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Tuesday August 29, 1972
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Willie Stargell drove in his 100th run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning and made it 101 with a homer in the seventh to help the Pirates beat the Padres, 5-3. [The Sporting News]


Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Tuesday, August 29, 1972 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Padres       0  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  5
Pirates      0  1  1    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   5  8  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morales cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .244      Davalillo lf          5   0   1   1     0   1   .328
Roberts 3b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .252      Oliver cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .309
Lee lf                4   1   1   1     1   2   .315      Clemente rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .304
Colbert 1b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .247      Stargell 1b           3   1   1   2     0   1   .308
Gaston rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .266      Hebner 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .314
Thomas ss             4   0   2   1     0   0   .237      Sanguillen c          3   1   2   1     1   0   .312
Jestadt 2b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .241      Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Alley ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .251
Corkins p             2   1   2   0     1   0   .290      Blass p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Blefary ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .242        Giusti p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hernandez pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               35   3   9   3     4   4             Totals               33   5   8   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 12,329
Left on Base: Padres 10, Pirates 8
DP: Padres 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Colbert, Gaston, Thomas, Jestadt, Corkins, Hebner, Sanguillen, Alley
Doubles: Lee (18), Sanguillen (16), Alley (10)
Triples: Hebner (3)
Home Runs: Stargell (31)
Stolen Bases: Colbert (9)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Jestadt (9), Blass (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Stargell (7)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corkins L(4-8)          7     8   5   5   2   4   1  33   3.78
Ross                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.13
Totals                  8     8   5   5   2   4   1  37

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blass W(15-6)           7.2   8   3   2   4   3   0  36   2.59
Giusti SV(20)           1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.82
Totals                  9     9   3   2   4   4   0  40

Wild Pitches: Blass (6)

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


PADRES 1ST: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts
flied out to right; Lee was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Davalillo was called out on strikes; Oliver lined
to shortstop; Clemente struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Pirates 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert singled to left; Colbert stole second
[Colbert to third (error by Sanguillen)]; Gaston lined to
second; Thomas singled to center [Colbert scored]; Jestadt made
an out to shortstop; Kendall made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (third to first); Hebner
tripled to left; Sanguillen singled to right [Hebner scored];
Sanguillen was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Corkins [Sanguillen to second]; Cash grounded out (third to
first); Alley was walked intentionally; Blass forced Alley
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates
1.

PADRES 3RD: Corkins singled to left; Morales was called out on
strikes; Roberts flied out to left; Lee walked [Corkins to
second]; Colbert grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
singled to right; Clemente singled to right [Oliver to third];
Stargell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Oliver scored, Clemente
to second]; Hebner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Pirates 2.

PADRES 4TH: Gaston struck out; Thomas flied out to center;
Jestadt walked; Kendall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen doubled to center; Cash reached on an
error by Jestadt [Sanguillen scored (no RBI), Cash to first];
Cash was picked off first (pitcher to first); Alley doubled to
left; Blass lined to right; Davalillo singled to left [Alley
scored]; Oliver flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Pirates 4.

PADRES 5TH: Corkins walked; Morales flied out to right; Roberts
flied out to right; Lee doubled to left [Corkins scored];
Colbert reached on an error by Alley [Lee to third, Colbert to
first]; Gaston singled to second [Lee scored (unearned), Colbert
to second]; Thomas grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Clemente popped to first in foul territory;
Stargell struck out; Hebner reached on an error by Colbert
[Hebner to second]; Sanguillen was walked intentionally; Cash
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 4.

PADRES 6TH: Jestadt flied out to center; Kendall made an out to
second; Corkins singled to shortstop; Hebner dropped a foul fly
hit by Morales for an error; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Alley reached on an error by Thomas [Alley to
first]; Blass out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Alley
to second]; Davalillo grounded out (pitcher to first) [Alley to
third]; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Pirates 4.

PADRES 7TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee
grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert singled to center;
Gaston forced Colbert (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Clemente made an out to shortstop; Stargell
homered; Hebner grounded out (pitcher to first); Sanguillen
flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
3, Pirates 5.

PADRES 8TH: Thomas singled to shortstop; Jestadt out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Thomas to second]; Blass
threw a wild pitch [Thomas to third]; Kendall grounded out
(shortstop to first); BLEFARY BATTED FOR CORKINS; Blefary
walked; HERNANDEZ RAN FOR BLEFARY; GIUSTI REPLACED BLASS
(PITCHING); Thomas was caught stealing home (catcher to second
to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: ROSS REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Cash grounded
out (second to first); Alley reached on an error by Gaston
[Alley to second]; Giusti flied out to center; Davalillo lined
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 5.

PADRES 9TH: Morales flied out to right; Roberts singled to
right; Lee struck out; Colbert made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Pirates 5.



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