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Saturday July 1, 1972
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With Joe Morgan having a hand in all their scoring, the Reds defeated the Padres, 3-2, with the victory going to Ed Sprague in his first start of the season. Morgan walked and scored in the first inning and homered with a man on base in the third. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 3, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Saturday, July 1, 1972 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds         1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  1
Padres       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morgan 2b             2   2   2   2     2   0   .275      Morales cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Rose lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Roberts 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Tolan cf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .292      Lee lf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .312
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Colbert 1b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .218
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .284      Gaston rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Menke 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Jestadt 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Corrales c            2   0   1   0     1   0   .148
Geronimo rf           2   1   0   0     1   1   .200        Blefary ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Sprague p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Hernandez ss          1   0   0   1     0   1   .186
  Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .149        Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .034        Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .191
                                                            Jeter ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .227
                                                          Arlin p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .088
                                                            Fiore ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .067

Totals               30   3   6   3     4   4             Totals               33   2   7   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 24,972
Left on Base: Reds 4, Padres 7
DP: Reds 1, Padres 3
Errors: Morgan
Doubles: Tolan (17), Colbert 2 (14)
Home Runs: Morgan (10)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (31), Tolan (22)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (8)
GIDP: Bench (8), Concepcion (8), Jestadt (3)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sprague W(2-0)          6     5   2   2   2   3   0  26   3.90
Billingham SV(1)        3     2   0   0   0   3   0  10   3.92
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   6   0  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arlin L(7-8)            9     6   3   3   4   4   1  34   3.15
Totals                  9     6   3   3   4   4   1  34

Wild Pitches: Sprague 2 (4), Arlin (7)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Bruce Froemming


REDS 1ST: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Rose grounded out
(first unassisted) [Morgan to third]; Tolan reached on a
fielder's choice [Morgan scored]; Tolan stole second; Bench
lined into a double play (third to second) [Tolan out at
second]; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Morales flied out to center; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lee flied to left in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez popped to third in foul territory; Menke
grounded out (pitcher to first); Concepcion popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert doubled to right; Gaston grounded out
(second to first) [Colbert to third]; Sprague threw a wild pitch
[Colbert scored]; Jestadt walked; Corrales singled to right
[Jestadt to third]; Hernandez out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Jestadt scored, Corrales to second]; Arlin grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres
2.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo walked; Arlin threw a wild pitch [Geronimo to
second]; On a bunt Sprague struck out; Morgan homered [Geronimo
scored]; Rose singled to center; Tolan singled to center [Rose
to second]; Bench grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Tolan out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: Morales grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Roberts
singled to left; Lee reached on an error by Morgan [Roberts to
third, Lee to second]; Colbert popped to first; Gaston grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres
2.

REDS 4TH: Perez flied out to right; Menke flied to right in foul
territory; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Jestadt singled to center; Corrales grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Jestadt to second]; Sprague threw a wild
pitch [Jestadt to third]; Hernandez struck out; Arlin grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo popped to shortstop; Sprague grounded out
(third to first); Morgan walked; Rose forced Morgan (pitcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Morales struck out; Roberts popped to shortstop; Lee
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

REDS 6TH: Tolan doubled to right; Bench popped to catcher in
foul territory; Perez was walked intentionally; Menke singled to
third [Tolan to third, Perez to second]; Concepcion grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Menke out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Colbert doubled to center; Gaston flied out to
center; Jestadt grounded out (third to first); Corrales walked;
STAHL BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Stahl lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

REDS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED STAHL (PLAYING SS); Geronimo struck
out; UHLAENDER BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; Uhlaender grounded out (first
unassisted); Morgan singled to right; Morgan was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: BILLINGHAM REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Arlin
struck out; Morales grounded out (second to first); Roberts
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
3, Padres 2.

REDS 8TH: Rose flied out to center; Tolan lined to second; Bench
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Lee grounded out (first unassisted); Colbert singled
to left; Gaston singled to left [Colbert to second]; Jestadt
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Gaston out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

REDS 9TH: Perez struck out; Menke was called out on strikes;
Concepcion popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: BLEFARY BATTED FOR CORRALES; Blefary lined to
second; JETER BATTED FOR STANLEY; Jeter was called out on
strikes; FIORE BATTED FOR ARLIN; Fiore was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 2.



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