In addition to pitching his second straight shutout, Bob Gibson smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to clinch the Cardinals' 4-0 victory over the Dodgers. A homer by Joe Torre in the fifth and singles by Luis Melendez, Jose Cruz and Dal Maxvill in the seventh produced the Cards' first two tallies before Maxvill singled again and Gibson hit his homer. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      4, 1972 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  2  -   4  9  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .294      Valentine 2b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .287
Sizemore 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .268      Buckner rf            3   0   2   0     0   0   .301
Clendenon 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .176      Davis cf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Fiore 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Crawford lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Torre 3b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .341      Parker 1b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .282
Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Garvey 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Melendez rf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .194      Sims c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .178
Cruz cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .189      Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Maxvill ss            4   1   2   1     0   1   .148      Osteen p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .280
Gibson p              4   1   1   2     0   1   .077        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
                                                            Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .310

Totals               35   4   9   4     2   9             Totals               27   0   5   0     1   6

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 43,818
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Dodgers 1
DP: Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1
Errors: Osteen
Doubles: Sizemore (5), Simmons (10), Brock (4)
Home Runs: Torre (5), Gibson (1)
Caught Stealing: Valentine (3)
GIDP: Sims 2 (5), Crawford (4)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(3-5)           9     5   0   0   1   6   0  28   3.20
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   6   0  28

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(6-3)           6     7   2   2   2   3   1  26   1.49
Richert                 3     2   2   2   0   6   1  11   3.75
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   9   2  37

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Valentine walked; Valentine was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Buckner popped to catcher in foul
territory; Davis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre popped to first in foul territory; Simmons
flied out to right; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford flied out to center; Parker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Maxvill was
called out on strikes; Gibson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sims lined to shortstop; Russell flied out to
right; Osteen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock flied out to center; Sizemore doubled to
left; Clendenon hit into a double play (pitcher to first)
[Sizemore out at third (first to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Valentine grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner
singled to center; Davis singled to right [Buckner to third,
Davis out at second (right to shortstop to second)]; Crawford
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Torre homered; Simmons doubled to left; Melendez
flied out to center [Simmons to third]; Cruz popped to second;
Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Parker singled to right; Garvey flied out to right;
Sims grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Parker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Gibson popped to second; Brock doubled to center;
Sizemore walked; Sizemore was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Osteen [Brock to third, Sizemore to second];
Clendenon struck out; Torre was walked intentionally; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell struck out; Osteen struck out; Valentine
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Melendez singled to right; Cruz singled to right
[Melendez to third]; Maxvill singled to left [Melendez scored,
Cruz to second]; RICHERT REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); On a bunt
Gibson struck out; Brock struck out; Sizemore flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Buckner singled to right; Davis struck out;
Crawford grounded into a double play (second to first) [Buckner
out at second (first to shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Clendenon flied out to right; Torre struck out;
Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 8TH: Parker singled to right; Garvey struck out; Sims
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Parker out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Melendez struck out; Cruz struck out; Maxvill
singled to center; Gibson homered [Maxvill scored]; Brock flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 9TH: FIORE REPLACED CLENDENON (PLAYING 1B); Russell
popped to second; MOTA BATTED FOR RICHERT; Mota flied out to
left; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0.