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August 25, 1972

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Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .247
OBP .500 .305
At Bats 4 251
Hits 2 62
• Singles 2 46
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 23

Gary Ross Season Stats

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3 2 2
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Busch Stadium - August 25, 1972
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Gary Ross
Pat Corrales
Nate Colbert
Dave Roberts
Curt Blefary
Derrel Thomas
Leron Lee
Johnny Jeter
Cito Gaston
Luis Melendez
Ed Crosby
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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Bottom 8 Crosby bunts towards third. Blefary fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Gary Ross now pitching. Brock takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Corrales scores. Blefary moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Fred Kendall pinch hits for Al Severinsen. Kendall hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Blefary is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Bare spins and fires to second and Crosby drops the ball. That's an error on Crosby. Corrales moves to third.
Top 8 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas scores. Corrales moves to second.
Top 8 Corrales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.
Top 8 Ray Bare now pitching. Matty Alou now playing first base. Joe Torre now playing third base. Dwain Anderson now playing shortstop. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Jose Cruz pinch hits for John Cumberland. Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Matty Alou pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Curt Blefary now playing third base. Cito Gaston now playing right field. Johnny Jeter now playing center field. Dave Roberts now playing second bTorre takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There go the runners. The throw from Simmons to Crosby covering second. The throw back to home, and Lee is out at the plate.
Top 7 John Cumberland now pitching. Johnny Jeter pinch hits for Larry Stahl. Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. Lee moves to third.
Top 7 Colbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Lee moves to second.
Top 7 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Blefary scores. Roberts moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Roberts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Gaston scores. Blefary moves to third.
Top 7 Jerry Morales pinch hits for Enzo Hernandez. Morales strikes out.
Top 7 Diego Segui now pitching. Curt Blefary pinch hits for Mike Corkins. Blefary hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Corrales scores. Gaston moves to third.
Top 7 Cito Gaston pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Gaston takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to third. Corrales moves to second.
Top 7 Corrales takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 7 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Corkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Santorini takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Anderson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Ed Crosby now playing second base. Lee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Carbo is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Crosby scores. Melendez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ed Crosby pinch runs for Ted Sizemore. Melendez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crosby moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a fly ball towards center. Thomas settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Thomas. Sizemore moves to second.
Top 5 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Hernandez. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Hernandez steals second.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Santorini juggles the ball. That's an error on Santorini.
Top 5 Corkins is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Stanley strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Corkins covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Santorini strikes out.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Corrales hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stahl strikes out.
Bottom 3 Carbo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lee takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Santorini fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Corkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Maxvill moves to third. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Mike Corkins now pitching. Santorini bunts towards the mound. Corkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Carbo hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Norman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stahl scores. Corrales moves to second.
Top 2 Corrales takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stahl moves to third.
Top 2 Stahl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Stahl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Roberts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 There goes Brock. The throw from Corrales and he is safe. Brock steals third.
Bottom 1 Melendez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a line drive towards third. Roberts reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Colbert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to second.
Top 1 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.