5/18/1972, ELE72-SPK72, Atlanta Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1972 Elephants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 1
1972 Sparkplugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 7 1
Elephants AB R H BI AVG Sparkplugs AB R H BI AVG
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 .260 Buford lf 4 0 1 0 .267
Cardenal rf 5 0 1 1 .255 Harrah ss 4 0 0 0 .382
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0 .314 Reichardt rf 4 0 0 0 .203
Beauchamp 1b 0 0 0 0 .409 Howard,F 1b 2 0 1 0 .338
May,D lf 4 0 1 0 .314 McAuliffe pr 1 0 0 0 .262
Freehan c 3 0 1 0 .352 Taylor,T 3b 3 0 1 0 .258
Robinson,Br 3b 4 0 1 0 .249 Stanley,M cf 4 0 0 0 .255
Jeter cf 3 0 1 0 .167 Kubiak,T 2b 2 0 1 0 .250
Jackson,S ph 0 0 0 0 .264 Spencer 1b 1 0 0 0 .326
Alley ss 4 1 1 0 .262 Stargell ph 0 0 0 0 .267
Downing p 4 0 1 0 .107 Kaat pr 0 1 0 0 .364
34 1 8 1 Rudolph c 4 1 2 0 .200
Lamb p 1 0 0 0 .000
Santo ph 1 0 0 0 .273
Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000
Grote ph 1 0 0 0 .122
Higgins p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sanders p 0 0 0 0 .000
Cardenas ph 1 1 1 3 .202
33 3 7 3
Elephants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Downing L 4-4 8.2 7 3 3 3 5 109 70 2.45
8.2 7 3 3 3 5 109 70
Sparkplugs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lamb 5.0 5 1 1 2 3 73 42 1.91
Wilhelm 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 28 17 6.43
Higgins 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 21 8 0.00
Sanders W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 1.62
9.0 8 1 1 4 4 131 74
ELE: Jackson,S batted for Jeter in the 8th
Jackson,S moved to cf in the 8th
Beauchamp inserted at 1b in the 9th
SPK: Santo batted for Lamb in the 5th
McAuliffe ran for Howard,F in the 6th
McAuliffe moved to 2b in the 7th
Spencer inserted at 1b in the 7th
Grote batted for Wilhelm in the 7th
Stargell batted for Spencer in the 9th
Kaat ran for Stargell in the 9th
Cardenas batted for Sanders in the 9th
E-Powell. HR-Cardenas(1). RBI-Cardenal(29), Cardenas 3(10). K-Cardenal,
Jeter, Downing 2, Reichardt 3, Stanley,M, Santo. BB-Clarke, Powell, Freehan,
Jackson,S, Howard,F, Taylor,T, Stargell.
GWRBI: Cardenas
Dennis Higgins was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 74, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH,
Rain Delays: 31 and 54 minutes.
5/18/1972, ELE72-SPK72, Atlanta Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1972 Elephants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 1
1972 Sparkplugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 7 1
Elephants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Clarke 2b 1>43 S.1-2 W.1-2 7>8 7
Cardenal rf k 7 S.2-H;1-2 53 9
Powell 1b W 7 note 1 7
Beauchamp 1b
May,D lf 54/f 7 31 8>Higgins
S
Freehan c 2>S 4>7 6>Wilhelm W.1-2
43
Robinson,Br 3b 3 7 S note 2
Jeter cf k 3/g S.1-2
Jackson,S ph IW
Alley ss 43 5>S note 3 7
Downing p 3>S k k 9>Sanders
3/g
1: 54/f.2-3;B-1 2: 543/gdp.2-3 3: 46/f.2-3;B-1
Sparkplugs -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Buford lf 1>63 8 43 8>S
Harrah ss 9 9 6>7 56/b/f.B-1
Reichardt rf k 4>k k 63.1-2
Howard,F 1b 2>4/L S W
McAuliffe pr 43
Taylor,T 3b W note 1 S.1-3 9>53
Stanley,M cf 54/f.B-1 5>k 8 63
Kubiak,T 2b e3.1-2;B-1 S
Spencer 1b 7>7
Stargell ph W
Kaat pr
Rudolph c 64/f S.1-2 8 S.1-2
Lamb p 3>4/L
Santo ph k
Wilhelm p
Grote ph 63
Higgins p
Sanders p
Cardenas ph HR.2-H;1-H
1: 4/ldp.1x1(43)
Elephants IN OUT ER Sparkplugs IN OUT ER
Downing A1 D9 3 L 4-4 Lamb A1 C4 1
Wilhelm C5 D3 0
Higgins D4 D8 0
Sanders D9 E2 0 W 1-0
5/18/1972, ELE72-SPK72, Atlanta Stadium
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1972 Elephants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 1
1972 Sparkplugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 7 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
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************** Top of the 1st inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Clarke grounded out to second (CX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Cardenal struck out (BBBCCS)
0-0 2 --- 30 Powell walked (BBBB)
0-0 2 1-- 11 May,D grounded to third, forcing Powell at second (BSX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Sparkplugs batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Buford grounded out to short (BSBX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Harrah lined out to right (BX)
0-0 2 --- 22 Reichardt struck out (BBCCS)
Started raining
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Freehan grounded a single between third and short (X)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Robinson,Br popped out to first (X)
0-0 1 1-- 12 Jeter struck out (SBFS)
Stopped raining
0-0 2 1-- 12 Alley grounded out to second (CBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Sparkplugs batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Howard,F lined out to second (CX)
0-0 1 --- 30 Taylor,T walked (BBBB)
0-0 1 1-- 02 Stanley,M grounded to third, forcing Taylor,T at second,
Stanley,M to first (C>FX)
