Dodgers @ Cardinals
September 1, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 5 1
Cardinals 1 4 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 5 1
Cardinals 1 4 2

Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .254
OBP .000 .311
At Bats 3 276
Hits 0 70
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 25

Al Downing Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 6 0
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Busch Stadium - September 1, 1972
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Out
Al Downing
Chris Cannizzaro
Wes Parker
Lee Lacy
Bobby Valentine
Bill Russell
Willie Crawford
Willie Davis
Bill Buckner
Luis Melendez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Dodgers 2 5 1 7
St. Louis Cardinals 1 4 2 4
Winning Pitcher Al Downing
Losing Pitcher Al Santorini
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Downing
Attendance 17,953
Time of Game 2 hours 3 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 9 Chris Cannizzaro now catching. Carbo hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Downing strikes out.
Top 9 Mota hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Manny Mota pinch hits for Steve Yeager. There goes Russell. The throw from Jutze and he is safe. Russell steals second.
Top 9 Russell is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Segui fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Segui. Valentine moves to third.
Top 9 Valentine takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Diego Segui now pitching. Crawford strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a popup, foul, towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Simmons pinch hits for Al Santorini. Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Davis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ed Crosby now playing third base. Dwain Anderson now playing shortstop. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jerry McNertney pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. McNertney strikes out.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jutze strikes out.
Top 7 Lacy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Downing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Russell moves to second.
Top 7 Yeager hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carbo for the out.
Top 6 Valentine hits a popup towards short. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Crawford. The throw from Jutze and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Crawford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Downing fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Santorini is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Downing strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Jutze strikes out.
Bottom 4 Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carbo hits a fly ball into right field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Santorini, and towards Kelleher, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Santorini hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Downing fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kelleher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Downing fires to first and has Anderson trapped. There's the throw to Russell who tags Anderson for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jutze strikes out.
Top 2 Buckner hits a line drive towards third. Anderson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lacy hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yeager moves to third.
Top 2 Downing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Russell scores. Yeager moves to second.
Top 2 Yeager is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Russell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock who is chasing the ball. Russell reaches third base with a triple. Valentine goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Valentine takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 1 Carbo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lacy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Crawford. Sizemore reaches second base with a double. Brock scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Brock. The throw from Yeager and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.