The Pittsburgh Pirates are the 1972 World Series Champions! Game 7 was another slugfest and the Pittsburgh Pirates came from behind to defeat the Oakland A's 9-8. The Pirates exploded for 5 runs in the 2nd inning, forcing Oakland to use 4 pitchers to put out the fire. Then the A's came back with 2 runs in the 3rd and 4 in the 4th, taking a 6-5 lead in the game. Both clubs scored a run in the 5th and Oakland got another in the 8th, giving them an 8-6 lead. But Pittsburgh struck back in the bottom of the 8th off relief ace Rollie Fingers. With 2 men on base, Vic Davalillo hit a homerun giving the Pirates a 9-8 lead. Dave Giusti came on in the 9th and retired the A's in order, preserving the win and giving Pittsburgh the 1972 MLB Championship.
BOXSCORE: 1972 Oakland A's At 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 10/22/1972
A's AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
B.Campaneris SS 5 0 0 0 .171 V.Davalillo LF 5 1 2 3 .357
M.Alou RF 4 1 0 1 .294 D.Cash 2B 5 0 1 1 .158
J.Rudi LF 5 0 2 1 .429 R.Clemente RF 4 0 0 1 .088
R.Jackson CF 4 0 1 0 .258 W.Stargell 1B 4 1 3 1 .310
M.Epstein 1B 5 2 4 0 .290 R.Hebner 3B 4 1 2 0 .355
S.Bando 3B 5 1 2 2 .355 M.Sanguillen C 4 1 1 0 .242
G.Tenace C 1 0 0 0 .111 A.Oliver CF 3 1 1 0 .233
V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 .500 G.Alley SS 2 1 0 0 .240
C-M.Hegan PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B-R.Stennett SS 2 1 0 0 .333
J.Horlen P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Ellis P 1 1 1 2 .250
E-D.Mincher PH 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-M.May PH 1 0 0 0 .200
G-G.Hendrick PH 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Walker P 0 0 0 0 ----
H-D.Maxvill 2B 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Green 2B 3 2 2 0 .370 F-G.Clines PH 1 0 1 0 .286
D.Segui P 0 0 0 0 ---- N.Briles P 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Fingers P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
J-A.Mangual PH 1 0 0 0 .000 I-B.Robertson PH 1 1 1 0 .667
B.Odom P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Giusti P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Locker P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-D.Duncan C 4 2 2 3 .227
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Totals 40 8 13 7 Totals 37 9 13 8
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Locker In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Alley In 4th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Blue In 4th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Miller In 4th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Horlen In 5th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 6th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Hamilton In 7th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hendrick In 7th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 8th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Fingers In 9th Inning
INJURY: Gene Alley INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning
INJURY: Dick Green INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
A's............. 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 - 8 13 1
Pirates......... 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 9 13 1
A's (3-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Odom 1 4 5 3 1 0 0 7.50
D.Knowles 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
B.Locker 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
V.Blue 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.04
J.Horlen HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29
D.Hamilton HOLD(1st) 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 16.88
D.Segui HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
R.Fingers L(1-1) BS(1st) 1 1/3 3 3 3 0 1 1 3.68
Totals 8 13 9 7 1 1 2
Pirates (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Ellis 3 1/3 6 5 3 1 2 0 2.25
B.Miller 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 7.71
L.Walker 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 9.00
B.Johnson 1 1/3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
N.Briles 1 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 12.27
R.Hernandez WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.19
D.Giusti SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.87
Totals 9 13 8 6 4 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 49,924 DATE- Sunday, October 22nd 1972 TIME- Day
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 9 Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- B.Odom, G.Alley
DOUBLES- J.Rudi(7th), M.Epstein-2(2nd), S.Bando-2(5th), D.Duncan(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Duncan(1st), V.Davalillo(1st), W.Stargell(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Jackson
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Clemente
WALKS- M.Alou, R.Jackson, D.Mincher, D.Green, A.Oliver
STRIKE OUTS- B.Campaneris, J.Rudi, R.Jackson-3, S.Bando, M.Sanguillen
WILD PITCHES- B.Locker
2-out RBI- S.Bando, J.Rudi
RLISP 2-out- W.Stargell-2, G.Tenace, R.Hebner, R.Jackson-2, D.Mincher, D.Green,
D.Duncan-2, M.Sanguillen, M.Epstein
Dave Giusti shut Oakland down at Three Rivers Stadium as the Pittsburgh
Pirates beat the Oakland A's by the count of 9 to 8.
Pittsburgh won the game with a rally in the 8th inning with 3 runs using 3
hits. Al Oliver led off and he slapped a one-base hit. After an out was
recorded, Bob Robertson came to bat and ripped a base-hit. Vic Davalillo
then lost the ball over the fence for three runs. Giusti was perfect in the
ninth giving him his 3rd save on the season.
Ramon Hernandez(1-0) allowed no runs in 1/3 of an inning, and picked up the
victory. Rollie Fingers(1-1) suffered the loss in relief. He gave up 3 hits
and no walks in 1 and 1/3 innings.
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