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Montreal Expos @ Philadelphia Phillies

1972-09-16 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 6471 · 2:22

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Montreal Expos 3–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 7th. Wayne Twitchell earned the win and Mac Scarce picked up the save. Mike Schmidt went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MON	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		3	6

W: Wayne Twitchell L: Balor Moore SV: Mac Scarce

Umpires — HP: Jerry Dale · 1B: Ed Vargo · 2B: Paul Pryor · 3B: Harry Wendelstedt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Boots Day	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tim Foli	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Singleton	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Fairly	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tim McCarver	3	0	0	1	0	1
Jim Fairey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Coco Laboy	3	0	0	0	1	2
Hector Torres	3	0	1	0	0	0
Balor Moore	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Bailey	1	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Breeden	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Hunt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Mashore	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Woods	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Terry Harmon	4	1	2	0	0	1
Greg Luzinski	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Lis	3	0	0	0	0	2
Roger Freed	1	1	0	0	2	0
Mike Schmidt	3	1	1	3	0	0
Bill Robinson	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Boone	3	0	1	0	0	1
Wayne Twitchell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mac Scarce	1	0	0	0	0	1

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Balor Moore	7.0	5	2	6
Tom Walker	1.0	1	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wayne Twitchell	7.2	5	2	7
Mac Scarce	1.1	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Boots Day: K/C
Tim Foli: 31
Ken Singleton: 7

Bot 1

Craig Robinson: 3/FL
Terry Harmon: T8
Greg Luzinski: 9(B)2(3)/DP

Top 2

Ron Fairly: 31
Tim McCarver: K
Jim Fairey: 63

Bot 2

Joe Lis: K
Roger Freed: W
Mike Schmidt: CS2(16)
Mike Schmidt: 9

Top 3

Coco Laboy: K
Hector Torres: S6
Balor Moore: 7
Boots Day: 8

Bot 3

Bill Robinson: S8
Bob Boone: 4/P
Wayne Twitchell: 34/SH.1-2
Craig Robinson: 9

Top 4

Tim Foli: K
Ken Singleton: W
Ron Fairly: S8.1-3
Tim McCarver: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Jim Fairey: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Jim Fairey: K/C

Bot 4

Terry Harmon: K
Greg Luzinski: 63
Joe Lis: K

Top 5

Coco Laboy: K
Hector Torres: 6/P
Balor Moore: K

Bot 5

Roger Freed: 53
Mike Schmidt: 43
Bill Robinson: K/C

Top 6

Boots Day: D8
Tim Foli: 63.2-3
Ken Singleton: 13
Ron Fairly: 43

Bot 6

Bob Boone: K
Wayne Twitchell: K/C
Craig Robinson: 23

Top 7

Tim McCarver: 43
Jim Fairey: 53
Coco Laboy: W
Hector Torres: 8

Bot 7

Terry Harmon: S7
Greg Luzinski: S7.1-3
Joe Lis: 6(B)3(1)/LDP.3-3
Roger Freed: IW
Mike Schmidt: HR.3-H;1-H
Bill Robinson: 6/P

Top 8

Bob Bailey: S8
Boots Day: 8
Tim Foli: 9
Ken Singleton: S8.1-2
Hal Breeden: K/C

Bot 8

Bob Boone: S7
Mac Scarce: SB2#
Mac Scarce: K/BF
Craig Robinson: K/C
Terry Harmon: 3/FL

Top 9

Ron Hunt: 8
Clyde Mashore: W
Coco Laboy: 3/FL
Ron Woods: K