Astros @ Reds
October 3, 1972

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Astros 1 2 1
Reds 5 5 1
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Reds 5 5 1

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .235
OBP .667 .324
At Bats 1 443
Hits 0 104
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 2 57
RBI’s 0 50

George Culver Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 2
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Riverfront Stadium - October 3, 1972
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Walk
George Culver
Larry Howard
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger
Jesus Alou
Cesar Cedeno
Jim Wynn
Denis Menke
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

George Culver now pitching. Menke takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Metzger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gary Sutherland pinch hits for Tom Griffin. Sutherland hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Plummer now catching. Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Morgan. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Morgan steals second.
Bottom 7 Jesus Alou now playing left field. Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Helms hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Rich Chiles. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. Cedeno scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Rader strikes out.
Top 7 May hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. May reaches second base with a double. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney misplays the ball. That's an error on Chaney.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grimsley strikes out.
Bottom 6 Chaney hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 6 Tom Griffin now pitching. Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wynn strikes out.
Top 6 Metzger strikes out.
Top 6 Ross Grimsley now pitching. Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foster scores. Rose scores. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Foster moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foster moves to second.
Bottom 5 George Foster pinch hits for Gary Nolan. Foster takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Helms hits a line drive into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Chaney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wynn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tolan strikes out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nolan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nolan strikes out.
Top 2 Helms hits a line drive into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chiles for the out.
Top 2 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Chaney strikes out.
Bottom 1 Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Bench scores. Menke moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Menke takes first base on ball four. Tolan moves to third. Bench moves to second.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger. Rose scores. Tolan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 May strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Nolan covering, for the out.