While Gary Nolan pitched a three-hitter, the Reds pounded out 16 safeties, including four by Johnny Bench, to wallop the Expos, 11-1. Bench batted in three runs. Hal McRae also drove in three. Ken Singleton homered in the seventh inning to keep the Expos from being shut out. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      11, 1972 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Reds         3  0  2    0  2  2    1  0  1  -  11 16  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  3  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   2   1   0     1   0   .265      Hunt 2b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Morgan 2b             4   2   1   0     1   1   .272        Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chaney 2b           1   1   1   0     0   0   .269        Bateman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Tolan cf              4   2   1   1     1   1   .325        Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Geronimo cf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .204      Day cf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Bench c,1b            6   3   4   3     0   0   .306      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Perez 1b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .284      Bailey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Plummer ph,c        2   0   1   0     0   0   .077      Fairly rf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .240
Hague rf              0   0   0   0     2   0   .250      Singleton lf          3   1   1   1     0   0   .228
  Foster ph,rf        4   0   1   1     0   0   .214      Humphrey c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .244
McRae 3b              3   0   1   3     0   1   .278      Foli ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Menke 3b            1   0   0   1     0   0   .230      Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Concepcion ss         4   0   1   0     1   0   .220        Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Nolan p               4   0   1   0     1   0   .086        Gilbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fairey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .263
                                                            Torres 2b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .175

Totals               43  11  16  10     7   4             Totals               30   1   3   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 28,589
Left on Base: Reds 13, Expos 4
DP: Reds 0, Expos 1
Errors: Singleton, Foli
Doubles: McRae (2), Bench (6), Chaney (1), Humphrey (3)
Triples: Perez (2)
Home Runs: Singleton (3)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (21)
Caught Stealing: Perez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Menke (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(8-1)            9     3   1   1   2   4   1  32   2.18
Totals                  9     3   1   1   2   4   1  32

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(1-4)            3     5   5   4   4   2   0  18   6.37
Gilbert                 2     4   2   2   1   2   0  11   6.48
Strohmayer              3     5   3   2   2   0   0  17   4.33
Walker                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.00
Totals                  9    16  11   9   7   4   0  51

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Mel Steiner


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to shortstop; Morgan singled to left
[Rose to third]; Morgan stole second; Tolan grounded out (second
to first) [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Bench singled to left
[Morgan scored]; Perez reached on an error by Singleton [Bench
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Perez to second]; Hague was walked
intentionally; McRae struck out while Perez was caught stealing
third (catcher to third); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied out to center; Day grounded out (first
unassisted); Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Nolan out
on an unknown play; Rose popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Bailey flied out to center; Fairly walked; Singleton
lined to left; Humphrey doubled [Fairly to third]; Foli grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

REDS 3RD: Morgan walked; Tolan singled to center [Morgan to
third]; Bench popped to second [Tolan to second]; Perez struck
out; Hague was walked intentionally; McRae doubled [Morgan
scored, Tolan scored, Hague to third]; Concepcion was walked
intentionally; Nolan forced Concepcion (shortstop unassisted); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: WOODS BATTED FOR RENKO; Woods lined to right; Hunt
singled; Day flied out to center; Jorgensen popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

REDS 4TH: GILBERT REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Rose grounded out
(first unassisted); Morgan struck out; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey struck out; Fairly walked; Singleton popped to
center; Humphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

REDS 5TH: Bench doubled to center; Perez tripled to center
[Bench scored]; FOSTER BATTED FOR HAGUE; Foster popped to first
in foul territory; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Perez scored]; Concepcion singled to center; Nolan singled to
right [Concepcion to second]; Rose walked [Concepcion to third,
Nolan to second]; Morgan lined to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Reds 7, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MENKE REPLACED
MCRAE (PLAYING 3B); Foli flied out to left; FAIREY BATTED FOR
GILBERT; Fairey struck out; Hunt grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Expos 0.

REDS 6TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED HUNT (PITCHING); TORRES REPLACED
FAIREY (PLAYING 2B); Tolan walked; Bench singled to left [Tolan
to second]; Perez singled to third [Tolan to third, Bench to
second]; Foster singled to left [Tolan scored, Bench to third,
Perez to second]; Menke hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bench
scored]; Concepcion forced Foster (shortstop to second) [Perez
to third]; Nolan grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 9, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Day grounded out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen
flied out to right; Bailey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 9, Expos 0.

REDS 7TH: Rose reached on an error by Foli [Rose to first];
Morgan grounded out (third to first) [Rose to second]; Tolan
grounded out (second to first); Bench singled to left [Rose
scored (unearned)]; PLUMMER BATTED FOR PEREZ; Plummer singled to
center [Bench to second]; Foster lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 10, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: CHANEY REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); GERONIMO
REPLACED TOLAN (PLAYING CF); PLUMMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C
); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Fairly grounded out
(shortstop to first); Singleton homered; Humphrey grounded out
(third to first); Foli lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 10, Expos 1.

REDS 8TH: Menke grounded out (third to first); Concepcion flied
out to left; Nolan walked; Rose forced Nolan (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 10, Expos 1.

EXPOS 8TH: Torres struck out; BATEMAN BATTED FOR STROHMAYER;
Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Day grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 10, Expos 1.

REDS 9TH: WALKER REPLACED BATEMAN (PITCHING); Chaney doubled to
right; Geronimo singled to left [Chaney to third]; Bench forced
Geronimo (shortstop to second) [Chaney scored]; Plummer flied
out to center; Foster flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 11, Expos 1.

EXPOS 9TH: Jorgensen struck out; Bailey flied out to center;
Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 11, Expos 1.