Wes Parker drove in four runs with a sacrifice fly, triple and single and Willie Crawford accounted for two runs with a homer to lead the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals. The Dodgers scored four of their runs in the sixth inning when Manny Mota and Willie Davis singled, Parker tripled and Crawford hit his homer. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  4    0  1  0  -   6 10  2
Cardinals    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  9  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Brock lf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .301
Buckner rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .262
  Mota lf             3   3   3   0     0   0   .333      Carbo rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Davis cf              4   1   3   0     0   1   .290      Torre 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .289
Parker 1b             3   1   2   4     0   0   .290      Simmons 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .302
Crawford lf,rf        3   1   1   2     1   1   .239      Cruz cf               3   1   2   0     0   0   .218
Valentine 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .271        Melendez ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Jutze c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .400
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Anderson ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .276
Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .073      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Singer p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .080        Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Wills 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Roque ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .050

Totals               33   6  10   6     1   8             Totals               33   3   9   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 15,064
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Cardinals 7
DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Valentine 2, Simmons, Cleveland
Doubles: Simmons (28), Cruz (10)
Triples: Parker (3), Torre (5)
Home Runs: Crawford (8)
Caught Stealing: Russell (6), Jutze (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cleveland (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Parker (6)
GIDP: Russell (3), Brock (6)
Hit by Pitch: Buckner (1,by Cleveland), Cleveland (1,by Singer)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer W(6-13)          7     9   3   3   2   3   0  31   3.39
Richert SV(5)           2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.76
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   3   0  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(13-12)      7     6   5   4   1   7   1  27   3.89
Grzenda                 2     4   1   1   0   1   0   9   4.68
Totals                  9    10   6   5   1   8   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Singer (5), Cleveland (5)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy struck out; Buckner was hit by a pitch; Davis
singled to right [Buckner out at third (right to third)];
Dodgers Manager Walter Alston ejected by 3B umpire Mel
Steiner; Davis was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Simmons [Davis to third]; Parker grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore was called out on
strikes; Carbo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford walked; Valentine popped to second;
Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Crawford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre tripled to left; Simmons doubled to right
[Torre scored]; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Simmons to
third]; Jutze singled to center [Simmons scored]; Jutze was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Anderson grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager flied out to center; Singer flied out to
left; Lacy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: MOTA REPLACED BUCKNER (PLAYING LF); CRAWFORD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cleveland was hit by a pitch;
Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Cleveland out at second]; Sizemore reached on an error by
Valentine [Sizemore to first]; Sizemore was picked off first
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals
2.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota singled to shortstop; Mota was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Cleveland [Mota to third];
Davis struck out; Parker hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mota
scored (unearned)]; Crawford flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Carbo popped to shortstop; Torre flied out to
right; Simmons singled to right; Cruz singled to left [Simmons
to second]; Jutze grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Valentine popped to catcher in foul territory;
Russell struck out; Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Anderson singled to left; Cleveland out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Anderson to second]; Brock
singled to left [Anderson out at home (left to catcher), Brock
to second (on throw)]; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Singer grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
grounded out (third to first); Mota singled to left; Davis
singled to center [Mota to second]; Parker tripled to left [Mota
scored, Davis scored]; Crawford homered [Parker scored];
Valentine struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Carbo flied out to right; Torre lined to third;
Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 5, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell lined to third; Yeager popped to first in
foul territory; Singer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cruz doubled to right; Jutze singled to right
[Cruz to third]; Anderson forced Jutze (shortstop to second)
[Cruz scored]; VOSS BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; Voss flied out to
center; Brock reached on an error by Valentine [Anderson to
second, Brock to first]; Sizemore struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 8TH: GRZENDA REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); Lacy grounded out
(second to first); Mota singled to second; Davis singled to left
[Mota to second]; Parker singled to center [Mota scored, Davis
to third]; Crawford struck out; Valentine popped to third; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Carbo walked; Torre walked [Carbo to second];
RICHERT REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); WILLS REPLACED SINGER
(PLAYING 3B); Simmons flied out to center; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR
CRUZ; Melendez flied out to center; Jutze grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 9TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Russell
singled to third; Russell was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Anderson popped to shortstop; ROQUE BATTED FOR
GRZENDA; Roque grounded out (first to pitcher); Brock flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3.