Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 3, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Tolan cf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 3 1
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
  Chaney pr 0 0 0 0
Uhlaender rf 4 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 2 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
  Cruz rf 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 1 1 0
Hague 1b 2 0 0 0
Melendez cf 3 0 0 0
Crosby ss 3 0 2 2
Cleveland p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 100 000160
St. Louis 000 200 00x260
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (0-4) 6.0 6 2 2 3 1
  Sprague   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
4
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  W (2-0) 9.0 6 1 1 3 9
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
9

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Menke (3,off Cleveland); Bench (3,off Cleveland).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (3,4th inning off Cleveland 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Brock (1,by Billingham).  CS–Morgan (1,2nd base by Cleveland/Simmons).  IBB–Billingham (1,Brock).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–1:51.  A–6,935.
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