Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
October 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 2, Cincinnati Reds 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Miller lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0
  Stewart cf 1 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 1 0 1 0
  Fenwick pr,2b 3 1 1 0
Chiles rf 3 0 1 0
  Wynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Howard lf 0 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b,3b 4 0 1 1
Stinson c 3 1 1 0
Cosgrove p 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 0 0
  Chaney 2b 1 0 0 0
Tolan cf 3 2 2 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Bench rf 1 0 0 1
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Hague ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 2
  Geronimo pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 1
Plummer c 3 0 0 0
Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  McGlothlin p 0 0 0 0
  McRae rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Houston 010 010 000271
Cincinnati 100 110 01x471
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cosgrove  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Gladding   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Billingham   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  McGlothlin  W (9-8) 3.0 3 1 0 0 2
  Hall   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Carroll  SV (36) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
1
6

  E–Stinson (1), Perez (9).  2B–Cincinnati Perez (33,off Cosgrove); Concepcion (13,off Cosgrove).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (2,4th inning off Cosgrove 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cosgrove (1,off McGlothlin).  HBP–Stinson (1,by Billingham).  SF–Bench (12,off Cosgrove).  SB–Metzger (23,2nd base off Hall/Plummer); Tolan (42,2nd base off Cosgrove/Stinson); Morgan (58,2nd base off Cosgrove/Stinson).  WP–Cosgrove (1).  HBP–Billingham (7,Stinson).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:06.  A–10,079.
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