A sacrifice fly by John Bateman with the bases loaded in the eighth inning brought in the deciding run as the Phillies defeated the Expos, 3-2. Willie Montanez doubled, Greg Luzinski beat out an infield hit and Oscar Gamble walked before Bateman came up with one out and lofted his fly. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 3, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 17, 1972 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    1  1  x  -   3 13  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Woods cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .250      Doyle 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .251
  Day ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Bowa ss               4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Foli ss               4   0   2   1     0   0   .249      Hutton cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Bailey lf             2   0   1   0     2   0   .235      Montanez 1b           4   2   3   0     0   1   .255
Breeden 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .219      Luzinski lf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .274
  Fairly 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Gamble rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .248
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .277      Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .231
Laboy 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .270        Money 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Boccabella c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Bateman c             3   0   0   1     0   2   .229
Torres 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .157      Reynolds p            2   0   2   0     0   0   .171
McAnally p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .106        Stone ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .180
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Brandon p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .067
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               30   2   8   2     6   3             Totals               33   3  13   3     2   8

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 16,366
Left on Base: Expos 9, Phillies 9
DP: Expos 2, Phillies 1
Errors: McAnally
Doubles: Bailey (10), Torres (4), Montanez 2 (36)
Triples: Bowa (13)
Caught Stealing: Singleton (10), Doyle (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli (14), McAnally (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bateman (3)
GIDP: Singleton (11), Gamble (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAnally                5.2   9   1   1   1   4   0  24   4.04
Marshall L(14-6)        2.1   4   2   2   1   4   0  12   1.73
Totals                  8    13   3   3   2   8   0  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reynolds                7     8   2   2   6   3   0  32   3.92
Brandon W(6-6)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.49
Totals                  9     8   2   2   6   3   0  38

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


EXPOS 1ST: Woods walked; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Woods to second]; Bailey flied out to left; Breeden
walked; Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle flied out to left; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); Hutton singled to right; Montanez doubled to left
[Hutton out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Laboy walked; Boccabella forced Laboy (pitcher to
second); Torres flied out to center; McAnally was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
grounded out (second to first); Schmidt singled to left; On a
bunt Bateman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Foli flied out
to left; Bailey doubled to third; Breeden flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Reynolds singled to pitcher; Doyle singled to
first [Reynolds to second]; Bowa forced Reynolds (pitcher to
third) [Doyle to second]; Hutton struck out while Doyle was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Singleton singled to left; Singleton was caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Laboy struck out;
Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Montanez struck out; Luzinski walked; Gamble
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Luzinski out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Torres walked; McAnally out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Torres to second]; Woods singled to second
[Torres to third]; Foli singled to left [Torres scored, Woods to
second]; Bailey walked [Woods to third, Foli to second]; Breeden
singled to left [Woods scored, Foli out at home (left to third
to shortstop to catcher), Bailey to second]; Singleton popped to
third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Bateman
struck out; Reynolds singled to center; Doyle flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Laboy flied out to right; Boccabella singled to left;
Torres doubled to left [Boccabella to third]; McAnally struck
out; Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Hutton
grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez singled to center;
Luzinski singled to right [Montanez to third]; Gamble singled to
pitcher [Montanez scored, Luzinski to third (error by McAnally),
Gamble to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED MCANALLY (PITCHING);
Schmidt struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Foli singled to left; Bailey walked [Foli to second];
Breeden lined to shortstop; Singleton grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Bailey out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: FAIRLY REPLACED BREEDEN (PLAYING 1B); Bateman
grounded out (third to first); STONE BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Stone
was called out on strikes; Doyle singled to right; Bowa tripled
to center [Doyle scored]; Hutton grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 2.

EXPOS 8TH: BRANDON REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); MONEY REPLACED
SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); Laboy grounded out (second to first);
Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Montanez doubled to left; Luzinski singled to
shortstop [Montanez to third]; Gamble walked [Luzinski to
second]; Money struck out; Bateman hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Montanez scored]; Brandon struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 2, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 9TH: MCCARVER BATTED FOR MARSHALL; McCarver flied out to
left; DAY BATTED FOR WOODS; Day flied out to center; Foli
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Phillies 3.