Bob Gibson gained his ninth straight victory in the longest winning streak by any pitcher in the major leagues this season when the Cardinals' veteran shut out the Braves, 7-0. In the fourth inning, Gibson and Lou Brock hit the first back-to-back homers by the Cardinals this year. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Wednesday, July      12, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Cardinals    0  3  0    2  0  0    2  0  x  -   7  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lum rf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Brock lf              4   1   2   3     0   0   .329
Baker cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .331        Melendez lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .247      Crosby 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .236
Carty lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .301      Alou 1b               3   1   0   0     1   1   .315
  Brown lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Torre 3b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .313
Williams 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .252      Simmons c             4   1   1   1     0   0   .288
Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Carbo rf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .224
Perez ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .218      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Garrido 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Maxvill ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .229
Schueler p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .154      Gibson p              4   1   2   1     0   0   .217
  McLain p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Breazeale ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .161
  McQueen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               33   0   6   0     2   6             Totals               33   7   9   7     4   2

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 19,827
Left on Base: Braves 8, Cardinals 6
DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Torre (16)
Triples: Carty (1)
Home Runs: Gibson (3), Brock (2)
Stolen Bases: Torre (3)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler L(3-4)         4     6   5   5   2   0   2  20   3.39
McLain                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   6.35
McQueen                 2     2   2   2   1   1   0   9   5.60
Totals                  8     9   7   7   4   2   2  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(9-5)           9     6   0   0   2   6   0  35   2.63
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   6   0  35

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Ed Sudol


BRAVES 1ST: Lum flied out to center; Baker flied out to center;
Evans walked; Carty singled to center [Evans to second];
Williams forced Evans (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Crosby
grounded out (first unassisted); Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Casanova struck out; Perez popped to first in foul
territory; Garrido grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre walked; Simmons singled to right [Torre to
second]; Carbo walked [Torre to third, Simmons to second]; Cruz
popped to second; Maxvill singled to third [Torre scored,
Simmons to third, Carbo to second]; Gibson popped to second;
Brock singled to left [Simmons scored, Carbo scored, Maxvill to
third]; Crosby flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 3.

BRAVES 3RD: Schueler singled to center; Lum grounded out (first
unassisted) [Schueler to second]; Baker struck out; Evans popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Alou grounded out (third to first); Torre singled
to center; Torre stole second; Simmons popped to shortstop;
Carbo flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Carty tripled to left; Williams struck out; Casanova
flied out to left; Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz flied out to right; Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gibson homered; Brock homered; Crosby
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Garrido flied out to right; Schueler grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); Lum grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: MCLAIN REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Alou was
called out on strikes; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first);
Simmons popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Evans flied out
to right; Carty grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz
walked; Maxvill flied out to right; Gibson singled to right
[Cruz to third]; Brock forced Gibson (shortstop unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Williams singled to left; Casanova flied out to
center; Perez singled to left [Williams to second]; Garrido
singled to left [Williams to third, Perez to second]; BREAZEALE
BATTED FOR MCLAIN; Breazeale struck out; Lum flied out to left;
0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: MCQUEEN REPLACED BREAZEALE (PITCHING); Crosby
singled to right; Alou walked [Crosby to second]; Torre doubled
to left [Crosby scored, Alou to third]; Simmons grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Alou scored]; Carbo was called out on
strikes; Cruz flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
0, Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 8TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Baker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Evans popped to shortstop; Carty
walked; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Maxvill flied
out to center; Gibson flied out to right; Melendez grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 9TH: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
flied out to center; Garrido out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 7.