1972 NL Player of Note: LA Don Sutton

July 16, 1972

Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Don Sutton threw a 1-hit shutout tonight against the Montreal Expos. Sutton, who has thrown the only no-hitter in MLB this season, allowed a single to the Expo's Tim Foli in the 3rd inning, walked 2 and struck out 5. The win was his 11th of the year and lowered his NL leading ERA to 1.92.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Montreal Expos At 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers           7/16/1972
 
  Expos              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.McCarver 3B       3  0  0  0 .266     L.Lacy 2B           3  2  2  0 .279  
  R.Hunt 2B           3  0  0  0 .281     M.Mota LF           4  1  2  1 .320  
  M.Jorgensen 1B      3  0  0  0 .240     W.Davis CF          4  1  2  2 .264  
  R.Fairly RF         2  0  0  0 .241     W.Parker 1B         4  0  1  2 .276  
  K.Singleton LF      3  0  0  0 .282     B.Buckner RF        4  0  0  0 .361  
  B.Day CF            3  0  0  0 .245     B.Valentine SS      3  0  0  0 .268  
  T.Foli SS           3  0  1  0 .196     D.Sims C            3  0  0  0 .235  
  T.Humphrey C        2  0  0  0 .141     S.Garvey 3B         3  1  1  0 .282  
B-J.Fairey PH         1  0  0  0 .234     D.Sutton P          2  0  0  0 .200  
C-J.Boccabella C      0  0  0  0 .243                                          
  B.Stoneman P        1  0  0  0 .128                                          
A-C.Laboy PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  M.Marshall P        0  0  0  0 .500                                          
D-R.Woods PH          1  0  0  0 .239                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      26  0  1  0                 Totals      30  5  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Stoneman In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Humphrey In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Fairey In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Marshall In 9th Inning
 
Expos........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  1
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  3 2 0  0 0    -  5  8  0
 
Expos (33-48)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Stoneman LOSS(5-12)     5       7   5   5   1   3   0   3.98
M.Marshall                3       1   0   0   0   2   0   3.40
Totals                    8       8   5   5   1   5   0
 
Dodgers (45-38)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Sutton WIN(11-6)        9       1   0   0   2   5   0   1.92
Totals                    9       1   0   0   2   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 54,731 DATE- Sunday, July 16th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Mel Steiner, Jerry Dale, Shag Crawford, Chris Pelekoudas
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Expos: 2  Dodgers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Expos: 0  Dodgers: 1
ERRORS- T.McCarver
DOUBLES- W.Davis(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Hunt, D.Sutton
WALKS- T.McCarver, R.Fairly, L.Lacy
STRIKE OUTS- T.McCarver-2, T.Humphrey, B.Stoneman, C.Laboy, M.Mota, W.Parker,
             B.Buckner, B.Valentine, D.Sutton
GIDP- T.Humphrey
RLISP 2-out- R.Fairly, K.Singleton, D.Sims, W.Parker
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Terry Humphrey blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Willie Davis had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Don Sutton pitched a 1 hit shutout
as the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Montreal Expos by a score of 5 to 0 at
Dodger Stadium.
 
Sutton(11-6) escaped virtually unscathed against the Montreal hitters.  He
allowed just 1 hit and 2 walks in 9 innings.  Los Angeles banged out 8 hits
on the night.  
 
Bill Stoneman(5-12) was the losing pitcher.  He pitched 5 innings and
surrendered 7 hits and 1 walk.