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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres

1972-08-18 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 30610 · night · 2:01

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated San Diego Padres 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 4th. Steve Blass earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Steve Blass L: Bill Greif SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Weyer · 1B: Bob Engel · 2B: John McSherry · 3B: Ken Burkhart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Davalillo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dave Cash	4	1	2	1	0	0
Al Oliver	4	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Stargell	4	0	1	0	0	2
Richie Hebner	3	1	1	1	0	0
Manny Sanguillen	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Robertson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gene Alley	4	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Blass	2	1	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Morales	3	0	0	0	1	1
Garry Jestadt	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cito Gaston	3	1	0	0	1	0
Larry Stahl	3	0	0	0	1	0
Derrel Thomas	3	1	2	0	0	0
Fred Kendall	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Greif	2	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Blefary	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Blass	9.0	4	4	2

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Greif	7.1	6	1	3
Mark Schaeffer	0.2	1	0	1
Gary Ross	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vic Davalillo: K/C
Dave Cash: 53
Al Oliver: 8

Bot 1

Jerry Morales: 7/L
Garry Jestadt: W
Dave Roberts: 7/L
Nate Colbert: PO1(13)

Top 2

Willie Stargell: 7
Richie Hebner: 9
Manny Sanguillen: 9

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: S5
Cito Gaston: 54(1)/FO
Larry Stahl: W.1-2
Derrel Thomas: S7.2-3;1X3(75)
Fred Kendall: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Greif: E3.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;B-1
Jerry Morales: K/C

Top 3

Bob Robertson: W
Gene Alley: 6
Steve Blass: 14/SH.1-2
Vic Davalillo: 8

Bot 3

Garry Jestadt: 53
Dave Roberts: 63
Nate Colbert: 9

Top 4

Dave Cash: S8
Al Oliver: 9
Willie Stargell: S9.1-2
Richie Hebner: D9.2-H;1XH(932)
Manny Sanguillen: S7.2-H;BX2(74)

Bot 4

Cito Gaston: 63
Larry Stahl: 43
Derrel Thomas: 4

Top 5

Bob Robertson: 9
Gene Alley: K/C
Steve Blass: 13

Bot 5

Fred Kendall: 53
Bill Greif: 13
Jerry Morales: 9

Top 6

Vic Davalillo: 8
Dave Cash: 3/L
Al Oliver: 5

Bot 6

Garry Jestadt: 2/FL
Dave Roberts: 7/L
Nate Colbert: 7/L

Top 7

Willie Stargell: K
Richie Hebner: HP
Manny Sanguillen: 64(1)/FO
Bob Robertson: 5/FL

Bot 7

Cito Gaston: 63
Larry Stahl: 8
Derrel Thomas: S5/BG
Fred Kendall: CS2(24)

Top 8

Gene Alley: 53
Steve Blass: E5.B-1
Vic Davalillo: S6.1-2
Dave Cash: S8.2-H(UR);1-3
Al Oliver: S7.3-H;1-2
Willie Stargell: K/C
Richie Hebner: 7

Bot 8

Fred Kendall: 63
Curt Blefary: K/C
Jerry Morales: W
Garry Jestadt: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Manny Sanguillen: 9
Bob Robertson: K
Gene Alley: K

Bot 9

Dave Roberts: 9
Nate Colbert: 53
Cito Gaston: W
Larry Stahl: 8/L

Notes & reviews

Larry Stahl and Cito Gaston slid into 3B at the same time

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