In a fantastic slugging outburst, Nate Colbert set a major league record by driving in 13 runs in a doubleheader to lead the Padres to 9-0 and 11-7 victories in a twi-night pair with the Braves. The former record of 11 RBIs was held jointly by Earl Averill of the Indians (1930), Jim Tabor of the Red Sox (1939) and Boog Powell of the Orioles (1966). Colbert hit five homers in the twin bill, tying the major league mark set by Stan Musial with the Cardinals in 1954, and also set the majors' record for most total bases in a doubleheader with 22 on his five homers and two singles.

As an oddity, each of Colbert's homers came off different pitchers. In the opener, the big first baseman connected off Ron Schueler with two men on base in the first inning, singled a run home in the third and added a solo swat off Mike McQueen in the seventh. Continuing his assault in the nightcap, Colbert smashed a grand slam off Pat Jarvis in the second, homered with a man on base off Jim Hardin in the seventh and wrapped up his record performance with another two-run wallop off Cecil Upshaw in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 9, Atlanta Braves 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, August    1, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Padres       3  0  4    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   9  9  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas ss             5   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Baker cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .314
Roberts 3b            2   2   0   0     3   1   .248        Stone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stahl lf              2   2   1   0     1   1   .233      Garr lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .331
  Morales ph,lf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .232        Brown lf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Colbert 1b            5   3   4   5     0   1   .241      Aaron 1b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Gaston rf             4   2   2   2     0   1   .265        Casanova c          2   0   0   0     0   1   .216
  Hernandez rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Williams c,1b         3   0   2   0     1   0   .276
Jestadt 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .243      Lum rf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .224
Jeter cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .235      Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Goddard c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Kirby p               4   0   0   0     0   1   .070      Perez ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .219
                                                            Blanks ph,ss        2   0   1   0     0   0   .429
                                                          Schueler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            McQueen p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .111
                                                            Jackson ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .220

Totals               36   9   9   8     6   6             Totals               33   0   7   0     2   7

Time of Game: 2:32
Left on Base: Padres 6, Braves 8
DP: Padres 1, Braves 0
Errors: Kirby
Doubles: Gaston (8), Williams (19), Perez (10), Blanks (2)
Triples: Jeter (3)
Home Runs: Colbert 2 (27), Gaston (5)
GIDP: Williams (13)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby W(8-11)           9     7   0   0   2   7   0  35   3.15
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   7   0  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler L(4-5)         2     3   6   6   4   1   1  13   3.87
McQueen                 5     6   3   3   2   4   2  23   5.57
Stone                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.09
Totals                  9     9   9   9   6   6   3  42

Wild Pitches: McQueen 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PADRES 1ST: Thomas grounded out (first unassisted); Roberts
walked; Stahl walked [Roberts to second]; Colbert homered
[Roberts scored, Stahl scored]; Gaston was called out on
strikes; Jestadt flied out to right; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Baker struck out; Garr lined to center; Aaron was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Jeter grounded out (shortstop to first); Goddard
walked; On a bunt Kirby popped to first in foul territory;
Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams doubled to left; Lum flied out to center
[Williams to third]; Evans struck out; Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Braves 0.

PADRES 3RD: Roberts walked; Stahl singled to center [Roberts to
second]; Colbert singled to center [Roberts scored, Stahl to
third]; MCQUEEN REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); McQueen threw a
wild pitch [Stahl scored, Colbert to second]; Gaston homered
[Colbert scored]; Jestadt walked; Jeter was called out on
strikes; Goddard popped to catcher in foul territory; Kirby
struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Perez grounded out (third to first); McQueen
grounded out (second to first); Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 0.

PADRES 4TH: Thomas flied out to center; Roberts walked; Stahl
struck out; Colbert singled to left [Roberts to second]; Gaston
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 7,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr lined to right; Aaron reached on an error by
Kirby; Williams walked [Aaron to second]; Lum walked [Aaron to
third, Williams to second]; Evans popped to third in foul
territory; Millan forced Williams (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 0.

PADRES 5TH: CASANOVA REPLACED AARON (PLAYING C ); WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Jestadt flied out to center;
Jeter grounded out (third to first); Goddard grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez doubled; McQueen struck out; Baker flied out
to center [Perez to third]; Garr singled to first [Perez out at
home (first to third to catcher to first to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 0.

PADRES 6TH: Kirby flied out to left; Thomas singled to center;
McQueen threw a wild pitch [Thomas to second]; Roberts struck
out; MORALES BATTED FOR STAHL; Morales grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Casanova struck
out; Williams singled to left; Lum lined to first; Evans
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
7, Braves 0.

PADRES 7TH: Colbert homered; Gaston doubled to right; Jestadt
flied out to center [Gaston to third]; Jeter tripled to center
[Gaston scored]; Goddard made an out to second; Kirby made an
out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Millan popped to first in foul territory; BLANKS
BATTED FOR PEREZ; Blanks doubled to center; JACKSON BATTED FOR
MCQUEEN; Jackson struck out; Baker flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 0.

PADRES 8TH: STONE REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); BROWN REPLACED GARR
(PLAYING LF); BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); JACKSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Thomas flied out to right; Roberts flied
out to right; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 9, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED GASTON (PLAYING RF); Brown
singled to left; Casanova made an out to second; Williams
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Brown out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 0.

PADRES 9TH: Colbert was called out on strikes; Hernandez lined
to right; Jestadt popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: Lum grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded
out (shortstop to first); Millan singled; Blanks forced Millan
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 0.