Sunday August 13, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Cardinals, after winning the first game of a doubleheader, 2-0, failed to hold a 4-0 lead in the second game and lost to the Pirates, 7-5. Rick Wise posted the Redbirds' shutout on a five-hitter and gained his first victory since July 19 when he blanked the Astros, 6-0. The Cardinals were held in check by Dock Ellis until the sixth inning when Lou Brock singled, stole second and scored on a single by Bernie Carbo. A double by Ted Simmons, infield out and squeeze bunt by Dal Maxvill added the other tally in the seventh.

In the nightcap, Simmons tripled for two of the Cards' four runs in the third inning. The Pirates came back with three in the fourth, two scoring on a double by Milt May, before going ahead with four runs in the sixth on a walk to Dave Cash, double by Al Oliver, intentional pass to Willie Stargell, double by Richie Hebner and single by Bob Robertson. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 13, 1972 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .309 Davalillo rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .339 Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Cash 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Carbo rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .267 Oliver cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Torre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .312 Simmons c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .302 Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Alou 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .317 Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Melendez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Robertson lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .179 Maxvill ss 2 0 0 1 0 1 .225 Alley ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Wise p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .091 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 7 2 1 5 Totals 31 0 5 0 0 5 Time of Game: 2:00 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Pirates 4 DP: Cardinals 0, Pirates 0 Errors: Melendez, Robertson Doubles: Sizemore (13), Simmons (24) Stolen Bases: Brock (47) Sacrifice Hits: Maxvill (5) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(11-12) 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 31 3.55 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 31 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ellis L(10-6) 8 6 2 2 1 5 0 30 2.72 Giusti 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.79 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 5 0 34 Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Bruce Froemming CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore doubled to right; Carbo grounded out (second to first) [Sizemore to third]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Davalillo was called out on strikes; Cash singled to center; Oliver forced Cash (shortstop to second); Stargell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to center; Alou singled to right [Simmons out at third (right to third)]; Melendez popped to second; Maxvill was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Hebner popped to second; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Wise flied out to left; Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Alley grounded out (second to first); Ellis struck out; Davalillo singled to left; Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Carbo struck out; Torre was called out on strikes; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Stargell flied out to right; Hebner popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Melendez flied out to right; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Robertson singled to center [Robertson to second (error by Melendez)]; Alley grounded out (shortstop to first) [Robertson to third]; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Wise flied out to right; Brock singled to right; Brock stole second; Sizemore struck out; Carbo singled to right [Brock scored]; Torre grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: Davalillo grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver singled to right; Stargell was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball [Oliver out at second (first unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons doubled to right; Alou walked; Melendez forced Alou (shortstop to second) [Simmons to third]; Maxvill out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Simmons scored, Melendez to second]; Wise struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 7TH: Hebner flied out to right; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Robertson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Carbo flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 8TH: Alley flied out to right; MAY BATTED FOR ELLIS; May flied out to center; Davalillo grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 9TH: GIUSTI REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Torre flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Alou singled to left [Alou to second (error by Robertson)]; Melendez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 9TH: Cash grounded out (second to first); Oliver flied out to center; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

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