Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1972 at Astrodome. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 10, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 1 1
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 1
Tolan cf 5 1 2 1
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 2 1
Perez 1b 4 2 3 2
Foster rf 5 0 0 0
Menke 3b 5 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 2 1 0
McGlothlin p 1 0 0 0
  Javier ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 1 1 4
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 11 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 2 2 1
Wynn rf 4 0 1 0
  Alou rf 1 0 0 0
May 1b 2 0 1 0
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 2 2
Howard c 4 0 1 0
Fenwick 2b 3 0 0 0
Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cincinnati 000 024 10310110
Houston 111 000 000372
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin   4.0 4 3 3 4 4
  Sprague  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Borbon  SV (3) 4.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (3-4) 5.2 7 6 5 3 8
  Griffin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Ray   2.1 3 3 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
5
11

  E–Metzger (9), Reuss (3).  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion (4,off Reuss); Rose (8,off Reuss); Tolan (10,off Ray), Houston Wynn (9,off Borbon).  HR–Cincinnati McRae (1,6th inning off Reuss 3 on, 2 out); Bench (10,7th inning off Gibbon 0 on, 2 out); Perez (7,9th inning off Ray 1 on, 1 out), Houston Cedeno (2,1st inning off McGlothlin 0 on, 1 out); Rader (7,2nd inning off McGlothlin 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Morgan (1,off Reuss).  SB–May (1,2nd base off Sprague/Bench).  CS–Fenwick (1,2nd base by McGlothlin/Bench).  WP–Sprague (1).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:36.  A–14,466.
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