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Pirates 9 @ Cardinals 4
Busch Stadium
May 24, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 24, 1972 at Busch Stadium. The home team Cardinals were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 9 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 24, 1972 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 19 E: 1 LOB: 19
Runs: 9
Hits: 19
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 19
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 4 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherBob Miller  
Losing PitcherDennis Higgins  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 24, 1972 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Moose  
Home Starting PitcherScipio Spinks  
BallparkBusch Stadium 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance10,794 
Time of Game3 hours 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bruce Froemming
1B: Ed Vargo
2B: Paul Pryor
3B: Harry Wendelstedt

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dave Cash  Second Baseman 
Rennie Stennett  Left Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Willie Stargell  First Baseman 
Al Oliver  Center Fielder 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
Manny Sanguillen  Catcher 
Gene Alley  Shortstop 
Bob Moose  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Ted Sizemore  Second Baseman 
Matty Alou  First Baseman 
Joe Torre  Third Baseman 
Ted Simmons  Catcher 
Bernie Carbo  Right Fielder 
Luis Melendez  Center Fielder 
Ed Crosby  Shortstop 
Scipio Spinks  Pitcher 
Red Schoendienst  Manager 

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Pirates 9 @ Cardinals 4
Busch Stadium
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         Game of 5/24/1972 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Cash D, 2b            8  1  2  2   Brock L, lf           6  0  3  0   
Stennett R, lf        5  1  3  1   Sizemore T, 2b        6  0  2  0   
Clines G, lf          3  0  0  0   Alou M, 1b            6  1  1  0   
Clemente R, rf        8  2  3  2   Torre J, 3b           5  1  2  0   
Stargell W, 1b        6  0  2  0   Simmons T, c          6  1  1  1   
Oliver A, cf          6  0  2  2   Carbo B, rf           5  0  2  1   
Hebner R, 3b          4  1  0  0   Melendez L, cf        6  1  1  1   
Sanguillen M, c       8  2  5  0   Crosby E, ss          2  0  0  1   
Alley G, ss           6  1  1  0   Maxvill D, ss         2  0  0  0   
Moose B, p            4  1  1  1   Fiore M, ph           1  0  0  0   
Giusti D, p           0  0  0  0   Anderson D, ss        0  0  0  0   
May M, ph             0  0  0  0   Spinks S, p           3  0  0  0   
Davalillo V, pr       0  0  0  0   Drabowsky M, p        0  0  0  0   
Hernandez R, p        0  0  0  0   Hudson C, p           0  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, ph       0  0  0  0   Cloninger T, p        1  0  0  0   
Blass S, pr           0  0  0  0   Cruz J, ph            0  0  0  0   
Miller B, p           1  0  0  0   Higgins D, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     59  9 19  8                        49  4 12  4

Pittsburgh       000 002 002 000 05 --  9
St.Louis         010 010 002 000 00 --  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Moose B*              8.0  9  4  3  0  4
Giusti D              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Hernandez R           2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Miller B (W)          3.0  2  0  0  2  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spinks S              8.1 12  4  4  2  8
Drabowsky M           0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Hudson C              0.2  1  0  0  1  0
Cloninger T           3.2  1  0  0  5  0
Higgins D (L)         1.0  4  5  2  3  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Moose B, Torre J
DP -- Pittsburgh 3, St.Louis 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 19, St.Louis 6
2B -- Stennett R, Sanguillen M
3B -- Sizemore T
HR -- Simmons T, Clemente R
CS -- Melendez L, Oliver A
HBP -- by Hernandez R (Torre J)
Balk -- Moose B
T -- 3:58
A -- 10794

    

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