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Reds
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 11, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 11, 1972 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 11, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 11, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim McGlothlin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Phil Niekro |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 13,268 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: John Kibler 2B: Frank Pulli 3B: Doug Harvey |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Left Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Tolan | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Tony Perez | First Baseman |
| Denis Menke | Third Baseman |
| Cesar Geronimo | Right Fielder |
| Darrel Chaney | Shortstop |
| Jim McGlothlin | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
| Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | First Baseman |
| Earl Williams | Catcher |
| Dusty Baker | Center Fielder |
| Mike Lum | Right Fielder |
| Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
| Marty Perez | Shortstop |
| Phil Niekro | Pitcher |
| Eddie Mathews | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 11, 1972
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Niekro
Rose hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Millan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Niekro
Morgan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Niekro
Tolan strikes out. Williams drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tolan out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. McGlothlin
Garr strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. McGlothlin
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. McGlothlin
Aaron takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. McGlothlin
Williams takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to third. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Baker vs. McGlothlin
Baker hits a popup into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lum vs. McGlothlin
Lum hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Morgan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Niekro
Bench takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Niekro
Perez hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Garr fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Garr. Bench goes all the way around to score. Perez moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Menke vs. Niekro
The ball gets by Williams for a passed ball. Perez scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Niekro
Menke hits a popup into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Niekro
Geronimo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaney vs. Niekro
Chaney hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGlothlin vs. Niekro
McGlothlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. McGlothlin
Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. McGlothlin
McGlothlin fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on McGlothlin. Millan moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. McGlothlin
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Millan scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niekro vs. McGlothlin
Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. McGlothlin
Garr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Niekro moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. McGlothlin
Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Niekro moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Aaron vs. McGlothlin
Aaron is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Niekro
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Niekro
There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morgan vs. Niekro
Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tolan vs. Niekro
Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Niekro
Bench takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Niekro
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. McGlothlin
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. McGlothlin
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lum vs. McGlothlin
Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Niekro
Menke strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Niekro
Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lum who is chasing the ball. Geronimo reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Chaney vs. Niekro
Chaney bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Geronimo scores. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGlothlin vs. Niekro
McGlothlin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Niekro
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. McGlothlin
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney misplays the ball. That's an error on Chaney. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. McGlothlin
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Niekro vs. McGlothlin
Niekro bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garr vs. McGlothlin
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Niekro
Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Niekro
Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Niekro
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. McGlothlin
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. McGlothlin
Aaron is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. McGlothlin
Williams hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Niekro
Perez hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Niekro
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Niekro
Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Niekro
Chaney hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. McGlothlin
Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lum vs. McGlothlin
Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. McGlothlin
Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. McGlothlin
Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker scores. Millan moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Sprague
Sonny Jackson pinch hits for Phil Niekro. Ed Sprague now pitching.
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Garr vs. Sprague
Garr takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Sprague
Evans strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Kelley
Tom Kelley now pitching.
Sprague strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Kelley
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Kelley
Morgan bunts towards the mound. Kelley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tolan vs. Kelley
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Sprague
Aaron hits a line drive towards third. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Sprague
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Sprague
Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lum vs. Sprague
Lum hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Chaney fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Kelley
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Kelley
Perez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Kelley
There goes Perez. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Perez steals second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Menke vs. Kelley
Menke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geronimo vs. Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw now pitching.
Geronimo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. There goes Menke trying to get to third. Baker throws the ball in to Evans, who tags Menke for the out. Geronimo moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chaney vs. Upshaw
Chaney is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sprague vs. Upshaw
Sprague strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Sprague
Millan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Sprague
Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Breazeale vs. Carroll
Clay Carroll now pitching. Jim Breazeale pinch hits for Cecil Upshaw.
Breazeale hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Carroll
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields the ball and throws to Carroll covering. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Carroll
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Carroll
Aaron takes first base on ball four. Garr moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Carroll
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garr scores. Aaron moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baker vs. Carroll
Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lum vs. Borbon
Pedro Borbon now pitching.
Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Millan vs. Borbon
Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Williams trying to get to home. Geronimo throws the ball in to Bench who tags Williams who's trying to score from second, for the out. Baker moves to second. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Hoerner
Joe Hoerner now pitching.
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Hoerner
Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Hoerner
Tolan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Tolan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Hardin
Jim Hardin now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Tolan moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bench vs. Hardin
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/11/1972 -- Cincinnati at Atlanta (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Rose P, lf 3 0 0 0 Garr R, lf 4 1 2 0
Morgan J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Evans D, 3b 4 0 0 0
Tolan B, cf 5 0 1 0 Aaron H, 1b 3 1 0 0
Bench J, c 3 1 0 0 Williams E, c 3 0 2 1
Perez T, 1b 3 3 2 2 Baker D, cf 5 1 2 1
Menke D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lum M, rf 5 0 0 0
Geronimo C, rf 4 1 3 1 Millan F, 2b 4 2 3 0
Chaney D, ss 2 0 0 1 Perez M, ss 4 1 2 2
McGlothlin J, p 2 0 1 0 Niekro P, p 1 0 1 0
Sprague E, p 2 0 0 0 Jackson S, ph 1 0 0 0
Carroll C, p 0 0 0 0 Kelley T, p 0 0 0 0
Borbon P, p 0 0 0 0 Upshaw C, p 0 0 0 0
Breazeale J, ph 1 1 1 3
Hoerner J, p 0 0 0 0
Hardin J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 8 4 35 7 13 7
Cincinnati 020 101 010 -- 5
Atlanta 010 001 05x -- 7
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin J 5.1 6 2 2 4 3
Sprague E* 1.2 2 2 2 2 1
Carroll C (L) 0.1 4 3 3 1 0
Borbon P 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro P 6.0 5 4 4 3 3
Kelley T 1.1 1 1 1 3 1
Upshaw C (W) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Hoerner J 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Hardin J (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Garr R, McGlothlin J, Chaney D
DP -- Cincinnati 1, Atlanta 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 12
2B -- Perez T, Tolan B
3B -- Geronimo C
HR -- Perez T, Breazeale J
SB -- Perez T
SH -- Chaney D, Niekro P
WP -- Niekro P, Hardin J
PB -- Williams E
T -- 2:45
A -- 13268
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