Flashing his 1971 form, Don Gullett pitched eight innings of relief, allowed only four hits and was the winner when the Reds defeated the Phillies, 3-0. Wayne Simpson started for the Reds but reinjured his leg and was forced to quit the mound after one inning. Gullett suffered from hepatitis early in the year and, for the first time since then, showed he possibly had regained his strength.

The Reds scored their initial run in the first on a walk to Pete Rose and singles by Johnny Bench and Tony Perez. Other tallies followed in the fifth on a single by Rose, walk to Joe Morgan, single by Bobby Tolan and a wild pickoff throw to first base by Wayne Twitchell. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    15, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               3   1   2   0     1   0   .292      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Morgan 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .281        B. Robinson ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Tolan cf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .293        Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Perez 1b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .289      Hutton 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Menke 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Montanez cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .248
Geronimo rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Chaney ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Gamble rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .231
Simpson p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .079        Freed ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  Gullett p           3   0   0   0     0   3   .235      Money 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .234
                                                          Bateman c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .226
                                                          Twitchell p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .077
                                                            Harmon ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .277

Totals               34   3   8   2     2   8             Totals               31   0   4   0     1   8

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 17,106
Left on Base: Reds 6, Phillies 5
DP: Reds 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Menke, Twitchell
Doubles: Rose (21), Montanez 2 (26)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (30)
Caught Stealing: Gamble (1)
GIDP: Perez (5)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.51
Gullett W(4-7)          8     4   0   0   1   8   0  29   5.09
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   8   0  32

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(2-4)        8     7   3   2   2   7   0  32   4.20
Wilson                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.77
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   8   0  36

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Stan Landes


REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Morgan flied out to right; Tolan forced
Rose (shortstop to second); Bench singled to center [Tolan to
third]; Perez singled to right [Tolan scored, Bench to third];
Menke flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1,
Phillies 0.

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

REDS 2ND: Geronimo struck out; Chaney struck out; Simpson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: GULLETT REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Montanez
flied out to right; Luzinski flied out to right; Gamble walked;
Gamble was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Morgan popped to shortstop;
Tolan singled to left; Bench flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Money singled to left; Bateman singled to left
[Money to third]; Twitchell was called out on strikes; Doyle
reached on a fielder's choice [Money out at home (third to
catcher), Bateman to second]; Bowa popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez struck out; Menke was called out on strikes;
Geronimo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hutton grounded out (second to first); Montanez
doubled to left; Luzinski popped to first; Gamble flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 0.

REDS 5TH: Chaney grounded out (first unassisted); Gullett struck
out; Rose singled to pitcher; Morgan walked [Rose to second];
Tolan singled to right [Rose scored, Morgan scored (error by
Twitchell) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Tolan stole second; Bench
grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Money was called out on strikes; Bateman struck
out; Twitchell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 3, Phillies 0.

REDS 6TH: Perez struck out; Menke popped to shortstop; Geronimo
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Doyle popped to shortstop in foul territory; Bowa
reached on an error by Menke; Hutton flied out to right;
Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

REDS 7TH: Chaney grounded out (first to pitcher); Gullett struck
out; Rose doubled to right; Morgan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski flied out to center; FREED BATTED FOR
GAMBLE; Freed struck out; Money grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

REDS 8TH: FREED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); On a bunt Tolan
singled to first; Bench popped to shortstop; Perez grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tolan out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); HARMON
BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Harmon was called out on strikes; B.
ROBINSON BATTED FOR DOYLE; B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

REDS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED B. ROBINSON (PITCHING); HARMON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Menke flied out to left; Geronimo singled
to center; Chaney flied out to left; Gullett struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Bowa popped to shortstop; Hutton grounded out
(second to first); Montanez doubled to left; Luzinski grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Phillies 0.