Bob Gibson passed Jess Haines as the biggest winner in Cardinals' history and posted the 211th victory of his career with an easy 14-3 triumph over the Padres. The first four Cardinal batters gave Gibson enough runs to win when Lou Brock singled and stole second, Ed Crosby and Matty Alou singled and Joe Torre homered. Before leaving the game after seven innings, Gibson joined in the batting spree with a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 14, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      21, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3  6  0
Cardinals    4  3  3    0  0  0    4  0  x  -  14 16  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morales cf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .306      Brock lf              4   3   3   3     0   0   .313
Stanley 2b,ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .242        Melendez lf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .213
Lee lf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .305      Crosby 2b             4   2   2   2     1   0   .242
Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .202      Alou 1b               5   1   3   1     0   1   .333
Gaston rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Torre 3b              4   1   1   3     0   0   .309
Roberts 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .195        Anderson ph,3b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .216      Simmons c             3   0   2   1     1   0   .287
Hernandez ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .183        McNertney c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .320
  Blefary ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .282      Cruz cf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Jestadt 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Carbo rf              1   2   1   0     3   0   .198
Kirby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .094      Maxvill ss            5   2   2   0     0   0   .169
  Acosta p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Gibson p              3   2   2   3     0   0   .156
  Fiore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schaeffer p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               33   3   6   1     0   7             Totals               36  14  16  13     5   1

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 10,686
Left on Base: Padres 3, Cardinals 6
DP: Padres 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: McNertney
Doubles: Morales 2 (8), Lee (13), Simmons (14)
Triples: Brock 2 (6)
Home Runs: Blefary (1), Torre (9), Gibson (2)
Stolen Bases: Brock (23), Cruz (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Gibson (2)
GIDP: Maxvill 2 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Melendez (1,by Schaeffer), Carbo (4,by Ross)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby L(5-7)            1     6   6   6   2   0   1  10   3.01
Acosta                  4     6   4   4   1   1   0  17   4.43
Schaeffer               2     4   4   4   2   0   1  13   4.22
Ross                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.93
Totals                  8    16  14  14   5   1   2  44

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(5-5)           7     3   1   1   0   6   0  24   2.95
Drabowsky SV(2)         2     3   2   1   0   1   1   9   2.57
Totals                  9     6   3   2   0   7   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Schaeffer (1), Ross (2)
Wild Pitches: Acosta (2), Gibson 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Augie Donatelli


PADRES 1ST: Morales popped to catcher in foul territory; Stanley
flied out to center; Lee grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Crosby singled to center [Brock scored]; Alou singled to right
[Crosby to second]; Torre homered [Crosby scored, Alou scored];
Simmons walked; Cruz forced Simmons (first to shortstop); Cruz
stole second; Carbo walked; Maxvill grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; 4 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 4.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert flied out to right; Gaston grounded out
(shortstop to first); Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Gibson singled to center; Brock tripled to right
[Gibson scored]; ACOSTA REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Crosby
singled to right [Brock scored]; Alou struck out; Torre lined to
second; Simmons doubled to right [Crosby scored, Simmons out at
third (catcher to third)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 7.

PADRES 3RD: Kendall struck out; Hernandez popped to catcher in
foul territory; Acosta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cruz flied out to center; Carbo walked; Maxvill
singled to center [Carbo to second]; Gibson out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Carbo to third, Maxvill to second];
Brock tripled to left [Carbo scored, Maxvill scored]; Acosta
threw a wild pitch [Brock scored]; Crosby grounded out (second
to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

PADRES 4TH: Morales singled to left; Gibson threw a wild pitch
[Morales to second]; Stanley flied to right in foul territory;
Lee lined to first; Colbert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

CARDINALS 4TH: Alou flied out to right; Torre grounded out
(third to first); Simmons singled to right; Cruz flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

PADRES 5TH: Gaston flied out to right; Roberts grounded out
(first to pitcher); Kendall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

CARDINALS 5TH: Carbo singled to center; Maxvill grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Carbo out at second];
Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

PADRES 6TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); FIORE
BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Fiore flied out to center; Morales doubled to
right; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

CARDINALS 6TH: SCHAEFFER REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Brock
grounded out (second to first); Crosby grounded out (first to
pitcher); Alou singled to right; Torre flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 10.

PADRES 7TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Lee doubled to
left; Colbert flied out to center [Lee to third]; Gibson threw a
wild pitch [Lee scored]; Gaston struck out; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals
10.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons lined to center; Cruz grounded out (first
unassisted); Carbo walked; Maxvill singled to center [Carbo to
second]; Gibson homered [Carbo scored, Maxvill scored]; Melendez
was hit by a pitch; Crosby walked [Melendez to second]; Alou
singled to center [Melendez scored, Crosby to third]; ANDERSON
BATTED FOR TORRE; Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 4
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 14.

PADRES 8TH: MCNERTNEY REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); ANDERSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DRABOWSKY REPLACED GIBSON
(PITCHING); Kendall flied out to left; BLEFARY BATTED FOR
HERNANDEZ; Blefary homered; STAHL BATTED FOR SCHAEFFER; Stahl
grounded out (second to first); Morales doubled to left; Stanley
singled to right [Morales scored (error by McNertney) (unearned)
(no RBI), Stanley to second]; Lee grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals 14.

CARDINALS 8TH: ROSS REPLACED STAHL (PITCHING); JESTADT REPLACED
BLEFARY (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
McNertney grounded out (second to first); Cruz grounded out
(first to pitcher); Carbo was hit by a pitch; Maxvill flied to
right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Cardinals 14.

PADRES 9TH: Colbert struck out; Gaston grounded out (first to
pitcher); Roberts flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Cardinals 14.