Nelson Briles turned in his first complete game of the season and pitched the Pirates to a 6-4 victory over the Phillies, who went down to their 10th straight defeat. The Pirates broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning when Jose Pagan singled, Bob Robertson walked and Gene Alley singled. A triple by Dave Cash and single by Roberto Clemente added an extra run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Friday, May       26, 1972 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  9  4
Pirates      2  0  0    2  0  0    1  1  x  -   6 13  4


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bowa ss               5   1   2   0     0   1   .216      Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   3   .309
Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .293      Clines lf             5   2   3   0     0   1   .209
McCarver c            4   0   0   1     0   0   .207      Clemente rf           5   2   4   1     0   0   .338
Luzinski lf           5   0   1   0     0   2   .291      Sanguillen c          4   0   2   1     1   0   .368
Montanez cf           5   1   3   0     0   1   .248      Pagan 3b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .192
Johnson 1b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .206      Oliver cf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .324
Money 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .200      Robertson 1b          1   0   0   0     3   1   .123
Anderson rf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .184      Alley ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .295
  Stone ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Briles p              4   0   0   0     0   2   .100
Carlton p             2   0   0   1     1   1   .310
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4   9   2     3   9             Totals               36   6  13   5     4   9

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 25,164
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Pirates 11
DP: Phillies 1, Pirates 0
Errors: Luzinski, Johnson 2, Money, Cash, Clines, Oliver, Alley
Doubles: Luzinski (8), Clemente 2 (10), Pagan (2), Sanguillen (6)
Triples: Cash (1)
Stolen Bases: Clines (4)
Sacrifice Flies: McCarver (1), Oliver (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(5-5)          7    10   5   4   4   9   0  36   2.46
Twitchell               1     3   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.32
Totals                  8    13   6   5   4   9   0  41

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(3-1)           9     9   4   1   3   9   0  41   4.50
Totals                  9     9   4   1   3   9   0  41

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Ed Vargo


PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa popped to shortstop; Doyle walked; McCarver
reached on an error by Clines [Doyle to second]; Luzinski struck
out; Montanez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash struck out; Clines singled; Clemente doubled
[Clines to third]; Sanguillen was walked intentionally; Pagan
reached on an error by Money [Clines scored (RBI), Clemente to
third, Sanguillen to second]; Johnson dropped a foul fly hit by
Oliver for an error; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Clemente scored (unearned)]; Robertson walked [Sanguillen to
third, Pagan to second]; Alley forced Robertson (shortstop to
second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson struck out; Money struck out; Anderson
walked; Carlton walked [Anderson to second]; Bowa was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Briles struck out; Cash grounded out (third to
first); Clines singled to left; Clemente singled to center
[Clines to third]; Sanguillen forced Clemente (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); McCarver
flied out to center; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Pagan doubled to left; Oliver grounded out (second
to first) [Pagan to third]; Robertson walked; Alley struck out;
Briles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Pirates 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Montanez singled; Johnson singled to center
[Montanez to second]; Money popped to catcher in foul territory;
Anderson reached on an error by Cash [Montanez to third, Johnson
to second]; Carlton forced Anderson (first to shortstop)
[Montanez scored (unearned), Johnson scored (error by Alley)
(unearned)]; Bowa singled to right [Carlton to second]; Doyle
flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Cash struck out; Clines singled to center; Clines
stole second [Clines scored (error by Johnson) (error by
Luzinski)]; Clemente doubled to left; Sanguillen doubled to
shortstop [Clemente scored]; Pagan was called out on strikes;
Oliver flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Pirates 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: McCarver flied out to center; Luzinski grounded
out (shortstop to first); Montanez singled to center; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Robertson struck out; Alley flied out to right;
Briles popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Pirates 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Money was called out on strikes; Anderson popped
to second; Carlton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
2, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Cash struck out; Clines struck out; Clemente
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
2, Pirates 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa singled to third; Doyle singled to center
[Bowa scored (error by Oliver), Doyle to third]; McCarver hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Doyle scored (unearned)]; Luzinski
flied out to right; Montanez singled to right; Johnson flied to
right in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Pagan
singled to third; Oliver grounded out (third to first) [Pagan to
second]; Robertson walked; Alley singled to left [Pagan scored,
Robertson to second]; Briles popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 4, Pirates 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Money singled to second; STONE BATTED FOR
ANDERSON; Stone popped to third; HUTTON BATTED FOR CARLTON;
Hutton flied out to right; Bowa flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: STONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); TWITCHELL
REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Cash tripled to right; Clines
grounded out (third to first); Clemente singled to center [Cash
scored]; Sanguillen singled to center [Clemente to third]; Pagan
lined into a double play (second to first) [Sanguillen out at
first]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Pirates 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); McCarver
flied out to right; Luzinski doubled to left; Montanez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Pirates 6.