St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
May 13, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Cincinnati Reds 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
Sizemore 2b 2 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 2 0 0 0
Cruz cf 4 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 1
  McNertney c 0 0 0 0
Hague 1b 4 0 1 0
Melendez rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Crosby ss 3 0 1 0
Clemons p 1 1 0 0
  Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Fiore ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 1 0
  Uhlaender lf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 3 2 0
Tolan cf 3 3 2 2
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 1 2 3
  Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 1 0
  Plummer c 0 0 0 0
Foster rf 3 1 1 2
Javier 3b 4 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
  Chaney ph,ss 1 1 1 0
Simpson p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 11 11 8
St. Louis 001 000 100250
Cincinnati 305 000 21x11111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Clemons  L (0-1) 2.0 4 6 6 3 1
  Cloninger   5.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Higgins   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
11
11
6
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson  W (1-0) 6.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Borbon  SV (2) 3.0 2 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6

  E–Perez (3).  DP–St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Simmons (5,off Borbon), Cincinnati Tolan (9,off Cloninger).  HR–Cincinnati Perez (4,3rd inning off Clemons 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Tolan (1,by Clemons).  SB–Brock 2 (12,2nd base off Simpson/Bench 2).  WP–Clemons (1), Higgins 2 (2), Simpson (1), Borbon (1).  HBP–Clemons (1,Tolan).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:23.  A–10,471.
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