Steve Carlton gained his 23rd victory of the season and 100th of his major league career and set the Phillies' strikeout record by fanning nine to bring his year's total to 212 while defeating the Cardinals, 2-1. The former club mark was 263 strikeouts by Jim Bunning in 1965.

The Phillies backed Carlton with a run on triples by Larry Bowa and Tommy Hutton in the fifth inning. Greg Luzinski followed with the deciding homer in the sixth. The Cardinals scored on singles by Ken Reitz, Joe Torre and Bill Stein in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 9 1 Phillies 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 2 6 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stein lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .333 Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Bowa ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Sizemore ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Hutton rf,1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .266 Melendez rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Montanez cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251 Jutze c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 Lis 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Simmons 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .303 B. Robinson rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .455 Luzinski lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .276 Roque cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .074 Money 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Kelleher ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Bateman c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Anderson ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Carlton p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .180 Santorini p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .061 Torre ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Durham pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McNertney ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208 Totals 34 1 9 1 2 9 Totals 30 2 6 2 2 4 Time of Game: 1:49 Attendance: 12,151 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Phillies 6 DP: Cardinals 0, Phillies 2 Errors: Anderson Doubles: Simmons (31) Triples: Bowa (11), Hutton (2) Home Runs: Luzinski (14) Stolen Bases: Stein (1), Simmons (1) Caught Stealing: Simmons (2), B. Robinson (2) GIDP: Simmons (16) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Santorini L(6-10) 6 6 2 2 2 3 1 26 4.68 Hudson 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.45 Totals 8 6 2 2 2 4 1 32 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton W(23-8) 9 9 1 1 2 9 0 36 2.09 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 9 0 36 Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Doug Harvey CARDINALS 1ST: Stein singled to left; Stein stole second; Tyson struck out; Melendez grounded out (second to first) [Stein to third]; Jutze flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle singled to left; Bowa flied out to left; Hutton walked [Doyle to second]; Montanez struck out; Lis walked [Doyle to third, Hutton to second]; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons doubled to center; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons stole third; Roque walked; Kelleher struck out while Simmons was caught stealing home (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Money grounded out (third to first); Bateman singled to second; Carlton singled to right [Bateman to second]; Doyle flied out to left; Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Santorini struck out; Stein flied out to left; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Hutton lined to first; Montanez flied out to center; Lis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez flied out to right; Jutze singled to center; Simmons grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jutze out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Money grounded out (third to first); Bateman struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Roque flied out to right; Kelleher singled to left; Santorini walked [Kelleher to second]; Stein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Carlton grounded out (first to pitcher); Doyle grounded out (second to first); Bowa tripled to right; Hutton tripled to center [Bowa scored]; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 6TH: SIZEMORE BATTED FOR TYSON; Sizemore flied out to left; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Jutze singled to center; Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 6TH: SIZEMORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lis popped to shortstop in foul territory; Luzinski homered; Money grounded out (third to first); Bateman grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 7TH: HUTTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); B. ROBINSON REPLACED LIS (PLAYING RF); Reitz singled to center; Roque struck out; ANDERSON BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Anderson struck out; TORRE BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Torre singled to center [Reitz to second]; DURHAM RAN FOR TORRE; Stein singled to center [Reitz scored, Durham to second]; Sizemore flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HUDSON REPLACED DURHAM (PITCHING); Carlton lined to second; Doyle flied out to center; Bowa flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 8TH: Melendez grounded out (pitcher to first); Jutze was called out on strikes; Simmons singled to right; Reitz forced Simmons (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: Hutton flied out to right; Montanez struck out; B. Robinson reached on an error by Anderson; B. Robinson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Roque grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson flied out to center; MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR HUDSON; McNertney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 2.

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