St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
July 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 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 1, Cincinnati Reds 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Melendez cf 3 0 2 1
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Torre 3b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 3 0 1 0
Crosby 2b 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0
Spinks p 1 1 1 0
  Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 0 0
  Cloninger p 0 0 0 0
  Cumberland p 0 0 0 0
  Sizemore ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  McNertney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 1 1 0 1
Rose lf 3 0 1 3
  Uhlaender lf 0 0 0 0
Tolan cf 3 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 2 2 0
Hague rf 2 1 0 0
  Geronimo rf 1 0 0 0
Menke 3b 3 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 2 1 0 1
Grimsley p 4 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 5 6
St. Louis 001 000 000190
Cincinnati 051 000 00x650
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Spinks  L (5-5) 2.0 3 5 5 4 5
  Palmer   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Cloninger   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Cumberland   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Drabowsky   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Grzenda   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
6
6
9
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (6-2) 9.0 9 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
2

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Melendez (6,off Grimsley); Maxvill (6,off Grimsley); Clendenon (4,off Grimsley), Cincinnati Rose (13,off Spinks); Perez (13,off Palmer); Menke (9,off Cloninger).  3B–St. Louis Brock (8,off Grimsley).  SF–Menke (3,off Palmer).  IBB–Concepcion (6,by Cloninger).  SB–Rose (3,2nd base off Spinks/Simmons).  IBB–Cloninger (3,Concepcion).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:03.  A–15,729.
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