Willie Davis collected four hits, including a three-run homer, to lead the Dodgers in their support of Don Sutton, who shut out the Astros, 10-0. Bobby Valentine, who hit a triple and two singles, batted in two runs and Maury Wills also accounted for two with a double. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1972 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      0  0  4    0  1  0    4  1  0  -  10 19  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grabarkewitz 2b       4   2   1   1     2   0   .180      Metzger ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .226
Mota lf               3   1   1   0     0   0   .328      Wynn rf               3   0   1   0     1   2   .275
  Wills 3b            3   0   2   2     0   1   .130      Cedeno cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .327
Davis cf              6   1   4   3     0   1   .290      May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .285
Parker 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .277      Watson lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .310
  McDermott ph,1b     1   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Edwards c             1   0   0   0     1   1   .263
Crawford rf           5   1   2   0     0   2   .251        Stinson c           2   0   0   0     0   0   .172
Valentine 3b,lf       4   1   3   2     1   1   .268      Rader 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Russell ss            5   1   2   1     0   2   .266      Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Yeager c              5   0   2   0     0   2   .221      Forsch p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .143
Sutton p              3   1   0   0     1   0   .165        Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
                                                            Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
                                                            Richard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  10  19   9     5   9             Totals               32   0   7   0     3   6

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 14,245
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Astros 8
DP: Dodgers 2, Astros 2
Doubles: Parker (14), Russell (18), Wills (3), Watson (23), Wynn (27)
Triples: Valentine (2)
Home Runs: Davis (16)
Stolen Bases: Davis (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (11)
GIDP: Parker 2 (11), Stewart (1), May (12)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(16-9)          9     7   0   0   3   6   0  35   2.22
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   6   0  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(5-6)           4     7   4   4   2   3   1  21   4.08
Roberts                 1     4   1   1   0   0   0   6   4.38
Richard                 1.2   3   4   4   3   3   0  10  12.71
York                    1.1   4   1   1   0   3   0   7   4.41
Gladding                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.91
Totals                  9    19  10  10   5   9   1  48

Wild Pitches: Sutton (8), Richard (2)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bob Engel


DODGERS 1ST: Grabarkewitz flied out to center; Mota grounded out
(second to first); Davis singled to left; Davis stole second;
Parker walked; Crawford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Metzger lined to center; Wynn was called out on
strikes; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Valentine struck out; Russell struck out; Yeager
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: May flied out to center; Watson flied out to center;
Edwards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton flied out to right; Grabarkewitz walked;
Mota singled to right [Grabarkewitz to third]; Davis homered
[Grabarkewitz scored, Mota scored]; Parker doubled to left;
Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first) [Parker to third];
Valentine tripled to right [Parker scored]; Russell popped to
catcher in foul territory; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Rader struck out; Helms flied out to center; Forsch
singled to right; Metzger popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager singled to left; Sutton out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Yeager to second]; Grabarkewitz grounded
out (second to first) [Yeager to third]; Mota lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Wynn walked; Cedeno lined to center; May struck out;
Watson doubled to center [Wynn to third]; Edwards walked; Rader
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Davis singled to right; ROBERTS REPLACED FORSCH
(PITCHING); Parker grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Davis out at second]; Crawford singled to
right; Valentine singled to center [Crawford to second]; Russell
singled to left [Crawford scored, Valentine to second]; Yeager
singled to shortstop [Valentine to third, Russell to second];
Sutton grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: WILLS REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING 3B); VALENTINE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Helms singled to left; STEWART BATTED
FOR ROBERTS; Stewart grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Helms out at second]; Metzger singled to
right; Wynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Astros 0.

DODGERS 6TH: RICHARD REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Grabarkewitz
walked; Wills struck out; Davis singled to right [Grabarkewitz
to second]; Parker grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Davis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 5, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); May struck
out; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 0.

DODGERS 7TH: STINSON REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING C ); Crawford
struck out; Valentine walked; Russell doubled to center
[Valentine to third]; Richard threw a wild pitch [Valentine
scored, Russell to third]; Yeager struck out; Sutton walked;
Grabarkewitz singled to center [Russell scored, Sutton to
second]; YORK REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Wills doubled to
center [Sutton scored, Grabarkewitz scored, Wills out at third
(center to second to third)]; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 9,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Stinson made an out to shortstop; Rader flied out to
right; Helms popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 9, Astros 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis struck out; MCDERMOTT BATTED FOR PARKER;
McDermott singled to right; Crawford singled to center
[McDermott to third]; Valentine singled to center [McDermott
scored, Crawford to second]; Russell struck out; Yeager was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros
0.

ASTROS 8TH: MCDERMOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MILLER BATTED
FOR YORK; Miller flied out to center; Metzger singled to center;
Wynn doubled to left [Metzger to third]; Cedeno walked; May
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 10,
Astros 0.

DODGERS 9TH: GLADDING REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Sutton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Grabarkewitz lined to center;
Wills singled to center; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Watson singled to center; Sutton threw a wild pitch
[Watson to second]; Stinson flied out to center; Rader lined to
left; Helms flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
10, Astros 0.