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October 3, 1972

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Reds 6 6 1

Lee May Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .285
OBP .333 .345
At Bats 3 583
Hits 1 166
• Singles 0 104
• Doubles 1 31
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 29
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 0 97

Ross Grimsley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 8 0
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Riverfront Stadium - October 3, 1972
Out
Ross Grimsley
Bill Plummer
Tony Perez
Joe Morgan
Denis Menke
Darrel Chaney
Pete Rose
Bobby Tolan
Cesar Geronimo
Lee May

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 1 2 1 3
Cincinnati Reds 6 6 1 8
Winning Pitcher Gary Nolan
Losing Pitcher Ken Forsch
Save Ross Grimsley
Game Winning RBI Johnny Bench
Attendance 10,069
Time of Game 2 hours 2 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

May hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a line drive into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Grimsley strikes out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Geronimo moves to third.
Bottom 8 Chaney hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Menke tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Geronimo reaches second base with a double. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 8 George Culver now pitching. Menke takes first base on ball four.
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.