Johnny Bench hit a sacrifice fly and homer to bat the Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Phillies. A walk to Joe Morgan and single by Bobby Tolan preceded Bench's fly in the first inning. His homer in the fourth proved decisive when the Phlllies picked up their run in the seventh on a double by Willie Montanez and single by Tommy Hutton. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      14, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  1
Reds         1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Doyle 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Rose lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .264
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Morgan 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .271
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .322
Montanez cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .216      Bench c               2   1   1   2     1   1   .303
  Reynolds pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Hague rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Hutton 1b             3   0   2   1     0   0   .277        Geronimo rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Freed rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Menke 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Money 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Concepcion ss         2   0   1   0     1   0   .220
Ryan c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .196      Billingham p          3   0   0   0     0   2   .042
  Stone ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Lersch p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Gamble ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .227
  Brandon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Koegel ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   1   .207

Totals               30   1   5   1     1   5             Totals               29   2   5   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:05
Left on Base: Phillies 3, Reds 7
DP: Phillies 0, Reds 1
Errors: Hutton
Doubles: Montanez (13)
Triples: Concepcion (2), Rose (3)
Home Runs: Bench (17)
Caught Stealing: Hutton (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (6)
GIDP: Freed (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lersch L(1-3)           5     4   2   2   3   2   1  23   2.70
Brandon                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.04
Selma                   1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   5.25
Totals                  8     5   2   2   3   6   1  33

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(4-6)       8.2   5   1   1   1   5   0  30   4.19
Carroll SV(13)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.72
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   5   0  31

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - John Kibler


PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle grounded out (second to first); Bowa
grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Morgan
walked; Tolan singled to right [Morgan to third]; Bench hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Morgan scored]; Perez flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to first); Hutton
flied out to left; Freed struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Hague struck out; Menke flied out to right; Concepcion
tripled to center; Billingham struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Money grounded out (third to first); Ryan struck
out; Lersch was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Morgan lined to right; Tolan grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); Bowa
grounded out (third to first); Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench homered; Perez reached on an error by Hutton;
Hague popped to shortstop; Menke grounded out (third to first)
[Perez to second]; Concepcion was walked intentionally;
Billingham grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Hutton
singled to right; Hutton was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Freed grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Rose tripled to center; Morgan made an out to first;
Tolan made an out to shortstop; Bench was walked intentionally;
Perez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds
2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Money popped to second; Ryan popped to shortstop;
GAMBLE BATTED FOR LERSCH; Gamble walked; Doyle singled to center
[Gamble to second]; Bowa popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: BRANDON REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Hague lined to
right; Menke struck out; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED HAGUE (PLAYING RF); Montanez
doubled to center; Luzinski grounded out (second to first);
Hutton singled to center [Montanez scored]; Freed grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Hutton out at second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Billingham struck out; Rose singled to shortstop;
Morgan flied out to center; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Money grounded out (third to first); STONE BATTED
FOR RYAN; Stone grounded out (pitcher to first); KOEGEL BATTED
FOR BRANDON; Koegel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: KOEGEL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SELMA REPLACED
STONE (PITCHING); Bench struck out; Perez grounded out (second
to first); Geronimo struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: Doyle grounded out (second to first); JOHNSON
BATTED FOR BOWA; Johnson grounded out (third to first); Montanez
singled to right; REYNOLDS RAN FOR MONTANEZ; CARROLL REPLACED
BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Luzinski lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 2.