Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
September 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1972 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 1, San Diego Padres 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 3 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 1 1 1
Foster rf 4 0 0 0
Javier 3b 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 3 1 0 0
Roberts 3b 4 1 1 0
Lee lf 2 1 1 0
  Morales lf 0 0 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 1 1 4
Gaston rf 3 1 0 0
Thomas 2b 3 0 0 0
Stahl cf 3 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 4 4
Cincinnati 010 000 000131
San Diego 010 004 00x540
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (10-12) 7.0 3 5 4 4 8
  Hall   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
4
5
4
4
9
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (8-9) 9.0 3 1 1 3 11
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
11

  E–Rose (2).  HR–Cincinnati Perez (19,2nd inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Colbert (37,6th inning off Billingham 3 on, 0 out).  WP–Billingham (7).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:01.  A–5,396.
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