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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

1972-08-17 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 4990 · night · 2:15

San Diego Padres defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Clay Kirby earned the win and Mike Corkins picked up the save. Nate Colbert went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4
SDN	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	8

W: Clay Kirby L: Rick Wise SV: Mike Corkins

Umpires — HP: Dick Stello · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Mel Steiner · 3B: Bill Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ted Sizemore	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bernie Carbo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Simmons	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Torre	2	0	0	0	1	0
Luis Melendez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dal Maxvill	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rick Wise	2	0	1	1	0	0
Jose Cruz	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Allen	1	1	1	1	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Morales	4	1	2	0	1	0
Garry Jestadt	5	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Roberts	4	0	2	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	3	1	1	2	1	1
Cito Gaston	3	0	0	0	1	3
Larry Stahl	3	0	1	0	1	2
Derrel Thomas	2	0	0	1	2	0
Fred Kendall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clay Kirby	3	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Corkins	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Wise	6.0	7	5	8
Lowell Palmer	2.0	1	1	2

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clay Kirby	7.0	2	4	3
Mike Corkins	2.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Ted Sizemore: W
Bernie Carbo: SB2#
Bernie Carbo: 9
Ted Simmons: 4/L

Bot 1

Jerry Morales: S8
Garry Jestadt: S9.1-2
Dave Roberts: S6.2-3;1-2
Nate Colbert: 5(2)/FO.3-H;1-2
Cito Gaston: K
Larry Stahl: K

Top 2

Joe Torre: W
Luis Melendez: 7
Ed Crosby: 3/FL
Dal Maxvill: 36(1)/FO

Bot 2

Derrel Thomas: W
Fred Kendall: 9
Clay Kirby: K/BF
Jerry Morales: 7

Top 3

Rick Wise: 6/P
Lou Brock: 43
Ted Sizemore: 9

Bot 3

Garry Jestadt: 2/FL
Dave Roberts: 2/FL
Nate Colbert: HR/7
Cito Gaston: W
Larry Stahl: PB.1-2
Larry Stahl: K/C

Top 4

Bernie Carbo: 31
Ted Simmons: 3/G
Joe Torre: 63

Bot 4

Derrel Thomas: 63
Fred Kendall: T9
Clay Kirby: K/C
Jerry Morales: 63

Top 5

Luis Melendez: 53
Ed Crosby: W
Dal Maxvill: S9.1-2
Rick Wise: S7.2-H;1-2
Lou Brock: K
Ted Sizemore: 43

Bot 5

Garry Jestadt: E5.B-1
Dave Roberts: 13.1-2
Nate Colbert: IW
Cito Gaston: PO2(E2).2-3;1-2#
Cito Gaston: K
Larry Stahl: IW
Derrel Thomas: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Fred Kendall: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Bernie Carbo: 8
Ted Simmons: 43
Joe Torre: 5/L

Bot 6

Clay Kirby: K/C
Jerry Morales: S9
Garry Jestadt: 8
Dave Roberts: S7.1-3
Nate Colbert: K

Top 7

Luis Melendez: 2/FL
Ed Crosby: 4/L
Dal Maxvill: W
Jose Cruz: K

Bot 7

Cito Gaston: K
Larry Stahl: S9
Derrel Thomas: 9
Fred Kendall: 6/P

Top 8

Lou Brock: K
Ted Sizemore: 43
Bernie Carbo: W
Ted Simmons: K/C

Bot 8

Mike Corkins: K/C
Jerry Morales: W
Garry Jestadt: CS2(26)
Garry Jestadt: 8

Top 9

Ron Allen: HR/9
Luis Melendez: S9
Ed Crosby: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Dal Maxvill: K

Notes & reviews

Joe Torre ejected by HP umpire Dick Stello because Stello refused to give the pitcher a new ball; Torre came over from 1st base, took the ball and ground it into the dirt so it had to be replaced; he was then ejected

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