1972

[EdTarbusz]

Wednesday August 2, 1972 California Angels at Chicago White Sox

Nolan Ryan strikes out 18. Ryan had no strike outs in the first two innings but 18 of the final 21 White Sox outs are by strikeout.

Ryan pitches a 3 hit shutout and the Angels win 2-0 on Ken McMullen's 2 run HR in the 6th.

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Due to the recent tornado in Tuscaloosa the 1972 season is on hold until further notice.

[EdTarbusz]

Game of the Week-Saturday, August 5, 1972 Detroit Tigers (52-50 .510 13.5gb 4th place) at Cleveland Indians (45-61 .425 22.5gb 5th place)

A match-up of the two top candidates for the AL Cy Young Award for 1972. It's been a very disapointing year for Detroit, while Cleveland has made some strides after their disastrous 1971 season.

Back-up game: Pittsburgh Pirates at Montreal Expos

Starting Pitchers Mickey Lolich (17-10 2.46 28starts 23cg 4shutout 252ip 221h 74r 69er 16hr 49bb 202k) vs Gaylord Perry (16-9 1.58 27starts 22cg 5shutouts 233ip 159h 51r 41er 6hr 48bb 155k). Perry is tied with Jim Perry for 2nd in the AL in ERA. Lolich is 1st and Perry in the MLs in CG. Lolich is 2nd and Perry 3rd in the AL in IP. Lolich is 2nd in the AL in Ks. Perry is tied for 1st and Lolich is tied for 2nd in leading MLB in HBP. Perry is one of his years top ground-ball pitchers, while Lolich is a top fly-out pitcher.


Starting Line-ups

Detroit Tigers

3 Dick McAuliffe 2B .280-7-23
4 Aurelio Rodriguez 3B .216-9-46
5 Jim Northrup CF .266-9-28
6 Al Kaline RF .287-8-29
25 Norm Cash 1B .274-13-47
23 Willie Horton LF .228-4-39
12 Duke Sims C .225-7-21 with the Dodgers-this is Sims first appearance with the Tigers
8 Eddie Brinkman SS .177-3-34
29 Mickey Lolich P .138-0-0

Cleveland Indians

1 Del Unser CF .240-1-20
7 Jack Brohamer 2B .243-0-5
14 Chris Chambliss 1B .244-2-32
12 Graig Nettles 3B .252-8-47
8 Ray Fosse C .267-5-32
22 Tom McCraw LF .265-7-41
9 Buddy Bell RF .210-2-23
15 Frank Duffy SS .227-1-23
36 Gaylord Perry P .179-0-5

The temperature is in the mid 90s with a strong wind blowing in off the lake.

1st inning

DET
McAuliffe walks
Rodriguez lines to 3B
Northrup flies to CF
Kaline grounds into FC 6-4
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CLE
Unser grounds out 3-1
Brohamer Ks
Chambliss pops to C
3up 3down

DET 0 -0 0 0
CLE 0 -0 0 0

2nd inning

DET
Cash grounds to third-Chambliss drops the throw E3
Horton flies to RF
Sims GIDP 4-6-3 (this is his first AB as a member of the Tigers)
0r 0h 1e 0l

CLE
Nettles Kc
Fosse grounds to SS
McCraw Ks
3up 3down

DET 00 -0 0 0
CLE 00 -0 0 1

3rd inning

DET
Brinkman grounds to 3B
Lolich singles to center
McAuliffe grounds into FC 6-4
Rodriguez Ks
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CLE
Bell flies to CF
Duffy Ks
Perry Ks
3up 3down

DET 000 -0 1 0
CLE 000 -0 0 1

4th inning

DET
Northrup Kc
Kaline singles to center
Cash grounds into DP 4-6-3
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CLE
unser fouls out to C
Brohamer Ks
Chambliss Ks
3up 3down

