San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1972 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 2 1 1 1
Roberts 2b 2 0 1 0
  Thomas 2b 2 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 0 1 1
Gaston cf 4 0 2 0
Elliott rf 4 1 1 0
Kendall c 1 1 1 0
  Corrales c 2 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
Stanley 3b 3 0 1 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
Caldwell p 0 0 0 1
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Jeter ph 1 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Jestadt ph 1 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Schaeffer p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 1 1
Buckner rf 5 0 2 1
Paciorek lf 5 1 1 1
Cey 3b 3 1 2 2
McDermott 1b 3 0 0 0
  Parker ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Valentine cf 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Ferguson c 4 2 3 2
Strahler p 4 1 1 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
San Diego 120 000 000380
Los Angeles 330 000 01x7121
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell  L (7-10) 1.0 4 5 5 1 2
  Garcia   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Acosta   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Greif   1.1 4 1 1 1 2
  Schaeffer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Simpson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Strahler  W (1-2) 9.0 8 3 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
5

  E–Strahler (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (1,off Acosta); Ferguson 2 (2,off Acosta,off Greif).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (1,1st inning off Caldwell 1 on, 1 out); Ferguson (1,2nd inning off Caldwell 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Caldwell (1,off Strahler); Hernandez (3,off Strahler).  SB–Colbert (15,2nd base off Strahler/Ferguson); Lopes 2 (3,2nd base off Caldwell/Kendall,2nd base off Schaeffer/Corrales).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:34.  A–11,032.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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