Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:58

Written by Donn Frizzi

21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES ROMP CARDS 11-0
CLEMENTE 2-4, 2 RBI
Wednesday, May 17th, 1972

PITTSBURGH - The Pirates offense bombarded Cardinal pitching en route to an 11-0 shutout behind the pitching of Steve Blass.

Roberto Clemente was 2-4 with 2 RBI's and is now just 86 hits away from 3,000.

Up 6-0, Clemente led off the 5th with a double and scored on Willie Stargell's double. Stargell has 20 RBI's.

In the 6th inning, with the Pirates up 9-0, Clemente's single drove in Dave Cash and Vic Davalillo. Clemente now has 13 RBI's and a .317 batting average.

Both Davalillo and Manny Sanguillen hit their 2nd HR of the season. 
Blass (4-1) pitched a complete game and got the win. Cards starter Reggie Cleveland (3-2) pitched 3.1 innings and took the loss.  
The Pirates are off Thursday. They host a 4 game weekend series against the Expos. Friday's matchup is Bill Stoneman (3-3) vs Bob Moose (1-2).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.