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1972 World Series Game 5

October 19, 1972

 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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