DET 000 0 -0 2 0
CLE 000 0 -0 0 1

5th inning

DET
Horton flies to LF
Sims flies to LF
Brinkman grounds to SS
3up 3down

CLE
Nettles doubles to left center-first baserunner for CLE!
Fosse flies to RF-Kaline makes a nice snow cone catch!
McCraw Kc
Bell grounds to 2B
0r 1h 0e 1l

DET 000 00 -0 2 0
CLE 000 00 -0 1 1

6th inning

DET
Lolich Kc
McAuliffe pops to C
Rodriguez HBP
Northrup doubles to left center-Rodriguez scores DET 1 CLE 0
Kaline grounds to SS
1r 1h 0e 1l

CLE
Duffy flies to CF
Perry Ks
Unser singles to center
Brohamer fouls to 1B
0r 1h 0e 1l

DET 000 001 -1 3 0
CLE 000 000 -0 2 1

7th inning

DET
Cash singles to right
Horton GIDP 6-4-3-3rd DP of the game for CLE
Sims grounds out 3-1
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CLE
Chambliss Ks-10th K of the game for Lolich
Nettles Ks
Fosse grounds to SS
3up 3down

DET 000 001 0 -1 4 0
CLE 000 000 0 -0 2 1

8th inning

DET
Brinkman lines to 3B
Lolich Kc
McAuliffe Kc
3up 3down

CLE
McCraw fouls to 1B
Bell hits a deep fly to CF
Duffy walks
Number 20 Alex Johnson (.240-9-39) batting for Perry
Johnson grounds into FC 6-4
0r 0h 0e 1l-first inning without a K for Lolich

DET 000 001 00 -1 4 0
CLE 000 000 00 -0 2 1

9th inning

DET
For CLE-number 40 Tom Hilgendorf (1-1 1save 6.30 10ip 21h 3bb 8k 0hr .420opba) now pitching
Rodriguez doubles off the right field wall
Northrup flies to LF-McCraw with the snow cone catch
Kaline grounds to SS-Rodriguez takes third
Cash grounds to 2B
0r 1h 0e 1l

CLE
Unser grounds to 2B
Brohamer flies to RF
Chambliss lines to SS
3up 3down

Final Score:

DET 000 001 000-1 5 0
CLE 000 000 000-0 2 1
W-Lolich (18-10)
L-Perry (16-10)

Pitching dominates today. Perry is good today and Lolich is even better allowing only 3 baserunners and pitching six 3 up 3 down innings and retiring the first 12 batters that he faces.

This was a match up that lived up to the hype. Two very strong pitchers matched up well against two of the games less potent offenses.

Other Games:

BAL 002 000 000-2 5 1
BOS 032 000 13x-9 9 0
W-Pattin (11-8)
L-Palmer (16-5)
Shoddy Oriole defense and 2 HRs by rookie Ben Ogilvie are enough to put the game away for Boston. Marty Pattin gets the CG win and helps himself by getting 2 hits and 2 RBI. Doug Griffin gets 3 hits for Boston. Palmer has an usually shaky outing giving up 4 XBHs.

NYY 020 010 201-6 14 1
MIL 000 000 000-0 8 0
W-Kline (14-4)
L-Brett (5-14)
Thurman Munson goes 4 for 5 and and drives in 3 runs and scores 1 (only a great play by Rick Auerbach in the 9th keeps Munson from going 5 for 5). Steve Kline scatters 8 hits as he gets a relativley easy shutout. * of the 9 New York starters has at least 1 hit with only Rusty Torres going hitless. Auerbach ans George Scott each have 2 hits for the Brewers.

TEX 200 020 000-4 5 1
CHI 000 000 000-0 3 1
W-Hand (3-6)
L-Bradley (11-10)
Tom Bradley pitches well and strikes out 12 in a losing effort. Rich Hand throws an efficient shuout and only allows 1 RISP (Luis Alvarado led off the bottom of the 9th with a double). An Alvarado error leads to 2 unearned runs in the 5th. Toby Harrha has 2 hits and scores 2 runs for Texas.

