Reds @ Pirates
July 21, 1972

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Top 9	R	H	E
Reds	11	14	1
Pirates	4	9	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Reds	11	14	1
Pirates	4	9	1

Denis Menke Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.227
OBP	.800	.329
At Bats	2	242
Hits	1	55
• Singles	1	40
• Doubles	0	10
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	3	36
RBI’s	0	23

Ramon Hernandez Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	0	5

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Three Rivers Stadium - July 21, 1972

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Walk

Ramon Hernandez

Manny Sanguillen

Willie Stargell

Rennie Stennett

Richie Hebner

Gene Alley

Bob Robertson

Al Oliver

Gene Clines

Denis Menke

Bobby Tolan

Count: - , 2 Outs

Menke takes first base on ball four. Tolan moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Perez hits a line drive towards third. Hebner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morgan tags and scores.

Top 9 Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gullett scores. Rose scores. Morgan moves to third.

Top 9 Ramon Hernandez now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gullett moves to third. Rose moves to second.

Top 9 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gullett moves to second.

Top 9 Gene Garber now pitching. Gullett takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Richie Zisk pinch hits for Bob Johnson. Zisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Alley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hebner moves to second.

Bottom 8 Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Hebner takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gullett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Chaney hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Perez moves to second.

Top 8 Menke hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Perez is walked intentionally.

Top 8 Bob Johnson now pitching. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Johnson, and towards Alley, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Tolan moves to second.

Top 8 Tolan takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Morgan hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 7 Stargell is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 7 Don Gullett now pitching. Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gullett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Hal McRae pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley throws to second for one, and Stennett throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Menke scores. Geronimo scores. McRae moves to second.

Top 7 Chaney is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clines. Geronimo reaches second base with a double. Menke moves to third.

Top 7 Menke takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Perez strikes out.

Bottom 6 Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Kison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 6 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it and throws to second for the out. Hague scores. Rose moves to third.

Top 6 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Chaney scores. Hague moves to third. Rose moves to second.

Top 6 Bruce Kison now pitching. Rose takes first base on ball four. Hague moves to second.

Top 6 Joe Hague pinch hits for Jack Billingham. Hague hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chaney moves to third.

Top 6 Chaney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Sanguillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Stargell moves to third.

Bottom 5 Stargell is walked intentionally.

Bottom 5 The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Oliver moves to third.

Bottom 5 Oliver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Oliver reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Stennett hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Clines hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Geronimo hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Menke takes first base on ball four. Tolan moves to third. Bench moves to second.

Top 5 Perez strikes out.

Top 5 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tolan moves to second.

Top 5 Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Morgan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Stennett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Chaney fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Bottom 4 Alley strikes out.

Bottom 4 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Hebner hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Alley fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 4 Billingham strikes out.

Top 4 Chaney takes first base on ball four. Menke moves to third. Geronimo moves to second.

Top 4 Geronimo bunts towards third. Hebner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Menke moves to second.

Top 4 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Stargell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Stennett 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 3 Bench strikes out.

Top 3 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Morgan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 Rose takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Billingham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out.

Bottom 2 Clines strikes out.

Bottom 2 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Alley is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Chaney hits a line drive towards the mound. Ellis catches it and throws to first to double up Geronimo.

Top 2 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke moves to second.

Top 2 Menke takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Perez strikes out.

Bottom 1 Robertson is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Stargell scores. Sanguillen goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 1 Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Stargell moves to second.

Bottom 1 Stargell is walked intentionally.

Bottom 1 Oliver hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tolan. Oliver reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Stennett hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Clines is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Bench hits a popup towards short. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to third.

Top 1 There goes Morgan. The throw from Sanguillen and he is safe. Morgan steals second.

Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Denis Menke Season Stats

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Menke takes first base on ball four. Tolan moves to second.

Reds @ Pirates
July 21, 1972