Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
August 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, Atlanta Braves 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Tolan cf 4 1 0 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 1 1
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 0 1 1
Geronimo rf 3 0 0 0
Chaney ss 3 0 1 0
Grimsley p 1 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 2 3 1
Evans 3b 4 1 3 2
Aaron 1b 4 1 2 0
Williams c 4 1 2 2
Baker cf 3 1 1 0
Millan 2b 4 0 1 1
Lum rf 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 3 0 0 0
Reed p 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 7 13 6
Cincinnati 000 200 000232
Atlanta 004 010 11x7131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  L (10-5) 6.0 9 5 5 1 1
  Sprague   2.0 4 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
6
1
1
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (10-11) 9.0 3 2 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
0
2
2

  E–Menke 2 (10), Millan (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Baker (16,off Grimsley); Millan (15,off Sprague).  HR–Atlanta Williams (20,3rd inning off Grimsley 1 on, 2 out); Garr (8,5th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Grimsley (7,off Reed).  WP–Reed (10).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:01.  A–26,857.
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