CA 020 000 000-2 8 2
KC 010 000 000-1 6 0
W-Messersmith (14-9)
L-Splittorff (10-11)
RBI single by Art Kusnyer and a HR by Leo Cardenas are all the Angels need for this win. Andy Messersmith strikes out 11. He and Paul Splittorff each go the distance. Splittorff helps himself by driving in the Royals only run. california is now in a virtual tie for second place.

OAK 002 040 300-9 13 1
MIN 000 000 000-0 6 3
W-Hunter (16-6)
L-Blyleven (11-13)
Jim Hunter has an easy time of it as he pitches the ALs 4th shutout of the day. Joe Rudi is 3 for 6 (being a double short of hitting for the cycle) scoring 2 and has 5 RBI. Sal Bando, Mike Epstein and Hunter each have 2 hits for Oaklans as the A's continue to roll on.

PIT 101 002 202-8 12 0
MON 000 000 000-0 5 1
W-Blass (12-9)
L-Morton (7-14)
Another shutout today. Pittsburgh has an easy time in Montreal. Dave Cash gets 4 hits and Vic Davalillo, Al Oliver and Gene Clines each have 2 hits for the Pirates. Steve Blass shuts down the weak Expos offense. Ron Hunt and Hal Breeden each have 2 hits for the Expos.

CHN 300 032 000-8 11 1
NYM 010 000 100-2 6 1
W-Hands (10-11)
L-Gentry (7-13)
Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Joe Pepitone each get 3 hits as the Cubs beat up the Mets. Williams has 3 RBI for Chicago. Bill Hands goes the distance for the Cubs. After an error by Wayne Garrett in the first, Gary Gentry gives up 3 unearned runs.

Ho 021 200 010 0-6 8 0
SF 050 010 000 1-7 7 2
W-Carrithers (3-6)
L-Griffin (1-3)
Ken Henderson HRs with 1 out to win the game in the 10th. Garry Maddox hits a 3 run HR in the second to put the Giants up 5-2 and knocks the ineffective Dave Roberts out of the game (and possibly out of the Astros rotation). The Astros are to come back twice to tie the game after getting good relief pitchiung form Jim York and Tom Griffin. Sam McDowell's poor season continues but Don Carrithers is exceent in relief. Jesus Alou starts in place of Jim Wynn and gets hits for Houston. Wynn enters the game as a PR and is injured after colliding with Chris Speier on a stolen base attempt. Both leave the game. Speier is expected back for tommorows DH, but Wynn is expected to miss a week.

Night Games

PHI 000 100 000-1 6 0
STL 000 130 10x-5 10 0
W-Wise (14-10)
L-Champion (6-10)
Joe Torre's inside the park HR in the 7th highlights Cardinals victory tonight. Rookie sensation ken Reitz continues his hot hitting by going 3 for 4. Rick Wise gets the CG victory. Billy Champion is hampered by sub-par Phillies defense.

ATL 140 000 002 2-9 16 1
CIN 320 100 010 3-10 17 4
W-Borbon (5-6)
L-Upshaw (2-5)
With 2 out and 2 on Bobby Tolan doubles in the tieing and winning run. Atlanta looked to be in contol after Hank Aaron doubled home 2 runs in the top of the 10th. Shoody defense on both sides leads to 2 unearned runs for the Reds and 5 unearned runs for the Braves. Bob Tolan goes 4 for 6 with 5 RBI while Tony Perez goes 3 for 6 with 3 RBI. For the the Braves Felix Millan goes 4 for 6 with 2 RBI and Earl Williams 3 for 6 with 3 RBI. Joe Morgan is ejected and suspended for charging the mound in the 6th. Ron Reed has to leave the game also. Morgan is suspended for 3 games, and expected to miss at least a week because of injury sustained during the bench clearing brawl.

SD 000 100 000-1 5 1
LA 000 000 002-2 5 1
W-Richert (3-0)
L-Arlin (13-9)
9th inning error by Enzo Hernandez leads to 2 unearned runs and victory for the Dodgers. Steve Arlin had the game well in hand until the bottom of the 9th when 2 hits, a walk, an error and a soft grounder lead to the 2 unearned runs. Larry Stahl HRs in the 4th for the Padres.

