Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
August 30, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1972 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 9

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 6 0 2 0
Buckner rf 7 2 3 0
Davis cf 5 1 1 1
Parker 1b 7 1 2 3
Robinson lf 3 0 1 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Valentine 3b,lf 5 0 2 1
Russell ss 5 2 2 0
Cannizzaro c 5 1 2 1
John p 2 1 1 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 1 0
  Strahler p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 1
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Garvey ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 49 8 19 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 3 2 2
Williams lf 3 2 1 1
Hickman rf 5 2 3 3
Santo 3b,2b 2 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0
Rudolph c 4 0 1 0
  Tyrone pr 0 0 0 0
  Hundley c 1 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 3 0 1 0
  Fanzone pr,3b 2 0 1 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Bonham p 3 1 1 0
  Hooton p 1 0 0 0
  North ph 1 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 11 6
Los Angeles 231 000 200 008190
Chicago 105 200 000 019111
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John   2.0 4 5 5 2 0
  Mikkelsen   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Perranoski   2.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Strahler   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Richert   2.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Brewer  L (7-6) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.0
11
9
9
11
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   1.2 8 5 5 0 0
  Bonham   4.1 7 3 2 3 3
  Hooton   3.0 3 0 0 3 1
  Aker  W (6-5) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
19
8
7
7
5

  E–Hooton (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Los Angeles Parker (11,off Jenkins); Russell (16,off Bonham); Cannizzaro (6,off Bonham), Chicago Cardenal (20,off John); Hickman (11,off Mikkelsen); Williams (30,off Perranoski).  HR–Chicago Cardenal (14,1st inning off John 0 on, 1 out); Hickman (14,11th inning off Brewer 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Valentine (7,off Hooton); Lacy (3,off Hooton).  IBB–Davis 2 (3,by Hooton 2); Williams (15,by Richert).  SB–Buckner (10,2nd base off Jenkins/Rudolph).  CS–Fanzone (3,2nd base by Brewer/Cannizzaro).  WP–John 2 (10), Mikkelsen (3), Richert (2).  IBB–Richert (5,Williams); Hooton 2 (7,Davis 2).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:37.  A–15,556.
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