Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
September 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1972 at Atlanta 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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Cincinnati Reds 7, Atlanta Braves 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 2 4 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 0 0
Tolan cf 4 1 2 0
Bench rf,c 5 1 1 5
Perez 1b 5 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0
Plummer c 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Simpson p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 1 0
  Uhlaender pr 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 5 0 0 0
Lum rf 4 1 1 1
Aaron 1b 4 1 2 0
Williams c 4 0 0 0
Baker cf 4 2 2 1
Carty lf 3 0 2 1
  Brown pr,lf 2 1 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 1 0
Gilbreath 2b 2 0 1 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrido 2b 2 0 0 0
Freeman p 1 0 0 0
  Breazeale ph 1 0 1 2
  Hardin p 0 0 0 0
  Millan ph 1 0 1 0
  McLain p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Cincinnati 400 000 0037111
Atlanta 000 040 0015112
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson   4.1 8 4 4 4 1
  Borbon  W (7-2) 3.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Carroll  SV (27) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
7
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman   5.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Hardin   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
  McLain  L (3-5) 0.0 3 3 2 0 0
  House   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Schueler   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
3
1

  E–Tolan (3), Evans (22), Garrido (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Cincinnati Tolan (28,off Hardin), Atlanta Millan (19,off Borbon).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (32,1st inning off Freeman 3 on, 0 out); Geronimo (4,9th inning off McLain 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Lum (9,5th inning off Simpson 0 on, 0 out); Baker (14,9th inning off Carroll 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Aaron (14,by Borbon).  IBB–Borbon (11,Aaron).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:37.  A–4,050.
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