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Giants
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
September 20, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, played on September 20, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Carrithers |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Gullett |
| Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 11,174 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Kibler 1B: Frank Pulli 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: Shag Crawford |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Dave Kingman | First Baseman |
| Ken Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Al Gallagher | Third Baseman |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Don Carrithers | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
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 |
| Don Gullett | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
September 20, 1972
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Gullett
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Gullett
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Gullett
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Carrithers
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Carrithers
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Carrithers
Tolan hits a popup towards third. Gallagher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Gullett
Kingman hits a popup towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Gullett
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Gullett
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gullett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Carrithers
Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Carrithers
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Carrithers
Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Menke reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geronimo vs. Carrithers
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaney vs. Carrithers
Chaney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Geronimo moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gullett vs. Carrithers
Rader fires to third and picks off Geronimo. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Gullett
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Menke. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rader vs. Gullett
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carrithers vs. Gullett
Carrithers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bonds vs. Gullett
Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Gullett
There goes Bonds. The throw from Bench and he is out, Morgan applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gullett vs. Carrithers
Gullett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Carrithers
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Carrithers
Morgan hits a line drive into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Carrithers
Tolan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Carrithers
Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Carrithers
Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Menke vs. Carrithers
Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Gullett
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Gullett
Speier takes first base on ball four. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Gullett
Kingman hits a popup into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Gullett
Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gallagher vs. Gullett
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. Gullett
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Speier scores. Gallagher moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rader vs. Gullett
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Carrithers
Geronimo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Geronimo reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Chaney vs. Carrithers
Chaney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geronimo scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gullett vs. Sosa
Elias Sosa now pitching.
Gullett bunts in front of the plate. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Chaney moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Sosa
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Sosa
Morgan hits a popup into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tolan vs. Sosa
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Gullett
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Gullett
Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Gullett
Fuentes hits a line drive towards short. Chaney catches it and throws to first to double up Bonds. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Sosa
Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Sosa
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Sosa
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Gullett
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Gullett
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Speier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Gullett
Henderson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tolan. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Speier scores. Kingman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gallagher vs. Borbon
Pedro Borbon now pitching.
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. Kingman scores. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maddox vs. Borbon
Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Borbon
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Sosa
Geronimo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaney vs. Sosa
Chaney hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hague vs. Sosa
Joe Hague pinch hits for Pedro Borbon.
Hague hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Sosa
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sosa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sosa vs. Hall
Tom Hall now pitching.
Sosa strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Hall
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Hall
Fuentes hits a line drive towards third. Menke makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Menke. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Hall
There goes Bonds. The throw from Bench and he is out, Menke applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Sosa
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Sosa
There goes Morgan. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Morgan steals second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tolan vs. Sosa
There goes Morgan. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Morgan steals third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tolan vs. Sosa
Tolan strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bench vs. Sosa
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Sosa
Perez is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Hall
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Hall
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Hall
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Hall
Gallagher hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Sosa
Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Sosa
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaney vs. Sosa
Chaney takes first base on ball four. Geronimo moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Sosa
Hal McRae pinch hits for Tom Hall.
McRae hits a line drive into left field. Henderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henderson. Geronimo scores. Chaney moves to third. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rose vs. Johnson
George Foster pinch runs for Hal McRae. Jerry Johnson now pitching. Damaso Blanco now playing third base.
Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Rose reaches third base with a triple. Chaney scores. Foster scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Morgan vs. Johnson
Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Johnson
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blanco fields it and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Johnson
Rader fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Rader. Morgan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bench vs. Johnson
Bench strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Carroll
Clay Carroll now pitching.
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Carroll
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howarth vs. Carroll
Jim Howarth pinch hits for Damaso Blanco.
Howarth strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1972 -- San Francisco at Cincinnati (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 4 0 3 1 Rose P, lf 3 2 1 2
Fuentes T, 2b 4 1 1 0 Morgan J, 2b 4 0 1 1
Speier C, ss 3 2 1 0 Tolan B, cf 5 1 1 2
Kingman D, 1b 4 1 2 0 Bench J, c 5 1 2 1
Henderson K, lf 4 1 1 1 Perez T, 1b 4 0 1 0
Gallagher A, 3b 4 0 1 2 Menke D, 3b 4 0 2 0
Johnson J, p 0 0 0 0 Geronimo C, rf 3 2 1 0
Maddox G, cf 3 1 2 2 Chaney D, ss 3 1 2 1
Rader D, c 4 0 0 0 Gullett D, p 1 0 0 0
Carrithers D, p 1 0 0 0 Borbon P, p 0 0 0 0
Sosa E, p 2 0 0 0 Hague J, ph 1 0 0 0
Blanco D, 3b 0 0 0 0 Hall T, p 0 0 0 0
Howarth J, ph 1 0 0 0 McRae H, ph 1 0 1 1
Foster G, pr 0 1 0 0
Carroll C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 11 6 34 8 12 8
San Francisco 001 203 000 -- 6
Cincinnati 012 100 04x -- 8
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Carrithers D* 3.0 8 4 4 1 0
Sosa E (L) 4.1 2 3 3 4 3
Johnson J 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett D+ 5.0 9 6 5 1 2
Borbon P 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Hall T (W) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Carroll C (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Menke D 2, Henderson K, Rader D
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 8
2B -- Menke D, Maddox G, Henderson K
3B -- Geronimo C, Rose P
HR -- Bench J, Tolan B
SB -- Morgan J 2
CS -- Bonds B 2
SH -- Gullett D
SF -- Maddox G
T -- 2:42
A -- 11174
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