Pete Rose batted in three runs to account for the Reds' winning margin in a 6-3 victory over the Dodgers. Tom Hall, who gained the victory with the help of Clay Carroll, bunted successfully three times, once for a sacrifice and twice for safe hits.

In the fourth inning, Hall's safe bunt loaded the bases and Rose drove in a run with an infield out. Hall beat out another bunt to fill the sacks again in the sixth and Rose followed with a two-run double. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Wednesday, August    9, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3 10  0
Reds         1  1  0    1  0  3    0  0  x  -   6  8  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Rose lf               4   1   2   3     1   1   .288
  Crawford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Uhlaender rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Davis cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .280        Foster ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Mota lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Tolan cf              4   0   0   1     1   2   .289
Parker 1b             3   0   1   0     1   2   .280      Bench c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .273
Robinson rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .253      Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     1   2   .290
Valentine 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Menke 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .230
  Downing p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .085      Chaney 2b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .241
  Buckner ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .318      Concepcion ss         4   2   2   0     0   0   .201
Russell ss            3   1   2   0     1   0   .285      Hall p                2   1   2   0     0   0   .143
Yeager c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .045        Carroll p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Cannizzaro ph,c     2   0   2   1     0   0   .265
Singer p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .103
  Garvey 3b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Lefebvre ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .205

Totals               34   3  10   3     3   5             Totals               31   6   8   5     7   7

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 26,146
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Reds 9
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 4
Errors: Concepcion
Doubles: Russell (14), Bench (17), Rose (18)
Triples: Perez (5)
Home Runs: Robinson (14)
Stolen Bases: Davis (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Hall (2)
GIDP: Yeager (1), Lacy (3), Robinson (7), Crawford (6)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer L(4-11)          5     7   6   6   6   4   0  28   3.76
Downing                 3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   3.02
Totals                  8     8   6   6   7   7   0  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall W(5-1)             7.1   7   2   1   3   5   1  31   2.43
Carroll SV(24)          1.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   6   1.92
Totals                  9    10   3   2   3   5   1  37

Wild Pitches: Singer (4)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy struck out; Davis struck out; Mota flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Uhlaender was called out on strikes;
Tolan flied out to left; Bench doubled to center [Rose scored];
Perez walked; Menke popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker was called out on strikes; Robinson grounded
out (third to first); Valentine popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Chaney flied out to center; Concepcion singled to
center; Hall out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Concepcion to third]; Singer threw a wild pitch [Concepcion
scored]; Rose struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds
2.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell singled to center; Yeager popped to second;
On a bunt Singer reached on a fielder's choice [Russell to
second (error by Concepcion; assist by Menke)]; Lacy forced
Singer (third to second) [Russell to third]; Davis singled to
center [Russell scored (unearned), Lacy to third]; Davis stole
second; Mota grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Uhlaender flied out to right; Tolan walked; Bench
forced Tolan (third to second); Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Parker struck out; Robinson homered; Valentine
singled to left; Russell walked [Valentine to second]; Yeager
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Russell
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Menke walked; Chaney walked [Menke to second];
Concepcion flied out to right; On a bunt Hall singled to pitcher
[Menke to third, Chaney to second]; Rose forced Hall (second to
shortstop) [Menke scored, Chaney to third]; Uhlaender flied out
to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Singer grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 3.

REDS 5TH: Tolan struck out (catcher to first); Bench popped to
shortstop; Perez tripled to right; Menke grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Mota grounded out (pitcher to first); Parker
singled; Robinson popped to first; Valentine flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: Chaney walked; Concepcion singled to left [Chaney to
second]; On a bunt Hall singled to catcher [Chaney to third,
Concepcion to second]; Rose doubled to center [Chaney scored,
Concepcion scored, Hall to third]; DOWNING REPLACED VALENTINE
(PITCHING); GARVEY REPLACED SINGER (PLAYING 3B); FOSTER BATTED
FOR UHLAENDER; Foster struck out; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted) [Rose to third, Hall scored]; Bench flied out to
left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 7TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Russell doubled
to left; CANNIZZARO BATTED FOR YEAGER; Cannizzaro singled to
right [Russell to third]; Garvey struck out; Lacy grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cannizzaro out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: CANNIZZARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Perez was
called out on strikes; Menke walked; Chaney grounded out (second
to first) [Menke to second]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis grounded out (second to first); Mota walked;
Parker walked [Mota to second]; CARROLL REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Parker out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: Carroll flied out to center; Rose singled to left;
Foster lined to second; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 9TH: BUCKNER BATTED FOR DOWNING; Buckner singled to
right; Russell grounded out (second to first) [Buckner to
second]; Cannizzaro singled to right [Buckner scored]; LEFEBVRE
BATTED FOR GARVEY; Lefebvre singled to left [Cannizzaro to
second]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR LACY; Crawford grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Lefebvre out at second]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 6.