Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
April 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1972 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 10

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 2 3 0
Tolan cf 4 1 2 1
Bench c 5 1 2 3
Perez 1b 3 1 0 0
Uhlaender rf 5 1 2 0
Menke 3b 4 2 3 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 2
Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 2 2 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 2 1 0
Santo 3b 3 1 1 0
Hickman 1b 5 2 2 6
Monday cf 5 1 1 1
Cardenal rf 2 1 2 1
Hundley c 3 0 1 0
Jenkins p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 12 9
Cincinnati 100 302 0118132
Chicago 304 100 11x10120
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (0-3) 2.1 6 6 6 2 2
  Sprague   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Merritt   4.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Borbon   1.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
9
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (1-2) 9.0 13 8 7 2 7
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
2
7

  E–Rose (1), Concepcion (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Hundley (1).  2B–Cincinnati Menke (1,off Jenkins); Concepcion (1,off Jenkins), Chicago Kessinger (3,off Merritt); Cardenal (3,off Merritt).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (2,4th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 0 out); Menke (2,6th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Hickman 2 (2,1st inning off Billingham 2 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Billingham 2 on, 1 out); Monday (1,3rd inning off Sprague 0 on, 1 out); Cardenal (2,7th inning off Merritt 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Tolan (2,off Jenkins).  SH–Santo (1,off Billingham).  IBB–Hundley (3,by Merritt); Santo (1,by Borbon).  SB–Morgan (7,2nd base off Jenkins/Hundley).  IBB–Merritt (1,Hundley); Borbon (2,Santo).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:20.  A–12,185.
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