0-0 2 1-- 10 Stanley,M to second, Kubiak,T to first on an error by the
first baseman Powell (1BX)
0-0 2 12- 00 Rudolph grounded to short, forcing Kubiak,T at second (X)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Downing lined a single up the middle (FBSX)
0-0 0 1-- 22 Clarke reached on an infield single to first, Downing to
second (BCCBX)
0-0 0 12- 20 Cardenal flied out to left (BBX)
0-0 1 12- 32 Powell popped out to left (BBFBSFX)
Started raining
0-0 2 12- 01 May,D flied out to left (CX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Sparkplugs batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Lamb lined out to second (BBCBX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Buford flied out to center (BX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Harrah flied out to right (X)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Freehan flied out to left (BCBBX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Robinson,Br flied out to left (BX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Jeter grounded out to first (X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Sparkplugs batting
0-0 0 --- 02 Reichardt struck out (CSC)
0-0 1 --- 00 Howard,F lined a single to right center (X)
Stopped raining
0-0 1 1-- 01 Taylor,T lined into a double play, Clarke to Powell,
Howard,F out at first (FX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Alley grounded a single between third and short (BX)
0-0 0 1-- 22 Downing struck out (FbBbSbBbS)
0-0 1 1-- 32 Clarke walked, Alley to second (CBBFBB)
0-0 1 12- 10 Cardenal lined a single up the middle, Alley scored,
Clarke to second (BX)
1-0 1 12- 00 Powell grounded to third, forcing Cardenal at second,
Clarke to third, Powell to first (X)
1-0 2 1-3 10 May,D grounded out to first (BX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Sparkplugs batting
1-0 0 --- 12 Stanley,M struck out (CBCS)
1-0 1 --- 11 Kubiak,T lined a single to left center (CBX)
1-0 1 1-- 12 Rudolph lined a single to shallow center, Kubiak,T to
second (CCBX)
Santo pinch hitting for Lamb
1-0 1 12- 32 Santo struck out (BBFBCFFS)
1-0 2 12- 10 Buford grounded out to second (BX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Elephants batting
Wilhelm now pitching
1-0 0 --- 21 Freehan grounded out to second (BBCX)
1-0 1 --- 10 Robinson,Br lined a single to left (BX)
1-0 1 1-- 12 Jeter grounded a single between first and second,
Robinson,Br to second (CCBX)
1-0 1 12- 22 Alley grounded to second, forcing Jeter at second,
Robinson,Br to third, Alley to first (CBBFX)
1-0 2 1-3 22 Downing struck out (CBBFS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Sparkplugs batting
1-0 0 --- 31 Harrah flied out to left (FBBBX)
1-0 1 --- 32 Reichardt struck out (BBCFBC)
1-0 2 --- 30 Howard,F walked (BBBB)
McAuliffe pinch running for Howard,F
1-0 2 1-- 01 Taylor,T singled to shallow center, McAuliffe to third
(CX)
1-0 2 1-3 00 Stanley,M lined out to center (X)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Elephants batting
McAuliffe moved to second base
Spencer now playing first base
1-0 0 --- 11 Clarke flied out to center (CBX)
1-0 1 --- 00 Cardenal grounded out to third (X)
1-0 2 --- 21 Powell flied out to left (BBFX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Sparkplugs batting
1-0 0 --- 02 Spencer flied out to left (CFX)
1-0 1 --- 11 Rudolph flied out to center (CBX)
Game delayed by rain for 31 minutes
Grote pinch hitting for Wilhelm
1-0 2 --- 21 Grote grounded out to short (BBSX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Elephants batting
Higgins now pitching
1-0 0 --- 20 May,D lined a single down the right field line (BBX)
1-0 0 1-- 31 Freehan walked, May,D to second (BBBCB)
1-0 0 12- 22 Robinson,Br grounded into a double play, Taylor,T to
McAuliffe to Spencer, May,D to third (BBSSX)
Started raining
Jackson,S pinch hitting for Jeter
1-0 2 --3 30 Jackson,S was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-0 2 1-3 12 Alley flied out to left (BFCX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Sparkplugs batting
Jackson,S moved to center field
1-0 0 --- 01 Buford lined a single up the middle (CX)
1-0 0 1-- 00 Harrah bunted into an out to third, forcing Buford at
second, Harrah to first (Xb)
1-0 1 1-- 00 Reichardt grounded out to short, Harrah to second (>X)
Game delayed by rain for 54 minutes
Higgins left the game after a rain delay
1-0 2 -2- 01 McAuliffe grounded out to second (CX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Elephants batting
Sanders now pitching
1-0 0 --- 12 Downing grounded out to first (FBSX)
1-0 1 --- 11 Clarke flied out to left (BSX)
1-0 2 --- 01 Cardenal flied out to right (CX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Sparkplugs batting
Beauchamp now playing first base
1-0 0 --- 12 Taylor,T grounded out to third (BFFX)
1-0 1 --- 02 Stanley,M grounded out to short (CCFFX)
Stargell pinch hitting for Spencer
1-0 2 --- 30 Stargell walked (BBBB)
Kaat pinch running for Stargell
1-0 2 1-- 01 Rudolph reached on an infield single to short, Kaat to
second (CX)
Cardenas pinch hitting for Sanders
1-0 2 12- 01 Cardenas homered to left, Kaat scored, Rudolph scored (FX)