Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati Reds 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 2 1 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
  Fanzone ss 0 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 1
Pepitone 1b 4 1 2 1
Hickman rf 2 0 1 0
  Cardenal pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Hooton p 4 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Rose lf 2 1 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0
Bench c 3 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 1
Foster rf 4 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
Simpson p 2 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Chicago 000 010 010250
Cincinnati 000 000 001150
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (7-7) 8.1 5 1 1 3 4
  Aker  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson  L (4-3) 8.0 4 2 2 4 2
  Hall   1.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Santo (8,off Simpson).  HR–Chicago Pepitone (1,5th inning off Simpson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Williams (8,by Simpson).  IBB–Simpson (2,Williams).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:17.  A–40,042.
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