Every player in the Dodgers' lineup participated in an 18-hit attack that produced a 9-5 victory over the Phillies. Manny Mota, Wes Parker and Bill Buckner each had three hits.

Parker batted in two runs with a triple in the fourth when the Dodgers scored four times to take an 8-3 lead. Larry Bowa had three of the Phillies' 13 hits off Tommy John, including a triple. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Wednesday, July      12, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      1  3  0    4  0  1    0  0  0  -   9 18  1
Phillies     3  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   5 13  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .364      Bowa ss               5   1   3   1     0   1   .255
Mota lf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .345      Harmon 2b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .295
Davis cf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .276      Money 3b              5   2   2   0     0   2   .239
Parker 1b             5   2   3   2     0   0   .259      Johnson 1b            5   0   2   1     0   1   .189
Buckner rf            5   0   3   2     0   0   .316      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .270
Valentine ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .281      Freed rf              4   0   1   0     1   2   .254
Sims c                5   1   2   1     0   1   .195      Montanez cf           2   0   1   2     0   0   .226
Grabarkewitz 3b       4   2   1   1     1   2   .153        Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
John p                4   1   1   0     0   1   .083        Koegel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
                                                            Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lis ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
                                                            Ryan c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
                                                          Bateman c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
                                                            Gamble pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .274
                                                            Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
                                                          Champion p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .160
                                                            Lersch p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            B. Robinson cf      3   0   1   0     0   0   .278

Totals               42   9  18   8     2   4             Totals               40   5  13   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 15,533
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Phillies 10
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 2
Errors: Grabarkewitz
Doubles: Sims (7), Grabarkewitz (3), Buckner (5), Money (10), Bateman (5)
Triples: Parker (1), Bowa (6)
Stolen Bases: Parker (1), Bowa (8)
Sacrifice Hits: John (2)
GIDP: Davis 2 (5)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(8-4)             9    13   5   5   2   8   0  42   3.03
Totals                  9    13   5   5   2   8   0  42

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Champion L(4-9)         1.1   7   4   4   0   0   0  10   4.60
Lersch                  2.1   5   4   4   1   0   0  12   3.65
Twitchell               2.1   3   1   1   1   1   0  11   5.40
Scarce                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   5.40
Selma                   1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   5.05
Totals                  9    18   9   9   2   4   0  45

Wild Pitches: Champion (4)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy singled to center; Mota singled to right [Lacy
to second]; Davis grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Lacy scored (no RBI), Mota out at second];
Parker singled to left; Buckner flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa tripled to center; Harmon grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bowa scored]; Money singled to left;
Johnson grounded out (third to first) [Money to second];
Luzinski walked; Freed singled to shortstop [Money to third,
Luzinski to second]; Montanez singled to right [Money scored,
Luzinski scored, Freed out at third (right to shortstop to
third)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Valentine singled to center; Sims doubled to center
[Valentine scored]; Champion threw a wild pitch [Sims to third];
Grabarkewitz doubled to left [Sims scored]; John out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Grabarkewitz to third]; Lacy
singled to right [Grabarkewitz scored]; LERSCH REPLACED CHAMPION
(PITCHING); Mota singled to center [Lacy to second]; Davis
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mota
out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lersch
lined to shortstop; Bowa singled to first; Harmon singled to
right [Bowa to second]; Bowa stole third; Money struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
singled to right; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Buckner to second]; Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Johnson struck out; Luzinski grounded out (pitcher
to first); Freed walked; Montanez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Grabarkewitz walked; John singled to shortstop
[Grabarkewitz to second]; Lacy popped to shortstop; Mota singled
to center [Grabarkewitz scored, John to second]; Davis flied out
to right; Parker tripled to right [John scored, Mota scored];
TWITCHELL REPLACED MONTANEZ (PITCHING); B. ROBINSON REPLACED
LERSCH (PLAYING CF); Buckner singled to center [Parker scored];
Valentine walked [Buckner to second]; Sims grounded out (first
to pitcher); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bateman struck out; B. Robinson flied out to
right; Bowa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8,
Phillies 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Grabarkewitz was called out on strikes; John
grounded out (second to first); Lacy grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Harmon grounded out (third to first); Money
doubled to right; Johnson singled to center [Money scored];
Luzinski forced Johnson (shortstop to second); Freed struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Mota lined to first; Davis singled to center;
Parker forced Davis (third to second); Parker stole second;
Buckner doubled to right [Parker scored]; Valentine grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies
4.

PHILLIES 6TH: KOEGEL BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Koegel flied out to
left; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson
singled to right; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 7TH: SCARCE REPLACED KOEGEL (PITCHING); Sims was called
out on strikes; Grabarkewitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
John grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 9, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Harmon was called out on strikes; Money was called
out on strikes; Johnson singled to left; Luzinski singled to
left [Johnson to second]; Freed forced Luzinski (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Lacy grounded out (third to first); Mota grounded
out (shortstop to first); Davis singled; Parker singled to
center [Davis to second]; Buckner popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: LIS BATTED FOR SCARCE; Lis flied out to right;
Bateman doubled to left; GAMBLE RAN FOR BATEMAN; B. Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gamble to third]; Bowa
singled to third [Gamble scored]; Harmon forced Bowa (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 9TH: RYAN REPLACED LIS (PLAYING C ); SELMA REPLACED
GAMBLE (PITCHING); Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sims singled to center; Grabarkewitz was called out on strikes;
John struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Money reached on an error by Grabarkewitz; Johnson
flied out to center; Luzinski grounded out (third to first)
[Money to second]; Freed was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Phillies 5.