Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 30, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1972 at Veteran's Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf 5 2 2 1
Cash 2b 5 1 1 1
Davalillo lf 5 0 3 1
Oliver cf 5 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 4 1 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 3 3
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 0 0 0 0
  Alley pr,ss 1 1 1 0
Kison p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Hutton rf 4 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 0
Montanez cf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0
Money 3b 2 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Lersch p 3 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 0437120
Philadelphia 000 000 100171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  W (5-3) 9.0 7 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lersch  L (1-4) 7.2 7 2 2 1 4
  Selma   0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Scarce   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
5

  E–Bateman (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner (14,off Lersch); Oliver (17,off Lersch).  3B–Pittsburgh Cash (3,off Selma), Philadelphia Luzinski (4,off Kison).  HR–Pittsburgh Hebner (10,8th inning off Selma 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Kison (2,off Selma).  IBB–Stargell (9,by Lersch).  HBP–Money (1,by Kison); Johnson (1,by Kison).  WP–Selma (6).  HBP–Kison 2 (6,Money,Johnson).  IBB–Lersch (6,Stargell).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:11.  A–28,451.
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