Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
July 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf 4 0 2 0
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
Davalillo lf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Oliver cf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 0
Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Zisk ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 1 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 2 1 0
Tolan cf 4 1 1 1
Bench c 4 2 4 3
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Menke 3b 2 0 0 1
Geronimo rf 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Billingham p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 000072
Cincinnati 202 000 01x581
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose  L (5-5) 4.0 6 4 4 1 4
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Garber   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (5-9) 9.0 7 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
5

  E–Davalillo (1), Sanguillen (3), Menke (5).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (13,off Billingham); Mazeroski (3,off Billingham), Cincinnati Bench (8,off Moose).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (22,8th inning off Garber 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Moose (3,off Billingham).  HBP–Hebner (4,by Billingham).  SF–Menke (4,off Moose).  SB–Morgan (34,2nd base off Moose/Sanguillen).  WP–Moose (2).  HBP–Billingham (3,Hebner).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–1:59.  A–24,047.
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