Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0
Oliver cf 5 2 2 0
Clemente rf 5 0 3 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 2 1 1 1
Sanguillen c 5 0 2 2
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 0 0 0 0
  Alley ss 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 2 0
  Roque cf 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 2 1 2
Cruz cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Torre 1b 1 0 0 1
Simmons c 4 0 3 2
Carbo rf 3 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Kelleher ss 4 0 0 0
Cleveland p 2 0 0 0
  Segui p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 100 002 0014100
St. Louis 201 002 00x592
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   5.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Miller  L (5-2) 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Giusti   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  W (14-14) 6.1 7 3 3 3 3
  Segui  SV (9) 2.2 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
5

  E–Brock (12), Sizemore (14).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (17,off Cleveland), St. Louis Simmons (33,off Johnson).  3B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (8,off Cleveland).  SF–Hebner (5,off Cleveland); Torre (6,off Johnson).  IBB–Stargell (15,by Cleveland); Davalillo (5,by Cleveland); Carbo (9,by Johnson); Brock (10,by Miller).  SH–Cleveland (11,off Miller).  HBP–Torre (8,by Johnson).  WP–Segui (5).  HBP–Johnson (4,Torre).  IBB–Johnson (8,Carbo); Miller (7,Brock); Cleveland 2 (12,Stargell,Davalillo).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:33.  A–11,802.
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