Oakland Athletics vs Cincinnati Reds
October 21, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 21, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. 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

Oakland Athletics 1, Cincinnati Reds 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 1 2 0
Mangual cf 4 0 2 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 2 0 1 1
  Marquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Horlen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 3 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1
Tolan cf 4 2 2 2
Bench c 2 2 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 1 1
McRae rf 3 1 1 0
  Geronimo rf 1 0 1 2
Menke 3b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 2 1
Nolan p 1 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Oakland 000 010 000171
Cincinnati 000 111 50x8100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-1) 5.2 4 3 3 2 4
  Locker   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton   0.2 3 4 4 1 1
  Horlen   1.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
5
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan   4.2 3 1 1 0 3
  Grimsley  W (2-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Borbon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hall  SV (1) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
4

  E–Mangual (1).  2B–Oakland Green (2,off Nolan), Cincinnati Morgan (1,off Blue); McRae (1,off Blue).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (1,off Horlen).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (1,4th inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Concepcion (1,off Blue).  IBB–Bench 2 (2,by Blue,by Horlen); Rose (1,by Hamilton).  SB–Tolan 2 (5,2nd base off Locker/Tenace,2nd base off Horlen/Tenace); Concepcion (1,2nd base off Hamilton/Tenace).  CS–Rose (1,2nd base by Blue/Tenace).  WP–Horlen (1).  IBB–Blue (1,Bench); Hamilton (1,Rose); Horlen (1,Bench).  U–Bill Haller (AL), Chris Pelekoudas (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Mel Steiner (NL), Bob Engel (NL), Frank Umont (AL).  T–2:21.  A–52,737.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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