 1 3 1
Harmon 2b 5 0 1 1
Money 3b 5 2 2 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 2 1
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 0
Freed rf 4 0 1 0
Montanez cf 2 0 1 2
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Koegel ph 1 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Lis ph 1 0 0 0
  Ryan c 0 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
  Gamble pr 0 1 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
Champion p 0 0 0 0
  Lersch p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson cf 3 0 1 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Los Angeles 130 401 0009181
Philadelphia 300 010 0105130
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (8-4) 9.0 13 5 5 2 8
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Champion  L (4-9) 1.1 7 4 4 0 0
  Lersch   2.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Twitchell   2.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Scarce   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Selma   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
18
9
9
2
4

  E–Grabarkewitz (7).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Los Angeles Sims (7,off Champion); Grabarkewitz (3,off Champion); Buckner (5,off Twitchell), Philadelphia Money (10,off John); Bateman (5,off John).  3B–Los Angeles Parker (1,off Lersch), Philadelphia Bowa (6,off John).  SH–John (2,off Champion).  SB–Parker (1,2nd base off Twitchell/Bateman); Bowa (8,3rd base off John/Sims).  WP–Champion (4).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–(none), 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:54.  A–15,533.
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