Pinch-hitter Randy Elliott drove in the tie-breaking run with a triple in the eighth inning and scored himself on a wild throw to bring the Padres a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Monday, September 25, 1972 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Padres 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 - 5 11 1 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 8 5 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hernandez ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .178 Lopes 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .176 Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Buckner rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .317 Morales lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .240 Davis cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Colbert 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .249 Parker 1b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .280 Gaston rf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .263 Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Jeter cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .223 Cey 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Kendall c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .214 Wills pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 1 .129 Thomas pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Russell ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 .276 Corrales c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .195 Ferguson c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Stanley 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .176 Mota ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .330 Norman p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .119 Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Ross p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Schaeffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Osteen p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .275 Elliott ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .205 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simpson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Totals 39 5 11 4 4 2 Totals 34 3 8 3 2 7 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 10,887 Left on Base: Padres 12, Dodgers 7 DP: Padres 0, Dodgers 0 Errors: Colbert, Lopes, Davis, Cey, Russell, Cannizzaro Doubles: Jeter (4) Triples: Elliott (1), Russell (5) Stolen Bases: Hernandez 2 (20), Colbert (14) Caught Stealing: Roberts (2) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (5) Hit by Pitch: Colbert (2,by Hough) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman 6 4 2 1 1 5 0 23 3.44 Ross 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.60 Schaeffer W(2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.65 Simpson SV(2) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 1.00 Totals 9 8 3 2 2 7 0 37 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Osteen L(18-11) 7.1 11 5 4 3 0 0 37 2.74 Hough 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 4 4 2 0 44 Hit by Pitch: Hough (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Nick Colosi PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts walked; Morales forced Roberts (third to second); Colbert forced Morales (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to left; Buckner flied out to center; Davis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. PADRES 2ND: Gaston grounded out (pitcher to first); Jeter grounded out (third to first); Kendall singled to left; Stanley singled to center [Kendall to second]; Norman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Parker grounded out (third to first); Paciorek flied out to right; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. PADRES 3RD: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts reached on an error by Russell [Roberts to first]; Roberts was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first to second); Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Russell singled to shortstop; Ferguson singled to left [Russell to second]; Osteen struck out; Lopes struck out; Buckner struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. PADRES 4TH: Colbert walked; Gaston singled to right [Colbert to third]; Jeter doubled to right [Colbert scored, Gaston to third]; Kendall reached on a fielder's choice [Gaston out at home (shortstop to catcher), Jeter to third]; Stanley flied out to right; Norman grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Davis flied out to right; Parker walked; Paciorek was called out on strikes; Cey lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Dodgers 0. PADRES 5TH: Hernandez reached on an error by Cey [Hernandez to first]; Hernandez stole second; Roberts lined to center; Morales walked; Colbert singled to center [Hernandez scored (unearned), Morales to third]; Gaston singled to left [Morales scored, Colbert to second]; Jeter flied out to center; Kendall grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Russell tripled to right; Ferguson grounded out (third to first) [Russell scored]; Osteen made an out to second; On a bunt Lopes popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 1. PADRES 6TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Norman grounded out (second to first); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: On a bunt Buckner singled to first [Buckner to second (error by Colbert)]; Davis grounded out (first unassisted) [Buckner to third]; Parker grounded out (second to first) [Buckner scored (unearned)]; Paciorek grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 2. PADRES 7TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales singled to left; Colbert popped to first in foul territory; Gaston singled to right [Morales to third]; Jeter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 7TH: ROSS REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Cey singled to right; WILLS RAN FOR CEY; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; MOTA BATTED FOR FERGUSON; Mota grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wills to third]; Osteen singled to center [Wills scored]; Lopes singled to center [Osteen to second]; SCHAEFFER REPLACED ROSS (PITCHING); Buckner struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 3. PADRES 8TH: WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CANNIZZARO REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING C ); Kendall singled to right; THOMAS RAN FOR KENDALL; Stanley forced Thomas (shortstop to second); ELLIOTT BATTED FOR SCHAEFFER; Elliott tripled to right [Stanley scored, Elliott scored (error by Lopes) (no RBI)]; Hernandez singled to center [Hernandez to second (error by Davis)]; HOUGH REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); Hernandez stole third; Roberts struck out; Morales flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 8TH: SIMPSON REPLACED ELLIOTT (PITCHING); CORRALES REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING C ); Davis singled to right; Parker forced Davis (third to second); Paciorek walked [Parker to second]; Wills was called out on strikes; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Dodgers 3. PADRES 9TH: Colbert was hit by a pitch; Colbert stole second [Colbert to third (error by Cannizzaro)]; Gaston grounded out (first to pitcher to second); Jeter struck out; Corrales walked; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 9TH: CRAWFORD BATTED FOR CANNIZZARO; Crawford flied out to left; VALENTINE BATTED FOR HOUGH; Valentine flied to right in foul territory; Lopes lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Dodgers 3.

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