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Standings after the games of August 5, 1972

A League

East Div W L Pct GB
Baltimore 66 38 0.635 -
New York (A) 60 44 0.577 6.0
Boston 53 48 0.525 11.5
Detroit 53 50 0.515 12.5
Cleveland 45 62 0.421 22.5
Milwaukee 42 62 0.404 24.0

West Div W L Pct GB
Oakland 67 38 0.638 -
Kansas City 55 50 0.524 12.0
California 56 51 0.523 12.0
Minnesota 51 53 0.490 15.5
Chicago (A) 45 60 0.429 22.0
Texas 36 73 0.330 33.0


N League

East Div W L Pct GB
Pittsburgh 59 47 0.557 -
St Louis 56 49 0.533 2.5
Chicago (N) 52 53 0.495 6.5
New York (N) 48 56 0.462 10.0
Philadelphia 48 57 0.457 10.5
Montreal 34 70 0.327 24.0

West Div W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 66 41 0.617 -
Cincinnati 59 46 0.562 6.0
Houston 59 51 0.536 8.5
Atlanta 55 55 0.500 12.5
San Francisco 54 55 0.495 13.0
San Diego 49 59 0.454 17.5

Coming up: The Reds visit the Dodgers this week, while next weekend the Cardinals have 4 games in Pittsburgh.

[EdTarbusz]

August 8, 1972 Monday Night Baseball

Oakland A's (68-39 .636 1st place) at Kansas City Royals (55-52 .514 13 GB 3rd place)

Back-up game: New York Mets at St Louis Cardinals

Earlier Today:

In Atlanta-it was announced that manager Lum Harris has been fored and replaced by Ed Mathews.

At Cooperstown, NY-the Hall of Fame Game

Inducted into the Hall of Fame this year are: Yogi Berra, Josh Gibson (dec), Lefty Gomez, Will Harridge (dec), Sandy Koufax, Buck Leonard, Early Wynn and Ross Youngs (dec).

NY 000 030 001-4 10 1
LA 100 000 020-3 11 1
W-McDaniel
L-Mikkelsen
S-Lyle
Ex-Dodger Mike Kekich faces off against ex-Yankee Al Downing and each pitches pretty well against his former team. The Dodgers get an unearned in the 1st after a Ron Swoboda error. In the 5th Celerino Sanchez doubles with the bases loaded and drives in all 3 base runners. In the 8th 3 consecutive Dodger hits tie the game, but Bobby Murcer is able to single home Horace Clarke (who had tripled with 1 out) for the go ahead run in the 9th. Sparky Lyle comes in and shuts the door on the Dodgers in the bottom of the 9th. Earlier in the year this game was looked at as a possible World Series preview, but the Yankees may be in too deep of a hole now to make that a reality.

TEX 030 011 000-5 9 0
MIN 000 000 402-6 11 1
W-Strickland (1-3)
L-Lindblad (4-7)
Twins rally late to defeat the Rangers. Harmon Killebrew homers in the 7th to bring the Twins within 1 run. Doubles by Bobby Darwin and Dan Monzon drive in the tying and winning runs. For the Rangers Larry Biitner and Dalton Jones homer in the 2nd inning. Bobby Darwin gets 3 hits for the Twins. 7 of the Rangers hits are for extra bases. 5 of the Twinds hits are XBHs.

Pre-game: While the A's aren't eally hated in KC A's owner Charlie Finley is. A month ago the Royals were in the thick of the raqce only 4 games out.In the last month the teams forunes have dramatically divurged. The A's have 19 and 8, while the Royals have gone 13-16. The Royals have dropped into 3rd place, passed by the suddenly surging California Angels, and are now 11 games out. Even if the A's stop playing at such level the Royals will need to start winning consistantly again if they still want to try to catch the A's. This 3 game series would be a good place to start getting back to winning consistantly again.

