A homer by Jim Lefebvre in the seventh inning enabled Bill Singer to pitch the Dodgers to a 1-0 victory over the Padres in a duel with Fred Norman. The victory was the sixth straight for the Dodgers and their seventh of the season against one loss in the best start in the club's Los Angeles history. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 1, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     22, 1972 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   1  4  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campbell 3b           2   0   0   0     1   1   .167      Wills ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Mota lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .435
  Jestadt 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .353
Thomas 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .318      Robinson rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Jeter cf              4   0   2   0     0   2   .500      Lefebvre 2b           3   1   1   1     0   0   .387
Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .138      Parker 1b             2   0   2   0     1   0   .368
Lee lf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Garvey 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .320
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Cannizzaro c          2   0   0   0     1   1   .364
Barton c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Singer p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .167
Hernandez ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .130
Norman p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .333

Totals               31   0   7   0     1   6             Totals               28   1   4   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 27,973
Left on Base: Padres 6, Dodgers 5
DP: Padres 0, Dodgers 2
Home Runs: Lefebvre (2)
Stolen Bases: Lee (1)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomas (2)
GIDP: Colbert (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(0-1)           8     4   1   1   2   5   1  30   2.45
Totals                  8     4   1   1   2   5   1  30

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer W(2-0)           9     7   0   0   1   6   0  33   1.13
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   6   0  33

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


PADRES 1ST: Campbell walked; Thomas out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Campbell to second]; Jeter singled to third
[Campbell stayed at second]; Colbert was called out on strikes;
Lee grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (third to first); Mota flied out
to right; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Barton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez singled to
shortstop; Norman singled to right [Hernandez to second];
Campbell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Robinson flied out to left; Lefebvre grounded out
(third to first); Parker singled to left; Garvey popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 3RD: Thomas flied out to center; Jeter was called out on
strikes; Colbert flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Cannizzaro grounded out (second to first); Singer
struck out; Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 0.

PADRES 4TH: Lee grounded out (second to first); Brown flied out
to left; Barton singled to left; Hernandez flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota flied out to center; Davis grounded out (first
to pitcher); Robinson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 5TH: Norman struck out; Campbell popped to first in foul
territory; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lefebvre flied out to left; Parker walked; Garvey
flied out to left [Parker to second]; Cannizzaro was walked
intentionally; Singer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 6TH: On a bunt Jeter singled to first; Colbert grounded
into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Jeter out at
second]; Lee singled to shortstop; Lee stole second; Brown flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Wills made an out to third; Mota flied out to
center; Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 7TH: Barton grounded out (third to first); Hernandez
popped to third in foul territory; Norman flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lefebvre homered; Parker singled to center; Garvey singled to
left [Parker to second]; Cannizzaro struck out; Singer forced
Garvey (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 1.

PADRES 8TH: STAHL BATTED FOR CAMPBELL; Stahl flied out to left;
Thomas singled to right; Jeter struck out while Thomas was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: JESTADT REPLACED STAHL (PLAYING 3B); Wills grounded
out (third to first); Mota flied out to right; Davis flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 9TH: Colbert grounded out (third to first); Lee grounded
out (second to first); Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 1.