Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
September 27, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1972 at Riverfront 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 8, Cincinnati Reds 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 0 0 0
Blanks 2b 5 1 3 1
Aaron 1b 5 2 3 2
Williams 3b 5 2 2 1
Baker cf 5 0 1 0
Brown rf 5 1 3 1
Garrido ss 4 1 1 0
Didier c 4 1 3 3
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 16 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1
  Concepcion ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0
Bench c 4 1 1 1
  Plummer c 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 1 1 0
Menke 3b 3 0 0 0
Geronimo rf 4 0 0 0
Chaney ss,2b 3 3 2 1
Grimsley p 1 0 1 1
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 4
Atlanta 100 012 3018161
Cincinnati 030 010 100571
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (16-11) 9.0 7 5 4 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
2
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  L (14-8) 6.0 12 6 5 0 4
  Borbon   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Hall   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
8
7
1
6

  E–Williams (22), Menke (15).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Didier 2 (4).  2B–Atlanta Brown (5,off Grimsley); Didier 2 (2,off Grimsley 2); Blanks 2 (5,off Grimsley 2).  3B–Cincinnati Chaney (2,off Niekro).  HR–Atlanta Aaron (33,1st inning off Grimsley 0 on, 2 out); Williams (28,9th inning off Hall 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Bench (40,2nd inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Niekro (10,off Grimsley); Grimsley (11,off Niekro).  SF–Didier (1,off Borbon).  HBP–Menke (5,by Niekro).  WP–Niekro (10).  HBP–Niekro (4,Menke).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:38.  A–7,033.
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