Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
April 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Atlanta Braves 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 6 0 0 0
  McGlothlin p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 2 0
Bench c 2 1 0 0
Menke 1b 3 0 0 1
Uhlaender rf,lf 4 1 0 0
Javier 3b 5 0 3 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Billingham p 3 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 0 0 0 1
  Geronimo rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 7 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 6 0 2 1
Garr rf 4 0 1 0
Aaron 1b 5 1 2 1
Carty lf 2 0 2 0
  Brown pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Williams c 5 0 0 0
Evans 3b 5 1 2 1
Lum cf 5 1 1 0
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
  Breazeale ph 1 0 1 1
  Garrido pr 0 1 0 0
Kelley p 4 0 1 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 12 4
Cincinnati 000 001 000 02370
Atlanta 000 000 010 034120
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   8.0 8 1 1 2 6
  Hall   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  McGlothlin  L (0-1) 0.2 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
10.2
12
4
4
4
9
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley   10.1 6 3 3 7 3
  Schueler  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
7
3
3
7
3

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Cincinnati Javier (2,off Kelley); Morgan (1,off Kelley); Tolan (3,off Kelley), Atlanta Breazeale (1,off McGlothlin).  HR–Atlanta Aaron (2,8th inning off Billingham 0 on, 1 out); Evans (3,11th inning off McGlothlin 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Menke (1,off Kelley).  SF–McRae (1,off Schueler).  IBB–Tolan (1,by Kelley); Concepcion (1,by Kelley); Uhlaender (1,by Kelley).  SB–Tolan (5,2nd base off Kelley/Williams); Javier (1,2nd base off Kelley/Williams).  CS–Garr (1,2nd base by Hall/Bench).  IBB–Kelley 3 (3,Tolan,Concepcion,Uhlaender).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–(none), 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–3:09.  A–13,377.
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