Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1972 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Day cf 4 0 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 0
Fairly 1b 3 0 1 0
  Breeden ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 1
  Hunt ph 1 0 0 0
Fairey lf 3 0 0 0
  Mashore ph 0 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 3 0 0 0
Torres 2b 3 0 1 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
Moore p 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Robinson C. ss 4 0 0 0
  Bowa ss 0 0 0 0
Harmon 2b 4 1 2 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0
Lis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0
Freed rf 1 1 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 3
Robinson B. cf 3 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 1 0
Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Scarce p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 6 3
Montreal 000 100 000150
Philadelphia 000 000 30x361
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (8-8) 7.0 5 3 3 2 6
  Walker   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  W (4-8) 7.2 5 1 1 2 7
  Scarce  SV (3) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
9

  E–Boone (2).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Day (7,off Twitchell).  3B–Philadelphia Harmon (2,off Moore).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (1,7th inning off Moore 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Twitchell (1,off Moore).  IBB–Freed (2,by Moore).  SB–McCarver (5,2nd base off Twitchell/Boone); Boone (1,2nd base off Walker/McCarver).  CS–Freed (1,2nd base by Moore/McCarver).  IBB–Moore (4,Freed).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:22.  A–6,471.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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