Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 22, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1972 at Astrodome. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 2 1 1
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0
Tolan cf 3 1 0 0
Bench c 2 1 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 0 1
Menke 3b 3 0 1 1
Geronimo rf 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Foster rf 0 0 0 0
Chaney ss 4 0 0 0
Grimsley p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Wynn rf 2 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 2 2
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Howard c 2 1 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
Dierker p 0 0 0 0
  Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Cincinnati 210 001 000450
Houston 001 000 020350
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (14-7) 7.2 4 3 3 3 3
  Borbon   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Carroll  SV (32) 1.1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
7
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (15-8) 0.2 1 2 2 3 0
  Reuss   7.1 2 2 2 3 10
  Cosgrove   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
6
12

  E–None.  2B–Houston Watson (25,off Grimsley).  HR–Cincinnati Rose (6,2nd inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out); Bench (37,6th inning off Reuss 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Morgan (3,off Dierker); Tolan (6,off Reuss); Reuss (1,off Grimsley).  SF–Perez (6,off Dierker).  HBP–Geronimo (3,by Reuss).  IBB–Menke (1,by Reuss).  SB–Morgan (56,2nd base off Reuss/Howard).  WP–Borbon (3).  HBP–Reuss (10,Geronimo).  IBB–Reuss (3,Menke).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:24.  A–15,490.
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