1972 NL Game of Note: St. Louis at Philadelphia

After only playing a game here and there over the summer, I'm back to playing my 1972 season replay a bit more regularly.

June 30, 1972

St. Louis pitcher Scipio Spinks pitched a beautiful game tonight against the Philadelphia Phillies, tossing a one hit shutout while leading his team to an 8-0 victory. Spinks carried a no-hitter into the 7th inning before giving up a single to Greg Luzinski. Scipio walked 4 and struck out 4 in getting his 7th win of the season.

BOXSCORE: 1972 St. Louis Cardinals At 1972 Philadelphia Phillies    6/30/1972
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Brock LF          5  0  1  2 .344     D.Doyle 2B          3  0  0  0 .277  
  E.Crosby 2B         5  1  2  2 .192     D.Money 3B          4  0  0  0 .208  
  M.Alou 1B           5  0  1  0 .333     O.Gamble RF         4  0  0  0 .206  
  J.Torre 3B          5  1  3  1 .290     J.Lis 1B            2  0  0  0 .281  
  T.Simmons C         5  1  1  0 .314     G.Luzinski LF       3  0  1  0 .321  
  J.Cruz CF           2  2  2  0 .310     B.Robinson CF       3  0  0  0 .176  
  B.Carbo RF          4  1  0  0 .270     L.Bowa SS           2  0  0  0 .245  
  D.Maxvill SS        4  1  0  0 .235     W.Twitchell P       0  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Spinks P          3  1  1  1 .150   B-T.Hutton PH         1  0  0  0 .274  
                                          B.Brandon P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Bateman C         2  0  0  0 .321  
                                          B.Champion P        1  0  0  0 .250  
                                        A-T.Harmon SS         1  0  0  0 .223  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 11  6                 Totals      26  0  1  0
 
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Champion In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Twitchell In 8th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 1  0 0 5  0 2 0  -  8 11  0
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  3
 
Cardinals (36-31)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Spinks WIN(7-6)         9       1   0   0   4   4   0   3.55
Totals                    9       1   0   0   4   4   0
 
Phillies (31-35)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Champion LOSS(2-11)     5       7   4   3   3   2   0   7.57
W.Twitchell               3       4   4   1   0   4   0   3.65
B.Brandon                 1       0   0   0   1   0   0   3.54
Totals                    9      11   8   4   4   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,592 DATE- Friday, June 30th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Chris Pelekoudas, Mel Steiner, Jerry Dale, Shag Crawford
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 8  Phillies: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2  Phillies: 1
ERRORS- D.Money, J.Lis, W.Twitchell
DOUBLES- J.Torre(11th), J.Cruz(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Spinks
WALKS- J.Cruz-3, B.Carbo, D.Doyle, J.Lis, J.Bateman, T.Harmon
STRIKE OUTS- L.Brock, M.Alou, B.Carbo, D.Maxvill, S.Spinks-2, D.Doyle, O.Gamble,
             G.Luzinski, B.Champion
GIDP- D.Maxvill, D.Money, B.Robinson
PASSED BALLS- T.Simmons
2-out RBI- J.Torre, E.Crosby-2
RLISP 2-out- T.Simmons, J.Lis-2, M.Alou-2
 
Scipio Spinks took a no-hitter into the 7th inning at Veteran's Stadium where
the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8 to 0.
 
Spinks(7-6) was simply too much for the Philadelphia batters.  He allowed only
1 hit and 4 walks in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 3.83 to 3.55.  The
right-handed Spinks lost a no-hitter when Greg Luzinski singled with one out
in the 7th inning.  St. Louis finished with 11 hits in the victory.  
 
Bill Champion(2-11) suffered the loss.  'Our guys just weren't seeing the ball
tonight.' Frank Lucchesi said.  'Spinks simply dominated us.'