After loading the bases in the first inning, the Cardinals scored five runs on consecutive doubles by Ted Simmons, Bernie Carbo and Ken Reitz en route to a 10-4 victory over the Pirates. Simmons drove in three runs with his double and later added a fourth RBI with a single in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]
St. Louis Cardinals 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates      0  0  1    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  5  2
Cardinals    5  0  1    0  0  2    2  0  x  -  10 12  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Davalillo rf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .321      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     1   1   .308
Clines lf             3   0   1   2     0   0   .338        Stein lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Oliver cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .316      Sizemore 2b           4   2   2   1     0   0   .264
Stargell 1b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .311      Cruz cf               2   0   0   0     1   1   .230
Hebner 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .305        Melendez ph,cf      2   1   0   0     0   0   .245
Sanguillen c          4   0   1   1     0   0   .300      Torre 1b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .293
Stennett 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Simmons c             4   2   2   4     1   0   .298
Alley ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .247      Carbo rf              4   1   2   1     1   0   .254
Kison p               0   0   0   0     1   0   .191      Reitz 3b              4   0   3   2     0   0   .429
  McKee p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kelleher ss           2   1   0   0     2   0   .227
  Goggin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wise p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .190
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .048
  Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   4   5   3     3   1             Totals               33  10  12   9     6   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 10,853
Left on Base: Pirates 2, Cardinals 8
DP: Pirates 2, Cardinals 2
Errors: Walker 2, Carbo 2
Doubles: Hebner (21), Davalillo (18), Simmons (32), Carbo (12), Reitz (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Wise (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Clines (2), Sizemore (4)
GIDP: Stennett (14), Oliver (12), Kelleher (1), Reitz (2)
Hit by Pitch: Torre (7,by Kison)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison L(8-7)            2     6   6   6   3   2   0  16   3.39
McKee                   2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Walker                  3     6   4   3   2   1   0  16   3.46
Miller                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.96
Totals                  8    12  10   9   6   5   0  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(15-15)           9     5   4   4   3   1   0  33   3.32
Totals                  9     5   4   4   3   1   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Kison (9)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Doug Harvey


PIRATES 1ST: Davalillo grounded out (second to first); Clines
grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver walked; Stargell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Sizemore singled to
third [Brock to second]; Cruz struck out; Torre was hit by a
pitch [Brock to third, Sizemore to second]; Simmons doubled to
left [Brock scored, Sizemore scored, Torre scored]; Carbo
doubled to right [Simmons scored]; Reitz doubled to right [Carbo
scored]; Kelleher grounded out (pitcher to first); Wise struck
out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 5.

PIRATES 2ND: Hebner popped to second; Sanguillen flied out to
center; Stennett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 2ND: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
lined to second; Cruz walked; Torre forced Cruz (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 5.

PIRATES 3RD: Alley singled to center; Kison walked [Alley to
second]; Davalillo forced Kison (second unassisted) [Alley to
third]; Clines hit a sacrifice fly to center [Alley scored];
Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons walked; Carbo walked [Simmons to second];
Reitz singled to left [Simmons scored, Carbo to second]; MCKEE
REPLACED KISON (PITCHING); Kelleher walked [Carbo to third,
Reitz to second]; Debut game for Jim McKee; Wise struck
out; Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore popped to second;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell walked; Hebner doubled to right [Stargell
scored (error by Carbo) (no RBI), Hebner to third]; Sanguillen
singled to center [Hebner scored]; Stennett grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sanguillen out at
second]; Alley grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz popped to shortstop; Torre flied out to
center; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 5TH: GOGGIN BATTED FOR MCKEE; Goggin flied out to
center; Davalillo grounded out (first unassisted); Clines
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: WALKER REPLACED GOGGIN (PITCHING); Carbo reached
on an error by Walker [Carbo to first]; Reitz singled to left
[Carbo to second]; Kelleher grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Carbo to third, Reitz out at second];
Wise struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 6TH: Oliver flied out to center; Stargell reached on an
error by Carbo [Stargell to second]; Hebner flied out to center
[Stargell to third]; Stargell was picked off third (catcher to
third); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock walked; Sizemore singled to pitcher [Brock
to second]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR CRUZ; Melendez forced Brock
(third unassisted) [Sizemore to second]; Torre singled to center
[Sizemore scored, Melendez to third]; Simmons singled to left
[Melendez scored, Torre to second]; Carbo singled to second
[Torre to third, Simmons to second]; Reitz grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at
second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 8.

PIRATES 7TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Sanguillen
popped to second; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first);
Alley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 7TH: Kelleher walked; Wise out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Kelleher to second]; Brock singled to left
[Kelleher to third]; Brock was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Walker [Kelleher scored, Brock to third]; Sizemore
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored (unearned)];
Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cardinals 10.

PIRATES 8TH: STEIN REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); GONZALEZ BATTED
FOR WALKER; Gonzalez was called out on strikes; Debut game
for Fernando Gonzalez; Davalillo doubled to right; Clines
singled to second [Davalillo scored]; Oliver grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Clines out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cardinals 10.

CARDINALS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Torre flied
out to right; Simmons flied out to right; Carbo grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cardinals
10.

PIRATES 9TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Hebner
flied out to center; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cardinals 10.
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