Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1972 at Dodger Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 2b 4 1 3 0
Oliver cf 4 1 2 1
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 2
  Clines lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Robertson lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 2 0 0 0
Briles p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 4 1 2 0
Buckner rf 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 2
Parker 1b 1 0 0 0
Crawford lf 3 0 0 0
  Mota ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Valentine 3b 4 0 2 0
Russell ss 3 0 2 0
  Wills ph 1 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Pittsburgh 000 000 003370
Los Angeles 002 000 000291
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   7.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Hernandez   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Miller  W (5-1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (13-7) 9.0 7 3 3 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
4

  E–Valentine (16).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Cash (18,off Sutton), Los Angeles Valentine (10,off Briles); Davis (16,off Briles).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (28,9th inning off Sutton 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Parker (4,by Briles).  SB–Russell 2 (9,2nd base off Briles/Sanguillen 2); Davis (16,2nd base off R Hernandez/Sanguillen).  CS–Buckner (3,2nd base by Briles/Sanguillen).  BK–Sutton (1).  IBB–Briles (3,Parker).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:32.  A–28,318.
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