Bill Russell drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to force in the run that gave the Dodgers a 7-6 victory over the Phillies. After the Dodgers rallied for two runs in the eighth to tie the score, Frank Robinson led off the ninth with his fourth hit of the game.

Jim Lefebvre walked and Maury Wills beat out a bunt to load the bases. Chris Short relieved Barry Lersch on the mound for the Phillies and struck out Duke Sims, but then passed Bill Russell to hand the decision to the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Game Played on Tuesday, May 2, 1972 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  2    2  1  0  -   6 14  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    4  0  0    0  2  1  -   7 12  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bowa ss               5   0   2   0     0   0   .261      Parker 1b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .321
Harmon 2b             4   2   3   0     1   0   .412      Mota lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .325
Montanez cf           5   0   2   1     0   2   .304      Davis cf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .278
Luzinski lf           3   1   0   0     2   1   .333      Robinson rf           5   2   4   0     0   1   .320
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Lefebvre 2b           3   1   2   1     2   0   .328
Hutton 1b             5   1   3   2     0   1   .379      Garvey 3b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .298
Anderson rf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Wills ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .125
  Brandon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dietz c               2   0   0   1     2   0   .235
  Browne ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .667        Valentine pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sims c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .176
  Koegel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Russell ss            4   1   2   3     1   0   .500
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Richert p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Crawford ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grabarkewitz ph     0   0   0   1     0   0   .000
  Short p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ryan c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Fryman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Freed rf            3   1   2   3     0   1   .500

Totals               39   6  14   6     3   7             Totals               35   7  12   7     7   6

Time of Game: 3:19   Attendance: 14,770
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Dodgers 12
DP: Phillies 0, Dodgers 0
Doubles: Harmon (1), Montanez (6), Ryan (1), Robinson (3)
Triples: Hutton (1)
Home Runs: Freed (1)
Stolen Bases: Mota (1), Robinson (1)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Money (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Grabarkewitz (1), Mota (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman                  3.1   5   4   4   2   1   0  17   2.13
Brandon                 1.2   2   0   0   1   1   0   8   5.79
Reynolds                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Twitchell               1     2   2   2   2   1   0   7   8.53
Hoerner                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.40
Lersch L(1-1)           0     2   1   1   1   0   0   3   1.84
Short                   0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2  11.57
Totals                  8.1  12   7   7   7   6   0  44

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing                 5.2  11   3   3   0   5   0  27   3.38
Richert                 2.1   3   3   3   2   1   1  12   5.79
Brewer W(1-0)           1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.93
Totals                  9    14   6   6   3   7   1  43

Wild Pitches: Downing (2)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Sudol


PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa flied out to left; Harmon doubled to right;
Montanez doubled to right [Harmon scored]; Luzinski struck out;
Money popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Parker singled to center; Mota forced Parker
(second to shortstop); Mota stole second; Davis flied out to
center; Robinson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Hutton grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Anderson
grounded out (third to first); Ryan doubled to right; Fryman
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Lefebvre grounded out (third to first); Garvey
grounded out (third to first); Dietz popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to left; Bowa was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Harmon popped to first in foul
territory; Montanez singled to center; Luzinski flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (third to first); Downing
grounded out (first unassisted); Parker grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Money grounded out (third to first); Hutton
singled to first; Anderson struck out; Ryan popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota singled to pitcher; Davis flied out to center;
Robinson singled to right [Mota to second]; Lefebvre singled to
right [Mota scored, Robinson to third, Lefebvre to second (on
throw)]; Garvey was walked intentionally; Dietz walked [Robinson
scored, Lefebvre to third, Garvey to second]; Russell singled to
center [Lefebvre scored, Garvey scored, Dietz to second];
BRANDON REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); FREED REPLACED FRYMAN
(PLAYING RF); Downing struck out; Parker grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Freed struck out; Bowa singled to left; Harmon
singled to left [Bowa to second]; Montanez struck out; Luzinski
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
1, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Mota grounded out (third to first); Davis grounded
out (first unassisted); Robinson singled to left; Lefebvre
singled to right [Robinson to second]; Garvey walked [Robinson
to third, Lefebvre to second]; Dietz forced Garvey (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Money grounded out (pitcher to first); Hutton
singled to right; BROWNE BATTED FOR BRANDON; Browne singled to
left [Hutton to second]; Downing threw a wild pitch [Hutton to
third, Browne to second]; Ryan struck out; Freed singled to left
[Hutton scored, Browne scored]; RICHERT REPLACED DOWNING
(PITCHING); Bowa forced Freed (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED BROWNE (PITCHING); Russell flied
out to left; Richert struck out; Parker flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Harmon singled to center; Montanez struck out;
Luzinski walked [Harmon to second]; Money flied out to center;
Hutton tripled to left [Harmon scored, Luzinski scored]; KOEGEL
BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Koegel flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 5, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED KOEGEL (PITCHING); Mota flied
out to center; Davis struck out; Robinson singled to third;
Robinson stole second; Lefebvre walked; Garvey forced Lefebvre
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Dodgers 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Ryan grounded out (shortstop to first); Freed
homered; Bowa flied out to left; Harmon walked; Montanez flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Dietz walked; VALENTINE RAN FOR DIETZ; Russell
singled to center [Valentine to third]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR
RICHERT; HOERNER REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); GRABARKEWITZ
BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Grabarkewitz hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Valentine scored]; Parker singled to right [Russell to third];
Mota hit a sacrifice fly to right [Russell scored]; Davis struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Dodgers 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: SIMS REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING C ); BREWER
REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PITCHING); Luzinski walked; Money out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Luzinski to second];
Hutton struck out; MCCARVER BATTED FOR HOERNER; McCarver flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 9TH: LERSCH REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Robinson
doubled to left; Lefebvre was walked intentionally; WILLS BATTED
FOR GARVEY; Wills singled to pitcher [Robinson to third,
Lefebvre to second]; SHORT REPLACED LERSCH (PITCHING); Sims
struck out; Russell walked [Robinson scored, Lefebvre to third,
Wills to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 6, Dodgers 7.
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