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Los Angeles Dodgers @ St. Louis Cardinals

1972-09-01 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · night · 2:24

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 3rd. Rick Wise earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rick Wise L: Don Sutton SV: (none)

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

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Lacy	2	0	0	0	2	1
Manny Mota	3	0	2	0	1	0
Willie Davis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Parker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Buckner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Valentine	3	0	0	1	0	1
Bill Russell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Cannizzaro	3	0	0	0	0	2
Don Sutton	3	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Sizemore	4	2	2	0	0	0
Bernie Carbo	2	1	1	1	2	0
Joe Torre	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ted Simmons	3	0	1	1	0	0
Luis Melendez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dwain Anderson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rick Wise	3	1	1	0	0	1

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Sutton	8.0	6	2	6

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Wise	9.0	4	3	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Lacy: K/C
Manny Mota: 43
Willie Davis: 3/G

Bot 1

Lou Brock: 63
Ted Sizemore: 8
Bernie Carbo: W
Joe Torre: HP.1-2
Ted Simmons: HP.2-3;1-2
Luis Melendez: K

Top 2

Wes Parker: S7
Bill Buckner: 53.1-2
Bobby Valentine: 9
Bill Russell: K

Bot 2

Dwain Anderson: 8
Ed Crosby: K
Rick Wise: K

Top 3

Chris Cannizzaro: K
Don Sutton: K
Lee Lacy: W
Manny Mota: S8.1-2
Willie Davis: K

Bot 3

Lou Brock: K/C
Ted Sizemore: S9
Bernie Carbo: W.1-2
Joe Torre: WP.2-3;1-2
Joe Torre: S9.3-H;2-H
Ted Simmons: WP.1-2
Ted Simmons: D8.2-H
Luis Melendez: K
Dwain Anderson: 8

Top 4

Wes Parker: 63
Bill Buckner: T9
Bobby Valentine: 7/SF.3-H
Bill Russell: K

Bot 4

Ed Crosby: K/C
Rick Wise: 63
Lou Brock: 63

Top 5

Chris Cannizzaro: 53
Don Sutton: K
Lee Lacy: W
Manny Mota: SB2
Manny Mota: W
Willie Davis: 9

Bot 5

Ted Sizemore: 63
Bernie Carbo: 3/G
Joe Torre: 9

Top 6

Wes Parker: 43
Bill Buckner: 31
Bobby Valentine: 9/L

Bot 6

Ted Simmons: 8
Luis Melendez: 63
Dwain Anderson: 9

Top 7

Bill Russell: 9
Chris Cannizzaro: K/C
Don Sutton: K

Bot 7

Ed Crosby: 7
Rick Wise: S7
Lou Brock: 7
Ted Sizemore: S5.1-H(E5)(NR);B-3
Bernie Carbo: S8.3-H(UR)
Joe Torre: 3/FL

Top 8

Lee Lacy: 31
Manny Mota: S8
Willie Davis: 5/P
Wes Parker: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Ted Simmons: 43
Luis Melendez: 53
Dwain Anderson: 9

Top 9

Bill Buckner: 4/P
Bobby Valentine: K
Bill Russell: 53