The timing is almost perfect, but off by just a few days.
Exactly 50 years and three days ago, I saw this guy throw a five-hit shutout and knock in the games only two runs with a seventh-inning triple (off Tommy John). It was Carlton's ninth win in a stretch where he went 15-0 in 18 starts. That year Carlton had 27 wins for a team that won a total of 59 games in a strike-shortened season.
Steve Carlton 1972 Game by Game Pitching Logs on Baseball Almanac
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The box score of the game played on Sunday, July 23, 1972 at Dodger Stadium between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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We were all staying in La Jolla, so I don't why my grandfather took me up to L.A. for the game instead of my father (who was on the trip with us). Before looking it up on the Internet 6 or 7 years ago, I had always mis-remembered as him throwing a one-hitter and knocking in the game's only run with a triple. Close enough!
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