Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1972 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 6 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0
Bench c 4 1 2 2
Menke 1b 6 0 1 0
Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0
  Foster ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Javier 3b 6 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  McGlothlin p 0 0 0 0
  Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 2 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 6 1 4 0
Oliver cf 6 0 1 2
Clemente rf 5 1 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 6 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 5 1 2 0
Hebner 3b 6 1 3 3
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 1 0
  Hernandez R. p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 1 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez J. pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 13 5
Cincinnati 100 100 000 000 0290
Pittsburgh 002 000 000 000 35131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   3.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Borbon   4.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Carroll   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  McGlothlin  L (0-2) 1.1 0 1 1 1 1
  Gibbon   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
12.2
13
5
5
4
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   8.0 6 2 2 3 7
  Giusti   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Miller  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
9
2
2
4
9

  E–J Hernandez (3).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (2,off Johnson); Geronimo (2,off Johnson); Morgan (2,off Johnson), Pittsburgh Stennett (1,off Merritt).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (1,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Hebner (2,13th inning off Gibbon 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Morgan (1,off Johnson).  IBB–Tolan (2,by Johnson); Sanguillen (2,by Gibbon).  CS–Tolan (1,2nd base by Johnson/Sanguillen).  WP–Gibbon (1).  IBB–Gibbon (1,Sanguillen); Johnson (1,Tolan).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:36.  A–6,509.
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