Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics
October 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 20, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 3 2
Morgan 2b 3 2 0 0
Tolan cf 4 0 2 2
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Menke 3b 3 1 1 1
Geronimo rf 4 1 1 0
Chaney ss 1 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
McGlothlin p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Concepcion ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 2 1 0 0
  Hegan 1b 1 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 0
Hendrick cf 2 1 1 0
  Mincher ph 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 1 1 3
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
Green 2b 1 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 1 1
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 2 0 1 0
Hunter p 2 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Cincinnati 100 110 011580
Oakland 030 100 000472
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin   3.0 2 4 4 2 3
  Borbon   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hall   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Carroll   1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Grimsley  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Billingham  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   4.2 5 3 3 2 2
  Fingers  L (1-1) 3.2 3 2 2 1 4
  Hamilton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
6

  E–Alou (1), Bando (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Cincinnati Perez (1,off Hunter).  HR–Cincinnati Rose (1,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Menke (1,4th inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Tenace (4,2nd inning off McGlothlin 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Menke (2,off Hunter); Grimsley (1,off Fingers); Hendrick (1,off Borbon); Fingers (1,off Carroll).  IBB–Chaney (2,by Hunter); Tenace (1,by Borbon).  HBP–Rudi (1,by McGlothlin).  SB–Tolan 2 (3,2nd base off Fingers/Tenace,3rd base off Fingers/Tenace); Morgan (2,2nd base off Fingers/Tenace).  WP–Fingers (1).  HBP–McGlothlin (1,Rudi).  IBB–Borbon (1,Tenace); Hunter (2,Chaney).  U–Bob Engel (NL), Bill Haller (AL), Chris Pelekoudas (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Frank Umont (AL), Mel Steiner (NL).  T–2:26.  A–49,410.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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