Starting pitchers: Ken Holtzman (15-7 2.10 25g 19cg 6shut 214.2ip 176h 64r 50er 8hr 44bb 133k) vs Bruce Dal Canton (6-2 3.71 16g 10gs 80ip 89h 39r 33er 6hr 16bb 62k)
Due to Vida Blue being on the DL Holtzman is pitching on short rest tonight.

Starting Line-ups:

Oakland A's

19 Bert Campaneris SS .229-8-34
26 Joe Rudi LF .308-11-51
9 Reggie Jackson RF .237-19-68
6 Sal Bando 3B .255-14-71
24 Bill Voss CF .275-2-12
20 Mike Hegan 1B .351-1-10
38 Gene Tenace C .186-9-27
1 Dick green 2B .294-0-13
30 Ken Holtzman P .199-0-3

Kansas City Royals

30 Steve Hovley CF .302-3-13
37 Fred Patek SS .241-0-18
9 Lou Pinella LF .286-9-66
7 John Mayberry 1B .332-8-48
5 Richie Scheinblum RF .317-8-48
8 Ed Kirkpatrick C .261-7-28
1 Cookie Rojas 2B .238-4-35
10 Paul Schaal 3B .202-4-30
43 Bruce Dal Canton P .231-0-2

It is a pleasant night in the 70s with no wind

1st inning

OAK
Campaneris flies to CF
Rudi singles to right
Jackson fouls to C
Bando grounds to P
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KC
Hovley singles to center
Patek singles to center-Hovley to second
Piniella pops to 1B-infield fly
Mayberry walks-bases loaded
Scheinblum doubles to left center clearing the bases!! OAK 0 KC 3
Kirkpatrick grounds to 2B-Scheinblum to third
Rojas flies to CF
3r 3h 0e 1l

OAK 0 -0 1 0
KAN 3 -3 3 0

2nd inning

OAK
Voss singles to center
Hegan singles to right-Voss to second
Tenace homers to left-this ties the game!! OAK 3 KC 3
Green lines to 3B
Holtzman grounds to SS
Campaneris flies to LF
3r 3h 0e 0l

KC
Schaal flies to LF
Dal Canton grounds out 3-1
Hovely Ks
3up 3down

OAK 03 -3 4 0
KAN 30 -3 3 0

3rd inning

OAK
Rudi singles to left
Jackson flies to deep RF
Bando singles through Mayberry-Rudi to third
Voss singles to center-Rudi scores-Bando to second OAK 4 KC 3
Hegan singles to center-bases loaded
Tenace singles to short left-Bando scores-bases still loaded OAK 5 KC 3
Green flies to CF-runners hold
Holtzman singles to center-Voss and Hegan score-Tenace takes third and Holtzman takes second on the throw home OAK 7 KC 3
Campaneris doubles to the center field wall-Tenace and Holtzman score OAK 9 KC 3
Rudi singles to center-Campaneris scores OAK 10 KC 3
For KC-number 32 Mike Hedlund (3-6 4.93 96.2ip 99h 31bb 59k 11hr) now pitching
Jackson singles to center-Rudi to third
Bando Kc
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KC

Patek triples to center
Piniella pops to 1B
Mayberry singles to center-Patek scores OAK 10 KC 4
Sceinblum GIDP 6-4-3
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OAK 037 -10 13 0
KAN 301 -4 5 0

4th inning

OAK
Voss fouls out to 1B
Hegan walks
Tenace singles to center-Hegan to second
Green walks-bases loaded
Holtzman walks-Hegan scores-bases still loaded OAK 11 KC 4
Campaneris grounds into FC 6-4-Tenace scores-Campaneris to first OAK 12 KC 4
Rudi pops to 1B
2r 1h 0e 2l

KC
Kirkpatrick grounds to 1B
Rojas grounds to 3B
Schaal grounds to 2B
3up 3down

OAK 037 2 -12 14 0
KAN 301 0 -4 5 0

5th inning

OAK
Jackson singles to center
Bando grounds out to 3B-Jackson takes second
Voss flies to CF
Hegan walks
Tenace singles to left-Jackson scores-Hegan to second OAK 13 KC 4
Green grounds to 3B
1r 2h 0e 2l

