Steve Carlton batted himself to his ninth straight victory with a two-run triple in the seventh inning that gave the Phillies a 2-0 edge over the Dodgers. Greg Luzinski opened the seventh with a single and yielded the paths to Bill Robinson.

When Willie Montanez bunted, both runners were safe on Tommy John's late throw to second. John then struck out both Roger Freed and John Bateman before Carlton came to the plate and won his own game. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Sunday, July      23, 1972 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  2
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harmon 2b             3   0   2   0     1   0   .300      Lacy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .242      Mota lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .332
Johnson 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .181      Robinson rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Hutton 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Parker 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .275
Luzinski lf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .272      Valentine ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
  B. Robinson pr,lf   1   1   0   0     0   1   .293      Garvey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Montanez cf           3   1   0   0     0   1   .231      Dietz c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .151
Freed rf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .237      John p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .075
Bateman c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269        Grabarkewitz ph     1   0   0   0     0   1   .145
Carlton p             3   0   1   2     0   1   .197        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .600

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   9             Totals               33   0   5   0     1   6

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 21,288
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Dodgers 7
DP: Phillies 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Money, B. Robinson
Doubles: Harmon (3), Johnson (2)
Triples: Carlton (1)
Stolen Bases: Dietz (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (9), Montanez (2)
GIDP: Bateman (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(14-6)         9     5   0   0   1   6   0  34   2.48
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   6   0  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(8-5)             7     6   2   2   2   6   0  29   2.76
Richert                 2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   1.82
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   9   0  35

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Harmon doubled; Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Harmon to third]; Money struck out; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lacy lined to center; Davis flied out to right;
Mota singled; Robinson made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled; Montanez lined to first; Freed
walked [Luzinski to second]; Bateman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Freed out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker singled; Valentine flied out to center;
Garvey flied out to center; Dietz lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Carlton flied out to center; Harmon singled; Bowa
forced Harmon (second to shortstop); Money grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: John struck out; Lacy grounded out (third to
first); Davis lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnson doubled; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop
to first); Montanez grounded out (second to first) [Johnson to
third]; Freed struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota grounded out (third to first); Robinson
grounded out (third to first); Parker walked; Valentine singled
[Parker to third]; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bateman grounded out (third to first); Carlton
struck out; Harmon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Dietz singled; Dietz stole second; John struck out;
Lacy made an out to catcher; Davis singled [Dietz to third];
Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa grounded out (third to first); Money grounded
out (third to first); Johnson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Robinson reached on an error by Money [Robinson to
first]; Robinson was picked off first (pitcher to first); Parker
struck out; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski singled; B. ROBINSON RAN FOR LUZINSKI;
Montanez reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [B.
Robinson to second]; Freed struck out; Bateman struck out;
Carlton tripled [B. Robinson scored, Montanez scored]; Harmon
walked; Bowa forced Harmon (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: HUTTON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); B. ROBINSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Garvey made an out to third; Dietz
struck out; GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR JOHN; Grabarkewitz struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PITCHING); Money
struck out; Hutton lined to center; B. Robinson struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Lacy grounded out (second to first); Davis flied
out to right; Mota reached on an error by B. Robinson [Mota to
second]; Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Montanez struck out; Freed made an out to first;
Bateman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 9TH: Parker flied out to center; Valentine grounded out
(third to first); Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.