Steve Blass with help from the bullpen, was able to keep the Oakland A's offense at bay, leading to a 3-1 victory for the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 5 of the 1972 World Series. Blass allowed a run in the 1st inning but shut the door on the A's the rest of the way. Pittsburgh scored 2 runs in the 4th and 1 in the 7th. Dave Giusti pitched the last 1 1/3 innings for the Save. The Series now shifts back to Pittsburgh with Oakland holding a 3-2 edge.
BOXSCORE: 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1972 Oakland A's 10/19/1972
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG
R.Stennett 2B,LF 4 0 2 1 .500 B.Campaneris SS 4 0 1 0 .240
V.Davalillo LF,RF 3 0 2 0 .333 M.Alou RF 5 1 2 0 .280
R.Clemente RF 4 0 0 0 .080 J.Rudi LF 4 0 1 0 .440
A-D.Cash 2B 0 0 0 0 .077 R.Jackson CF 2 0 1 1 .273
W.Stargell 1B 3 1 1 0 .227 M.Epstein 1B 3 0 2 0 .227
G-B.Robertson 1B 0 0 0 0 .500 S.Bando 3B 3 0 0 0 .273
R.Hebner 3B 2 0 1 0 .318 C-G.Hendrick PH 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Sanguillen C 4 1 0 0 .250 E-G.Tenace C 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Oliver CF 3 0 0 1 .208 D.Duncan C 3 0 0 0 .133
G.Alley SS 3 1 1 1 .211 D-D.Mincher PH 0 0 0 0 .000
S.Blass P 3 0 0 0 .250 F-T.Kubiak 3B 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Green 2B 4 0 1 0 .300
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ---- K.Holtzman P 2 0 0 0 .500
D.Giusti P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-M.Hegan PH 1 0 0 0 .500
D.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
H-A.Mangual PH 1 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 3 7 3 Totals 33 1 8 1
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Clemente In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Holtzman In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bando In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Duncan In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hendrick In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mincher In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Stargell In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 9th Inning
INJURY: Roberto Clemente INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 1
A's............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
Pirates (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Blass WIN(1-1) 7 1/3 7 1 1 1 4 0 4.66
R.Hernandez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.17
B.Miller HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
D.Giusti SAVE(1st) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.13
Totals 9 8 1 1 2 4 0
A's (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Holtzman LOSS(1-1) 7 7 3 3 3 2 0 3.86
D.Knowles 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 3 3 4 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,171 DATE- Thursday, October 19th 1972 TIME- Day
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6 A's:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 A's: 3
ERRORS- G.Alley
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Jackson
WALKS- W.Stargell, R.Hebner, A.Oliver, G.Alley, B.Campaneris, R.Jackson
HIT BY PITCH- V.Davalillo, R.Hebner, M.Epstein, D.Mincher
STRIKE OUTS- R.Clemente, M.Sanguillen, S.Blass, R.Jackson, D.Duncan-2, D.Green
GIDP- R.Clemente, M.Sanguillen, M.Alou, K.Holtzman
PASSED BALLS- D.Duncan
2-out RBI- G.Alley, R.Stennett
RLISP 2-out- S.Bando, G.Alley, R.Jackson, D.Duncan-2, R.Clemente, D.Mincher,
D.Green-2
At Oakland Co Stadium, the Oakland faithful were treated to an intriguing
pitcher's duel. Steve Blass(1-1) finally bested his Oakland counterpart, Ken
Holtzman(1-1), by the score of 3 to 1.
Pittsburgh scored 2 runs in the decisive top of the 4th inning. Pittsburgh
managed 7 hits in their victory. Blass got help from Dave Giusti who earned
his 1st save. The loss was charged to Holtzman.
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