Hitting his first major league homer, Mike Schmidt connected with two men on base in the seventh inning to carry the Phillies to a 3-1 victory over the Expos. The rookie third baseman's blow ended a string of 25 innings of scoreless pitching by Balor Moore and doomed the Expos' lefthander to defeat. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 3, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   3  6  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Day cf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .230      C. Robinson ss        4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Foli ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .247        Bowa ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Singleton rf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .277      Harmon 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .284
Fairly 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Luzinski lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .271
  Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Lis 1b                3   0   0   0     0   2   .250
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .265
McCarver c            3   0   0   1     0   1   .251      Freed rf              1   1   0   0     2   0   .248
  Hunt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   3     0   0   .200
Fairey lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .231      B. Robinson cf        3   0   1   0     0   1   .227
  Mashore ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .227      Boone c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .385
Laboy 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .294      Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .087
Torres 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .154        Scarce p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Moore p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .146
  Bailey ph,1b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .233

Totals               32   1   5   1     3   9             Totals               26   3   6   3     2   8

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  6,471
Left on Base: Expos 7, Phillies 2
DP: Expos 2, Phillies 0
Errors: Boone
Doubles: Day (7)
Triples: Harmon (2)
Home Runs: Schmidt (1)
Stolen Bases: McCarver (5), Boone (1)
Caught Stealing: Freed (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Twitchell (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(8-8)            7     5   3   3   2   6   1  25   3.46
Walker                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.02
Totals                  8     6   3   3   2   8   1  29

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell W(4-8)        7.2   5   1   1   2   7   0  30   4.25
Scarce SV(3)            1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   4.06
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   9   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


EXPOS 1ST: Day was called out on strikes; Foli grounded out
(first to pitcher); Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: C. Robinson popped to first in foul territory;
Harmon tripled to center; Luzinski hit into a double play (right
to catcher) [Harmon out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); McCarver
struck out; Fairey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Lis struck out; Freed walked; Freed was caught
stealing second (pitcher to shortstop); Schmidt flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Laboy struck out; Torres singled to shortstop; Moore
flied out to left; Day flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: B. Robinson singled to center; Boone popped to
second; Twitchell out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [B.
Robinson to second]; C. Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Foli struck out; Singleton walked; Fairly singled to
center [Singleton to third]; McCarver forced Fairly (shortstop
to second) [Singleton scored]; McCarver stole second [McCarver
to third (error by Boone)]; Fairey was called out on strikes; 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Harmon struck out; Luzinski grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Laboy struck out; Torres popped to shortstop; Moore
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Freed grounded out (third to first); Schmidt
grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Day doubled to center; Foli grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Day to third]; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to
first); Fairly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone struck out; Twitchell was called out on
strikes; C. Robinson grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 7TH: McCarver grounded out (second to first); Fairey
grounded out (third to first); Laboy walked; Torres flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Harmon singled to left; Luzinski singled to left
[Harmon to third]; Lis lined into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Harmon stayed at third, Luzinski out at first]; Freed
was walked intentionally; Schmidt homered [Harmon scored, Freed
scored]; B. Robinson popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 8TH: BAILEY BATTED FOR MOORE; Bailey singled to center;
Day flied out to center; Foli flied out to right; Singleton
singled to center [Bailey to second]; SCARCE REPLACED TWITCHELL
(PITCHING); BREEDEN BATTED FOR FAIRLY; Breeden was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: WALKER REPLACED BREEDEN (PITCHING); BAILEY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Boone singled to left; Boone stole second;
On a bunt Scarce struck out; C. Robinson was called out on
strikes; Harmon popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 9TH: BOWA REPLACED C. ROBINSON (PLAYING SS); HUTTON
REPLACED LIS (PLAYING 1B); HUNT BATTED FOR MCCARVER; Hunt flied
out to center; MASHORE BATTED FOR FAIREY; Mashore walked; Laboy
popped to first in foul territory; WOODS BATTED FOR TORRES;
Woods struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 3.