KC
Number 15 Bobby Floyd (.207-0-6) batting for Hedlund
Floyd lines to SS
Hovely singles to center
Patek flies to CF
Piniella singles to center-Hovley to third
Mayberry Kc
0r 2h 0e 2l

OAK 037 21 -13 16 0
KAN 301 00 -4 7 0

6th inning

OAK
For KC-number 23 Al Fitzmorris (2-2 4.02 31.1ip 41h 7bb 25k 3hr) now pitching
Holtzman walks
Campaneris singles to third-Holtzman to second
Rudi walks-bases loaded
Jackson singles to right-Holtzman and Campaneris score-Rudi to third OAK 15 KC 3
Bando grounds to SS-Rudi scores-Jackson to second OAK 16 KC 4
Voss grounds to 2B-Jackson to third
Hegan lines to P
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KC
Scheinblum flies to CF
Kirkpatrick flies to CF
Rojas grounds to SS
3up 3 down

OAK 037 213 -16 18 0
KAN 301 000 -4 7 0

7th inning

OAK
Tenace singles to center (he is 5 for 5 today)
Green triples to center-Tenace scores OAK 17 KC 4
Holtzman pops to 3B
Campaneris grounds to SS
Rudi grounds to 3B
1r 2h 0e 1l

KC
For OAK-number 17 Gary Waslewski (0-0 1.59 5.2ip 2h 2bb 3k) now pitching
Number 25 George Hendrick now playing LF
Number 2 Angel Mangual now playing RF
Number 11 Ted Kubiak now playing 3B
Schaal flies to CF
Number 18 Gail Hopkins (.242-0-0) batting for Fitzmorris
Hopkins Ks
Hovely pops to 1B
3up 3 down

OAK 037 213 1 -17 20 0
KAN 301 000 0 -4 7 0

8th inning

OAK
For KC-number 28 Ken Wright (0-0 6.75 1.1ip 2h 1bb 1k) now pitching-batting 8th
Hopkins remains in the game playing 1B
Number 19 Bobby Knoop now playing 3B-batting 4th
Mangual (.255-0-12) singles to center
Kubiak (.364-0-1 since coming to OAK) flies to CF
Voss walks-Mangual to second
Hegan Ks
Tenace is looking for his 6th hit tonight!
Tenace singles to center!! Mangual scores-Voss to third-Tenace is 6 for 6 tonight!!! OAK 18 KC 4
Green singles to right-Voss scores-Tenace to second
Passed ball-runners advance
Waslewski (0 for 1) grounds to 3B
2r 3h 0e 2l

KC
Patek pops to 3B
Piniella grounds to SS
Knoop (.223-0-9) singles to left
Scheinblum grounds to 1B
0r 1h 0e 1l

OAK 037 213 12 -19 23 0
KAN 301 000 00 -4 8 0

9th inning

OAK
Campaneris grounds to SS
Hendrick (.205-7-23) homers to right center OAK 20 KC 4
Mangual fouls to C
Kubiak flies to LF
1r 1h 0e 0l

KC
For OAK-number 16 Tim Cullen now playing SS
Kirkpatrick Ks
Rojas flies to CF
Number 16 Joe Keough (.583-0-1) batting for Wright
Keough grounds out 3-1
3up 3down

Final Score:

OAK 037 213 121-20 24 0
KAN 301 000 000-4 8 0
W-Holtzman (16-7)
L-Dal Canton (6-3)

A game that gets out of hand very quickly for the Royals. This is about as big a blowout as we've seen this season. Seven A's starters get at least 2 hits and every starter had at least 1 hit. Gene Tenace gooes 6 for 6 with 6 RBI. Every Royals pitcher gives up at least 3 runs. The A's havce a hit in every inning and score in 8 of the 9 innings. The A's score 9 two out runs. The A's have 27 base runners.

