Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
May 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1972 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, San Francisco Giants 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 3 2 0
Bench c 4 2 2 0
McRae cf 3 0 2 4
  Geronimo cf 1 1 1 1
Menke 1b 1 0 0 0
  Plummer 1b 2 0 0 1
Foster rf 5 0 0 0
Javier 3b 2 0 1 1
  Chaney ss 1 1 1 0
Concepcion ss,3b 4 0 2 1
Simpson p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Speier ss 3 1 1 0
  Arnold ss 2 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 1 2 0
Bonds rf 4 2 1 3
Kingman 1b 3 1 0 0
Hart 3b 1 0 0 0
  Gallagher pr,3b 1 0 0 1
Rader c 3 0 1 0
Maddox cf 3 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Howarth ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
Cincinnati 300 000 2128124
San Francisco 000 004 010572
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson   5.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Borbon  W (1-1) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Sprague   0.2 0 1 0 1 0
  Carroll  SV (6) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
3
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (5-1) 6.1 8 5 5 2 5
  Barr   1.2 3 1 1 0 2
  McMahon   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
3
7

  E–Morgan (3), Bench (1), McRae (1), Concepcion (4), Bonds (2), McDowell (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Rader (1).  2B–Cincinnati McRae (1,off Barr), San Francisco Fuentes (8,off Simpson); Speier (9,off Simpson).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (1,off Barr); Geronimo (1,off McMahon).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (4,6th inning off Simpson 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Javier (1,off McDowell); Plummer (1,off McMahon); Gallagher (1,off Sprague).  HBP–Menke (1,by McDowell); Hart (1,by Simpson).  SB–Chaney (1,2nd base off Barr/Rader); Kingman (8,2nd base off Borbon/Bench).  CS–Bench (1,3rd base by McDowell/Rader).  HBP–Simpson (1,Hart); McDowell (3,Menke).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:51.  A–2,847.
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