Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
August 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Brown rf 4 1 0 0
Garr lf 4 1 0 0
Baker cf 3 1 1 2
Williams 1b,c 5 1 3 3
Millan 2b 4 0 1 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
  Lum ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Evans 3b 5 0 1 0
Perez ss 5 0 0 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 1 1 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Hardin p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 1 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 7 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 6 2 4 0
Morgan 2b 6 0 1 1
Tolan cf 6 2 3 2
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 6 0 2 0
McRae 3b 3 0 1 0
  Menke 3b 2 1 2 0
Foster rf 3 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 1 1
  Chaney pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 1 0 1 0
  Uhlaender ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Hall p 3 1 0 0
  Geronimo ph 0 0 0 0
  Javier ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 17 4
Atlanta 100 010 300 00572
Cincinnati 002 010 011 016173
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   6.0 9 3 1 2 5
  Kelley   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Hardin   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Jarvis  L (9-5) 2.1 2 1 0 2 1
Totals
10.2
17
6
3
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hall   8.0 6 5 3 4 6
  Carroll  W (5-3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
7
5
3
4
8

  E–Millan (4), Stone (1), McRae (4), Foster (2), Concepcion (12).  DP–Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Blanks (3,off Hall); Williams (20,off Carroll), Cincinnati Morgan (12,off Stone); Perez (21,off Stone); Menke (11,off Kelley); Hague (9,off Kelley); Tolan (23,off Jarvis).  HR–Atlanta Williams (18,7th inning off Hall 2 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Tolan (6,9th inning off Hoerner 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Garr (6,off Hall); Chaney (2,off Jarvis).  SF–Baker (6,off Hall).  IBB–Concepcion 2 (8,by Stone 2); Uhlaender (3,by Jarvis); Bench (14,by Jarvis).  CS–Bench (5,2nd base by Jarvis/Casanova).  IBB–Stone 2 (10,Concepcion 2); Jarvis 2 (5,Uhlaender,Bench).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:57.
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