Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1972 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 3 2 0 0
Buckner rf 4 1 2 2
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Parker 1b 4 0 0 1
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wills 3b 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Cannizzaro c 2 0 0 0
Osteen p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 4 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett cf,lf,cf 5 0 0 0
Cash 2b 5 1 2 1
Clines rf,lf 5 0 3 1
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
  Hernandez R. p 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
Robertson lf,1b 3 1 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez J. ss 3 0 1 1
Kison p 3 1 1 0
  Davalillo cf 0 0 0 0
  Clemente ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Los Angeles 100 002 100441
Pittsburgh 010 100 100391
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (14-9) 9.0 9 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  L (6-5) 7.0 3 4 3 2 3
  Hernandez   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
4
3
2
5

  E–Buckner (4), Kison (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (15,off Kison), Pittsburgh Kison (3,off Osteen); Cash (20,off Osteen).  3B–Pittsburgh Clines (4,off Osteen).  HR–Los Angeles Buckner (4,6th inning off Kison 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Garvey (1,by Kison).  IBB–Sanguillen (10,by Osteen).  WP–Osteen (5).  BK–Kison (1).  HBP–Kison (7,Garvey).  IBB–Osteen (3,Sanguillen).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–1:56.  A–39,574.
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