Bob Gibson gained his seventh straight victory in the opener and Donn Clendenon homered for the only run in the nightcap as the Cardinals beat the Phillies in a twi-night doubleheader, 6-4 and 1-0. The sweep extended the Cardinals' winning streak to five games and gave them a record of 12 victories in their last 13 outings. St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, July 1, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumCardinals 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 - 6 13 0 Phillies 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 7 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .324 Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Crosby 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Money 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Alou 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .324 Hutton rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Torre 3b 4 0 0 1 0 2 .313 Lis 1b 3 2 1 0 1 2 .241 Simmons c 5 2 2 1 0 0 .292 Luzinski lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .281 Cruz cf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .200 Montanez cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .220 Carbo rf 3 1 0 0 0 2 .221 Bowa ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .243 Maxvill ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .228 Bateman c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .296 Gibson p 4 0 3 1 0 0 .205 Nash p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Lersch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Selma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 13 4 4 5 Totals 33 4 7 4 2 7 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 26,571 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Phillies 4 DP: Cardinals 0, Phillies 2 Errors: Lis Doubles: Cruz (6), Crosby (3), Gibson (2), Alou (10), Luzinski (16) Triples: Simmons (4), Maxvill (1) Home Runs: Simmons (7), Montanez (6) Stolen Bases: Alou (8) Sacrifice Flies: Torre (4) GIDP: Crosby (8) Hit by Pitch: Carbo (5,by Nash) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gibson W(7-5) 9 7 4 4 2 7 1 35 2.96 Totals 9 7 4 4 2 7 1 35 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nash L(1-4) 3.2 8 3 3 0 3 1 17 4.79 Lersch 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.22 Selma 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 11 5.13 Twitchell 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 6.21 Totals 9 13 6 5 4 5 1 42 Hit by Pitch: Nash (1) Wild Pitches: Gibson (5), Twitchell (2) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Sudol CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Crosby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brock out at second]; Alou grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle walked; Money popped to second; Hutton struck out; Lis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre struck out; Simmons homered; Cruz singled to right; Cruz was picked off first (pitcher to first); Carbo was hit by a pitch; Maxvill singled to center [Carbo to third]; Gibson singled to pitcher [Carbo scored, Maxvill to second]; Brock struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to center; Montanez flied out to left; Bowa was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby flied out to center; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Bateman singled to left; Nash popped to pitcher; Doyle flied out to center; Money flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons tripled to right; Cruz doubled to center [Simmons scored, Cruz out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); Maxvill tripled to right; LERSCH REPLACED NASH (PITCHING); Gibson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Hutton singled to right; Gibson threw a wild pitch [Hutton to second]; Lis singled to left [Hutton to third]; Luzinski struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to first) [Hutton scored, Lis to second]; Bowa singled to left [Lis scored]; Bateman popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to center; Crosby hit into a double play (first to third to shortstop) [Brock out at second]; Alou walked; Torre popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 5TH: GAMBLE BATTED FOR LERSCH; Gamble grounded out (second to first); Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first); Money flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 6TH: SELMA REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Cruz walked; Carbo struck out; Maxvill forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 6TH: Hutton flied out to right; Lis was called out on strikes; Luzinski grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson singled to left; Brock forced Gibson (first to shortstop); Crosby doubled to right [Brock to third]; Alou was walked intentionally; Torre hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored]; Simmons reached on an error by Lis [Crosby scored (unearned) (no RBI), Alou to second]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Montanez was called out on strikes; Bowa flied out to center; Bateman singled to center; FREED BATTED FOR SELMA; Freed struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 8TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Carbo struck out; Maxvill grounded out (catcher to first); Gibson doubled to right; Brock was walked intentionally; Crosby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Hutton popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Alou doubled to right; Alou stole third; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Alou scored]; Torre flied out to center; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; Cruz made an out to catcher; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 9TH: Lis walked; Luzinski doubled to right [Lis scored, Luzinski out at third (right to second to third)]; Montanez homered; Bowa popped to shortstop; Bateman grounded out (catcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 4. |
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