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.

In the lidlifter, Gibson led the Cardinals batters with three hits and drove in one run. Ted Simmons backed his pitcher with a homer and triple. Willie Montanez had a homer for the Phillles, but struck out with the potential tying run on base in the ninth inning of the nightcap. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, July      1, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    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.