The Pittsburgh Pirates are the 1972 NL Champions! It took 12 innings but Pittsburgh defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 in a hard fought contest. Richie Hebner hit a 2-run homer in the 7th inning giving the Pirates a 2-0 lead, but Cincinnati battled back and scratched out 2 runs in the 8th to tie the game up. In the 12th inning, with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd, Roberto Clemente hit a ball deep enough to centerfield to score Al Oliver from 3rd. Dave Giusti closed out the game for Pittsburgh and a 3 games to 1 NL Championship Series victory.
BOXSCORE: 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1972 Cincinnati Reds 10/10/1972
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
G.Clines LF 3 0 1 0 .500 P.Rose LF 5 0 1 0 .368
D-A.Oliver CF 1 1 0 0 .154 C.Geronimo RF 6 0 2 0 .438
V.Davalillo CF,LF,1 6 0 2 0 .200 J.Morgan 2B 5 0 1 0 .250
R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 1 .353 J.Bench C 5 1 0 0 .150
W.Stargell 1B 6 0 0 0 .222 T.Perez 1B 5 1 1 0 .421
D.Giusti P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Tolan CF 4 0 2 1 .200
M.Sanguillen C 5 1 1 0 .278 D.Menke 3B 2 0 0 0 .214
R.Hebner 3B 5 1 2 2 .333 A-J.Hague PH 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Stennett 2B 3 0 0 0 .286 B-H.McRae PH 1 0 0 0 .333
F-D.Cash 2B 1 0 0 0 .214 C-D.Concepcion SS 1 0 0 1 .000
G.Alley SS 4 0 0 0 .200 D.Chaney SS,3B 5 0 0 0 .267
D.Ellis P 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Gullett P 2 0 0 0 .000
R.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-J.Javier PH 1 0 0 0 .000
G-B.Robertson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Carroll P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-G.Foster PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Walker P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.McGlothlin P 0 0 0 0 ----
K-J.Pagan PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .000 I-B.Plummer PH 1 0 1 0 .500
J-T.Uhlaender PR 0 0 0 0 .000
T.Hall P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 42 3 7 3 Totals 44 2 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Menke In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hague In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For McRae In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Clines In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Gullett In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Stennett In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For McGlothlin In 11th Inning
J-Pinch Ran For Plummer In 11th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Walker In 12th Inning
INJURY: Willie Stargell INJURED (for 0 more games) in 12th inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 2
Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2
Pirates (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Ellis 5 2/3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0.00
R.Hernandez 2 1/3 1 2 2 3 0 0 5.79
B.Johnson 2 2/3 4 0 0 0 2 0 4.50
L.Walker WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.00
D.Giusti SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 12 8 2 2 6 6 0
Reds (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Gullett 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 2.45
C.Carroll 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.50
J.McGlothlin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
T.Hall LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.00
Totals 12 7 3 3 5 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 47,504 DATE- Tuesday, October 10th 1972 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Dick Stello, Ken Burkhart, Lee Weyer, Andy Olsen
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Reds:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Reds: 0
ERRORS- M.Sanguillen, R.Stennett, D.Concepcion, D.Chaney
DOUBLES- V.Davalillo(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Hebner(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan(1st), B.Tolan(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Hernandez
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Clemente, D.Concepcion
WALKS- G.Clines, A.Oliver, R.Clemente, D.Cash, G.Alley, P.Rose, J.Morgan,
J.Bench, T.Perez, B.Tolan-2
STRIKE OUTS- V.Davalillo-2, W.Stargell, D.Ellis-2, B.Robertson, C.Geronimo,
J.Bench-2, T.Perez, B.Tolan, G.Foster
WILD PITCHES- D.Giusti
RLISP 2-out- W.Stargell-3, D.Gullett, D.Ellis, B.Tolan-3, H.McRae-2, G.Clines,
V.Davalillo, M.Sanguillen, D.Concepcion, C.Geronimo
47,504 fans were treated to a fine game at Riverfront Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Pittsburgh Pirates won by the
slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.
The score was tied at 2 after nine. Pittsburgh came out the victor in the
12th inning. After an out was recorded, Al Oliver drew a walk. Vic
Davalillo followed next and he doubled. Roberto Clemente then hit a
sacrifice fly. Neither team was able to score until the 7th inning.
Luke Walker(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1/3 of an inning. Dave Giusti
earned the save, his 1st. Tom Hall(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.
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