The Reds piled up 16 hits, including a triple and three singles by Cesar Geronimo, and walloped the Cardinals, 12-2. The Reds decided the issue at Al Santorini's expense with four runs in the first inning on singles by Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Bobby Tolan, a sacrifice fly by Johnny Bench, pass to Tony Perez and Geronimo's triple. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 12, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      15, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         4  0  0    1  1  0    5  1  0  -  12 16  1
Cardinals    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
xRose lf              4   2   3   2     1   0   .000      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .322
Morgan 2b             4   2   2   3     0   1   .279        Melendez lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Concepcion ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Crosby 2b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Tolan cf              5   1   3   2     0   0   .291      Alou 1b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .319
  Foster rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Torre 3b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .310
Bench c,1b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .290        Anderson 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Perez 1b              3   2   1   0     2   1   .278      Simmons c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .291
  Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .105      Carbo rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .229
Menke 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Cruz cf               2   0   1   1     1   0   .205
  Javier 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Maxvill ss            4   0   2   1     0   0   .235
Geronimo rf,cf        5   1   4   3     0   1   .287      Santorini p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Chaney ss,2b,3b       2   2   1   0     3   0   .302        Sizemore ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
McGlothlin p          2   1   0   0     1   1   .174        Cloninger p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .071        Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clendenon ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .193
                                                            Palmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Alyea ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .194
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McNertney ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               40  12  16  11     7   6             Totals               34   2  10   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 35,094
Left on Base: Reds 11, Cardinals 10
DP: Reds 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Geronimo, Alou, Simmons
Doubles: Rose (16), Torre (17)
Triples: Geronimo (5), Perez (4)
Stolen Bases: Geronimo (2)
Caught Stealing: Bench (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (8), Morgan (2), Cruz (2)
GIDP: Sizemore (5), Maxvill (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothlin W(4-5)       5     7   2   2   3   2   0  22   4.86
Hall SV(6)              4     3   0   0   1   3   0  17   2.60
Totals                  9    10   2   2   4   5   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Santorini L(4-7)        2     4   4   4   2   1   0  12   4.84
Cloninger               2.2   6   2   2   3   1   0  16   4.50
Drabowsky               0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.33
Palmer                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.76
Grzenda                 3     6   6   4   2   2   0  17   4.81
Totals                  9    16  12  10   7   6   0  50

Passed Balls: Simmons (6)
Wild Pitches: Grzenda (2)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Andy Olsen


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Morgan singled to pitcher [Rose
to second]; Tolan singled to second [Rose scored, Morgan to
third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to left [Morgan scored]; Perez
walked [Tolan to second]; Menke flied out to right; Geronimo
tripled to right [Tolan scored, Perez scored]; Chaney was walked
intentionally; McGlothlin struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Crosby grounded out (first
unassisted); Alou flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 4, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
grounded out (third to first); Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre doubled to left; Simmons singled to second
[Torre to third]; Carbo flied out to left; Cruz walked [Simmons
to second]; Maxvill singled to right [Torre scored, Simmons to
third, Cruz to second]; SIZEMORE BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Sizemore
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Maxvill out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 3RD: CLONINGER REPLACED SIZEMORE (PITCHING); Bench singled
to left; Perez struck out; Menke flied out to center; Geronimo
singled to left [Bench to third]; Bench was caught stealing home
(catcher to shortstop to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (second to first); Crosby
grounded out (second to first); Alou singled to second; Torre
singled to second [Alou to second]; Alou was picked off second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Cardinals
1.

REDS 4TH: Chaney grounded out (second to first); McGlothlin
walked; Rose doubled to center [McGlothlin to third]; Morgan hit
a sacrifice fly to center [McGlothlin scored]; Tolan singled to
right [Rose to third, Tolan to second (on throw)]; Bench
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to center; Carbo singled to right
[Simmons to third]; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to center [Simmons
scored]; Maxvill grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 5, Cardinals 2.

REDS 5TH: Perez tripled to right; Menke grounded out (second to
first) [Perez stayed at third]; Geronimo singled to left [Perez
scored]; Geronimo stole second; Chaney walked; On a bunt
McGlothlin made an out to pitcher; Rose walked [Geronimo to
third, Chaney to second]; DRABOWSKY REPLACED CLONINGER
(PITCHING); Morgan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 6,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: CLENDENON BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; Clendenon walked;
Brock was called out on strikes; Crosby grounded out (second to
first) [Clendenon to second]; Alou walked; Torre grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals 2.

REDS 6TH: PALMER REPLACED CLENDENON (PITCHING); Tolan grounded
out (first unassisted); Bench flied out to left; Perez reached
on an error by Alou [Perez to first]; Menke was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: HALL REPLACED MCGLOTHLIN (PITCHING); Simmons
flied out to center; Carbo walked; Cruz singled to center [Carbo
to second]; Maxvill popped to second; ALYEA BATTED FOR PALMER;
Alyea struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals 2.

REDS 7TH: GRZENDA REPLACED ALYEA (PITCHING); Geronimo singled to
center; Chaney walked [Geronimo to second]; On a bunt Hall
singled to third [Geronimo to third, Chaney to second]; Rose
reached on catcher's interference by Simmons [Geronimo scored
(RBI), Chaney to third, Hall to second]; Morgan singled to left
[Chaney scored, Hall scored, Rose to second]; Tolan singled to
left [Rose scored (unearned), Morgan to third, Tolan out at
second (left to catcher to second)]; Bench flied out to center;
Grzenda threw a wild pitch [Morgan scored]; Perez walked; Menke
grounded out (third to first); 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 11, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING SS); CHANEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); FOSTER REPLACED TOLAN (PLAYING
RF); PLUMMER REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING C ); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GERONIMO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
Brock grounded out (second to first); Crosby was called out on
strikes; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals 2.

REDS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED TORRE (PLAYING 3B); MELENDEZ
REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Geronimo struck out; Chaney singled
to right; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Chaney to second]; Hall
popped to shortstop; Rose singled to left [Chaney scored
(unearned)]; Concepcion forced Rose (second to shortstop); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 12, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: JAVIER REPLACED MENKE (PLAYING 2B); CHANEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Anderson flied out to center;
Simmons grounded out (second to first); Carbo reached on an
error by Geronimo [Carbo to second]; Cruz popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 12, Cardinals 2.

REDS 9TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench flied
out to center; Plummer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
12, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Maxvill singled to left; MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR
GRZENDA; McNertney flied out to left; Melendez singled to center
[Maxvill to second]; Crosby struck out; Alou popped to third; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 12, Cardinals 2.