St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 21, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1972 at Dodger Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 2 1
Carbo rf 4 1 2 1
Simmons c 3 0 0 1
Melendez cf 4 1 1 0
Crosby 3b 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Gibson p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 4 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Valentine 3b 3 0 2 0
Buckner rf 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Parker 1b 4 0 2 0
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Lefebvre 2b 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Yeager c 2 0 0 0
  Mota ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
St. Louis 100 100 011481
Los Angeles 000 000 000070
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (14-7) 9.0 7 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (13-8) 8.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Richert   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
7

  E–Melendez (8).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Carbo (9,off Sutton); Brock (17,off Sutton); Gibson (4,off Richert).  HR–St. Louis Carbo (4,4th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Simmons (3,off Sutton).  IBB–Maxvill (4,by Richert).  SB–Brock (49,3rd base off Sutton/Yeager); Melendez (1,2nd base off Richert/Cannizzaro).  WP–Gibson (7), Sutton (5).  IBB–Richert (2,Maxvill).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–1:58.  A–17,582.
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