Delighting the opening-night crowd of 30,320, the Dodgers piled up 10 hits, including homers by Jim Lefebvre, Willie Davis and Willie Crawford, to defeat the Padres, 12-2. Frank Robinson, who played only the first two innings before leaving the lineup with a muscle pull, drove in three runs with a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 12, San Diego Padres 2
Game Played on Friday, April     21, 1972 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  6  1
Dodgers      4  5  0    1  0  0    0  2  x  -  12 16  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Wills ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .143
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Russell ph,ss       2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Mota lf               3   2   2   2     0   0   .526
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buckner rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Thomas 2b             4   0   1   1     0   2   .316      Davis cf              5   3   2   1     0   1   .400
Jeter cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .500        Grabarkewitz 2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Colbert 1b            4   1   0   0     0   1   .160      Robinson rf           2   2   2   3     0   0   .263
Brown rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .214        Crawford rf,lf      2   1   2   1     1   0   .267
Gaston lf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .333      Lefebvre 2b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .393
Campbell 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .188        Valentine 2b,cf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barton c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Parker 1b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .294
Greif p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garvey 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .318
  Acosta p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Cannizzaro c          4   1   1   0     0   1   .400
  Robles ph,ss        2   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Downing p             3   1   1   0     1   1   .200

Totals               33   2   6   2     2   6             Totals               37  12  16  12     3   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 30,320
Left on Base: Padres 6, Dodgers 6
DP: Padres 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Robles, Russell
Doubles: Thomas (1), Crawford (1)
Home Runs: Lefebvre (1), Davis (2), Crawford (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Parker (1)
GIDP: Campbell (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif L(1-1)            1.1   7   7   7   1   0   0  11   6.10
Acosta                  3.2   5   3   3   1   3   1  17   7.71
Ross                    2     2   0   0   1   1   0   9   6.00
Taylor                  1     2   2   2   0   0   2   5  18.00
Totals                  8    16  12  12   3   4   3  42

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing W(1-1)          9     6   2   1   2   6   0  35   1.72
Totals                  9     6   2   1   2   6   0  35

Wild Pitches: Greif (1)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Ken Burkhart


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jeter flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills singled to second; Mota singled to left
[Wills to third]; Davis reached on a fielder's choice [Wills out
at home (first to catcher to third to first), Mota to third,
Davis to second]; Robinson singled to center [Mota scored, Davis
scored, Robinson to second (on throw)]; Lefebvre grounded out
(second to first) [Robinson to third]; Parker singled to left
[Robinson scored]; Greif threw a wild pitch [Parker to second];
Garvey singled to right [Parker scored, Garvey out at second
(right to third to second)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 4.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown
made an out to second; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 2ND: Cannizzaro singled to center; Downing walked
[Cannizzaro to second]; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Cannizzaro to third, Downing to second]; Mota singled
to right [Cannizzaro scored, Downing scored, Mota to second (on
throw)]; ACOSTA REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); Davis flied out to
right [Mota to third]; Robinson singled to left [Mota scored];
Lefebvre homered [Robinson scored]; Parker walked; Garvey
grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 9.

PADRES 3RD: CRAWFORD REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING RF); Campbell
singled to left; Barton was called out on strikes; Acosta struck
out; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 9.

DODGERS 3RD: Cannizzaro grounded out (second to first); Downing
singled to right; Wills popped to third in foul territory; Mota
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 9.

PADRES 4TH: Thomas struck out; Jeter walked; Colbert lined to
shortstop; Brown lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 9.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis singled to right; Crawford doubled to right
[Davis to third]; Lefebvre flied out to center; Parker hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Davis scored, Crawford to third];
Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 10.

PADRES 5TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Campbell
popped to first in foul territory; Barton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers
10.

DODGERS 5TH: Cannizzaro struck out; Downing struck out; RUSSELL
BATTED FOR WILLS; Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 10.

PADRES 6TH: RUSSELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BUCKNER
REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING RF); CRAWFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); ROBLES BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Robles grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Thomas struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 6TH: ROBLES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ROSS REPLACED
HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Buckner grounded out (second to first);
Davis struck out; Crawford walked; Lefebvre singled to right
[Crawford to third]; Parker lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 10.

PADRES 7TH: VALENTINE REPLACED LEFEBVRE (PLAYING 2B); Jeter
flied out to center; Colbert struck out; Brown walked; Gaston
singled to left [Brown to second]; Campbell forced Gaston
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers
10.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey singled to center; Cannizzaro forced Garvey
(first to shortstop) [Cannizzaro to second (error by Robles)];
Downing grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers
10.

PADRES 8TH: Barton grounded out (shortstop to first); Robles
singled to right; MORALES BATTED FOR ROSS; Morales popped to
shortstop; Thomas doubled to center [Robles scored]; Jeter
reached on a fielder's choice [Thomas out at third (third
unassisted)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Buckner flied
out to left; Davis homered; Crawford homered; Valentine lined to
first; Parker lined to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Dodgers 12.

PADRES 9TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 2B); VALENTINE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Colbert reached on an error by
Russell [Colbert to first]; Brown singled to left [Colbert to
second]; Gaston singled to center [Colbert scored (unearned),
Brown to second]; Campbell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brown to third, Gaston out at
second]; Barton flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 2, Dodgers 12.