Pirates @ Cardinals
May 24, 1972

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Pirates 4 15 1
Cardinals 4 10 0
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Pirates 4 15 1
Cardinals 4 10 0

Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .207
OBP .250 .270
At Bats 4 58
Hits 1 12
• Singles 1 7
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 1 3

Bob Miller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 2
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Busch Stadium - May 24, 1972
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Bob Miller
Manny Sanguillen
Willie Stargell
Dave Cash
Richie Hebner
Gene Alley
Gene Clines
Al Oliver
Roberto Clemente
Luis Melendez
Bernie Carbo
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Melendez bunts towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Bob Miller now pitching. Carbo takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Clines hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Steve Blass pinch runs for Bill Mazeroski. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to home to get Sanguillen. Alley moves to third. Blass moves to second.
Top 12 Bill Mazeroski pinch hits for Ramon Hernandez. Mazeroski takes first base on ball four. Sanguillen moves to third. Alley moves to second.
Top 12 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to third for the out. Sanguillen moves to second.
Top 12 Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hebner moves to second.
Top 12 Hebner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Torre is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 11 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 11 Stargell takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Clines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Brock strikes out.
Bottom 10 Cloninger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Ramon Hernandez now pitching. Maxvill hits a fly ball into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Vic Davalillo pinch runs for Milt May. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Milt May pinch hits for Dave Giusti. May takes first base on ball four. Sanguillen moves to second.
Top 10 Tony Cloninger now pitching. Alley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver moves to third.
Top 10 Hebner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Alou settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 There goes Melendez. The throw from Sanguillen and he is out, Cash applying the tag.
Bottom 9 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley fields it and throws to second for the out. Torre scores.
Bottom 9 Carbo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou scores. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 9 Dave Giusti now pitching. Simmons hits a line drive into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 9 The umpire calls a balk on Moose Alou moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gene Clines now playing left field. Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Charlie Hudson now pitching. Stargell hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moose scores. Cash moves to second.
Top 9 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moose moves to second.
Top 9 Moose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spinks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sanguillen scores.
Top 9 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sanguillen moves to third.
Top 9 Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carbo. Sanguillen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Spinks is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Hebner hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Stargell strikes out.
Top 8 Clemente strikes out. Simmons drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Clemente out.
Bottom 7 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Carbo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a popup towards short. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Moose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Alley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Hebner takes first base on ball four. Stargell moves to second.
Top 6 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stargell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Clemente hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Stennett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carbo. Stennett reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dal Maxvill now playing shortstop. Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Spinks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crosby for the out. Melendez scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Moose fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Moose. Melendez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Melendez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moose is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sanguillen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Crosby fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Oliver strikes out.
Top 4 Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente moves to second.
Top 4 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Stennett trying to get to second. Carbo throws the ball in to Crosby who tags Stennett for the out.
Top 4 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a fly ball into left field. Stennett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moose fires to first and picks off Brock.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Spinks strikes out.
Top 3 Cash hits a line drive towards first. Alou reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Alley attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Top 3 Moose bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 3 Alley takes first base on ball four. Sanguillen moves to second.
Top 3 Sanguillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Crosby hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Carbo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hebner strikes out.
Top 2 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cash hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out.