Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
May 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 1 0
Oliver cf 5 0 1 0
Clemente rf 5 1 2 0
Stargell lf 4 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 0
  Pagan ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 3
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Tolan cf 4 1 1 0
Bench c 4 1 1 1
Perez 1b 5 0 2 1
Carbo rf 2 1 1 0
  Geronimo rf 1 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 0 1 2
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0
Nolan p 3 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Javier ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 400 0491
Cincinnati 000 201 100 1590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.1 7 4 3 1 3
  Hernandez   2.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Giusti  L (0-3) 0.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.1
9
5
4
3
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan   7.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Hall   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Carroll  W (3-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
1
4

  E–Alley (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Sanguillen (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (2,off Nolan); Clemente (4,off Nolan); Stargell (4,off Nolan), Cincinnati Menke (4,off Johnson).  HR–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (1,7th inning off Nolan 2 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Bench (4,6th inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Tolan (1,off Giusti).  HBP–Concepcion (1,by R Hernandez).  IBB–Carbo (1,by Johnson); Bench (2,by Giusti).  SB–Tolan (10,2nd base off Johnson/Sanguillen).  HBP–R Hernandez (1,Concepcion).  IBB–Johnson (3,Carbo); Giusti (4,Bench).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:35.  A–24,722.
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