Playing before the largest baseball crowd in Cincinnati's history, 52,116, the Reds failed to rise to the occasion and lost both games of a doubleheader to the Cubs, 5-0 and 10-5. Fergie Jenkins, who beat the Reds in the opener, pitched his first shutout of the season and turned in his 15th complete game.

Tommy Davis, signed as a free agent, made his first appearance with the Cubs. After hitting a single and driving in one run in the lidlifter, Davis batted in two more with a pair of singles in the nightcap. Carmen Fanzone accounted for five RBIs with a double and homer. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    2  3  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     1   1   .262      Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Beckert 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .269      Rose lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .285
  Popovich 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Williams lf           5   2   2   0     0   0   .310      Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .278
Santo 3b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .288      Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .289
Hickman rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .286      Foster rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
  Monday cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Menke 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Cardenal cf,rf        3   1   1   1     1   0   .278      Concepcion ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Davis 1b              2   0   1   1     1   0   .500        Geronimo ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Pepitone 1b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .203        Chaney ss           1   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Hundley c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Gullett p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Jenkins p             4   0   1   0     0   0   .212        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Uhlaender ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .158
                                                            McGlothlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
                                                            Hague ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
                                                            Sprague p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McRae ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               36   5  11   4     4   3             Totals               35   0   7   0     0   7

Time of Game: 2:19
Left on Base: Cubs 9, Reds 9
DP: Cubs 0, Reds 1
Errors: Popovich
Doubles: Chaney (3)
Triples: Jenkins (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hundley (4)
Hit by Pitch: Rose (1,by Jenkins)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(11-7)         9     7   0   0   0   7   0  36   2.80
Totals                  9     7   0   0   0   7   0  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett L(3-5)          4.2   5   4   4   3   2   0  21   5.98
Borbon                  0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.19
McGlothlin              3     3   0   0   1   1   0  13   5.01
Sprague                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.77
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   3   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (4)
Balks: Gullett (1)

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


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to left; Beckert lined to right;
Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Rose was hit by
a pitch; Tolan singled to center [Rose to third]; Bench popped
to catcher in foul territory; Perez grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Reds 0.

CUBS 2ND: Santo flied out to center; Hickman struck out;
Cardenal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster flied out to left; Menke grounded out (third to
first); Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Reds 0.

CUBS 3RD: Davis walked; Hundley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Davis to second]; Jenkins grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kessinger walked; Beckert popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Gullett struck out; Morgan popped to second; Rose
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Reds 0.

CUBS 4TH: Williams singled to center; Santo flied out to center;
Hickman flied out to right; Cardenal walked [Williams to
second]; Davis singled to center [Williams scored, Cardenal to
third]; Gullett balked [Cardenal scored, Davis to second];
Balk on attempted steal of home; Hundley struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Tolan flied out to center; Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first); Perez singled to left; Foster popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 0.

CUBS 5TH: Jenkins tripled to right; Kessinger hit into a double
play (right to catcher to third) [Jenkins out at home];
Fergie Jenkins out on appeal for leaving 3B early; Beckert
singled to left; Williams singled to center [Beckert to third];
BORBON REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Santo singled to center
[Beckert scored, Williams to second]; Hickman singled to right
[Williams scored, Santo to third]; Cardenal singled to center
[Santo scored, Hickman to second]; Davis forced Cardenal
(shortstop to second); 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); UHLAENDER BATTED FOR BORBON;
Uhlaender singled to left; Morgan grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

CUBS 6TH: MCGLOTHLIN REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Hundley
flied to left in foul territory; Jenkins popped to second;
Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: PEPITONE REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 1B); Rose was called
out on strikes; Tolan struck out; Bench was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

CUBS 7TH: Beckert grounded out (third to first); Williams flied
out to left; Santo walked; Hickman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: MONDAY REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING CF); CARDENAL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Perez struck out; Foster grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); Menke popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

CUBS 8TH: Cardenal flied out to left; Pepitone singled to right;
On a bunt Hundley singled to third [Pepitone to second]; On a
bunt Jenkins forced Pepitone (pitcher to third) [Hundley to
second]; Cubs Coaches Hank Aguirre and Pete Reiser ejected by
3b umpire Mel Steiner; Cubs manager Leo Durocher new 3B
Coach; Kessinger singled to center [Hundley to third,
Jenkins to second]; Beckert flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

REDS 8TH: POPOVICH REPLACED BECKERT (PLAYING 2B); GERONIMO
BATTED FOR CONCEPCION; Geronimo reached on an error by Popovich
[Geronimo to first]; HAGUE BATTED FOR MCGLOTHLIN; Hague popped
to shortstop; Morgan singled to right [Geronimo to second]; On a
bunt Rose singled to third [Geronimo to third, Morgan to
second]; Tolan popped to third; Bench was called out on strikes;
0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

CUBS 9TH: SPRAGUE REPLACED HAGUE (PITCHING); CHANEY REPLACED
GERONIMO (PLAYING SS); Williams grounded out (second to first);
Santo flied out to center; Monday flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.

REDS 9TH: Perez was called out on strikes; Foster singled to
center; Menke flied out to center; Chaney doubled to right
[Foster to third]; MCRAE BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; McRae flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 0.