Other Night games:

CLE 100 010 013-6 7 0
BOS 100 000 001-2 7 0
W-Siebert (9-7)
L-Lamb (3-5)
HRs by Tom McCraw and John Lowenstein power the Indians past the Red Sox. 4 of the Indians hits are for extra bases. Jack Brohamer drives in 2 runs with a 9th inning double. Ray Lamb pitches a great game in a spot start. Doug Griffin has 2 hits for Boston.

BAL 112 000 100-5 13 2
MIL 200 000 010-3 10 0
W-Dobson (16-6)
L-Ryerson (1-3)
The Orioles have trouble putting the Brewers away in a game highlighted by plenty of offense. Brooks Robinson and Johnny Briggs each have 3 hits. Every member of the Orioles, except Pat Dobson, have at least 1 hit-with Don Buford, Andy Etchebarren and Mark Beanger each having 2 hits. Mark Belanger has 2 errors tonight. Rick Auerbach and George Scott each have 2 hits for the Brewers.

NYM 000 060 000-6 9 0
STL 010 000 100-2 10 2
W-Matlack (12-10)
L-Gibson (15-10)
A WP and PB lead to 3 unearned runs as Gibson blows up in the 5th giving up 6 runs as the Mets get 6 consecutive hits startingwith a HR by John Milner. Jon Matlack scatters 10 hits for a CG win. With the Pirates idle tonight the Cardinals fail to gain any ground in the NL East race.

ATL 010 000 200-3 7 3
CIN 110 002 15x-10 11 0
W-Gullett (12-6)
L-McQueen (6-2)
The Braves take the loss in Ed Mathews's managerial debut (although the Braves won 3 games of this 5 game series). Pinch-hitter Mike Lum triples home 2 runs to bring the the Braves within 1 run of the Reds in the 7th. Denis Menke HRs in the bottom of the 7th for the Reds. The Reds put the game out of reach when an ineffective Cecil Upshaw is rushed in after an injury to Jim Hardin in the 8th.

[EdTarbusz]

Standings after games of August 7, 1972


A League

East Div W L Pct GB
Baltimore 69 38 0.645 -
New York (A) 60 46 0.566 8.5
Detroit 55 50 0.524 13.0
Boston 53 51 0.510 14.5
Cleveland 46 64 0.418 24.5
Milwaukee 44 63 0.411 25.0

West Div W L Pct GB
Oakland 69 39 0.639 -
California 58 51 0.532 11.5
Kansas City 55 53 0.509 14.0
Minnesota 53 54 0.495 15.5
Chicago (A) 46 61 0.430 22.5
Texas 37 75 0.330 34.0


N League

East Div W L Pct GB
Pittsburgh 60 48 0.556 -
St Louis 57 50 0.533 2.5
Chicago (N) 53 53 0.500 6.0
New York (N) 49 57 0.462 10.0
Philadelphia 48 58 0.453 11.0
Montreal 35 71 0.330 24.0

West Div W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 67 41 0.620 -
Cincinnati 60 47 0.561 6.5
Houston 60 52 0.536 9.0
Atlanta 56 56 0.500 13.0
San Francisco 55 56 0.495 13.5
San Diego 49 60 0.450 18.5

[EdTarbusz]

August 8, 1972 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

In 10.2 innings Steve Carlton strikes out 20. 17 of the Ks came in the first nine innings. Willie Stargell tied the game in the bottom of the 9th with a solo HR and the Pirates won the game in the 11th 4-3. Roberto Clemente gets a hit and now needs 14 hits to reach 3000.

[EdTarbusz]

At the end of May I started playing Action PC which I have found that I enjoy more than Dynasty League in just about every way. I recently purchased the 1972 season (Action Pc has periodic sales where you can buy 5 seasons for the price of 1 Dynasty League season) and here is how the 1972 season finished:

Standings

NL
West W L Pct GB L10 Stk Runs Opp Home Road Div vsL vsR 1Run EI
Cincinnati 99 55 .643 - 6-4 L1 776 562 48-28 51-27 59-23 27-16 72-39 29-17 9-7
Los Angeles 88 67 .568 11.5 8-2 W3 620 543 46-29 42-38 50-33 32-22 56-45 32-25 9-8
Houston 78 75 .510 20.5 5-5 W1 679 618 39-38 39-37 41-40 23-17 55-58 21-23 11-5
San Francisco 74 81 .477 25.5 7-3 W3 644 671 39-38 35-43 41-42 22-22 52-59 21-26 4-11
Atlanta 68 86 .442 31.0 6-4 L3 707 788 37-40 31-46 35-47 21-33 47-53 23-19 9-6
San Diego 48 105 .314 50.5 1-9 L3 447 762 26-54 22-51 20-61 10-23 38-82 18-19 8-12

East W L Pct GB L10 Stk Runs Opp Home Road Div vsL vsR 1Run EI
Pittsburgh 98 57 .632 - 6-4 L1 739 567 51-27 47-30 52-31 30-15 68-42 24-18 9-7
Chicago (N) 97 59 .622 1.5 8-2 W1 686 522 52-25 45-34 55-28 23-20 74-39 25-23 8-7
St. Louis 79 77 .506 19.5 2-8 W1 632 616 37-40 42-37 37-47 28-19 51-58 24-29 7-11
Montreal 68 87 .439 30.0 5-5 L3 528 629 33-45 35-42 33-51 23-21 45-66 32-30 11-11
New York (N) 66 90 .423 32.5 4-6 W3 507 641 38-40 28-50 36-48 18-24 48-66 27-30 11-8
Philadelphia 66 90 .423 32.5 4-6 L1 587 633 32-47 34-43 38-46 17-23 49-67 14-31 3-6

AL
West W L Pct GB L10 Stk Runs Opp Home Road Div vsL vsR 1Run EI
Oakland 95 60 .613 - 6-4 W1 641 448 45-32 50-28 49-34 35-14 60-46 27-29 12-9
Kansas City 85 69 .552 9.5 4-6 L1 614 519 47-30 38-39 46-36 25-27 60-42 23-28 15-11
Chicago (A) 82 72 .532 12.5 5-5 W1 598 661 44-34 38-38 39-43 25-21 57-51 29-20 15-8
Minnesota 80 74 .519 14.5 6-4 L1 597 544 36-38 44-36 48-34 23-24 57-50 22-25 11-9
California 74 81 .477 21.0 5-5 L1 489 507 40-40 34-41 38-45 21-26 53-55 28-27 11-10
Texas 48 106 .312 46.5 3-7 W1 411 685 26-51 22-55 27-55 17-30 31-76 20-24 4-11

East W L Pct GB L10 Stk Runs Opp Home Road Div vsL vsR 1Run EI
New York (A) 91 64 .587 - 6-4 W4 679 548 44-33 47-31 52-31 26-28 65-36 29-21 4-7
Baltimore 90 64 .584 0.5 6-4 W1 507 428 46-31 44-33 47-35 26-19 64-45 34-24 16-8
Detroit 75 81 .481 16.5 5-5 L2 518 519 37-41 38-40 39-45 25-15 50-66 29-32 12-13
Cleveland 75 81 .481 16.5 5-5 L1 498 518 36-41 39-40 42-42 25-39 50-42 24-32 4-14
Boston 73 82 .471 18.0 6-4 W2 569 635 36-42 37-40 40-43 23-30 50-52 21-19 9-6
Milwaukee 61 95 .391 30.5 1-9 L6 510 619 31-48 30-47 30-54 16-32 45-63 23-28 5-12

[Second Base Coach]

How the heck do you nerdos play fantasy baseball based on a season from 37 years ago?! And you all know girls exist out there in the real world, don't you? Please tell me you're at least making some money playing this, a la fantasy football.

We do this as part of our diet. It's hard to run a sim and eat a doughnut at the same time.

[EdTarbusz]

We do this as part of our diet. It's hard to run a sim and eat a doughnut at the same time.

I laughed when I read the original comment. As far as I can tell my wife is a girl.