Joe Morgan hit his 16th homer, the high for any season in his career, to mark the Reds' 7-2 victory over the Phillies. Morgan also rapped a double and single and drove in three runs. Pete Rose hit a triple and two doubles, while Denis Menke contributed a homer to the Reds' attack. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    27, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  2
Reds         0  0  0    0  2  2    2  1  x  -   7 13  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harmon 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Rose lf               4   2   3   1     1   0   .301
Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Morgan 2b             5   2   3   3     0   1   .293
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Tolan cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .285
Luzinski lf           2   1   1   0     2   0   .278        Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Montanez cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .246      Bench rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .271
Johnson 1b            2   0   1   2     1   0   .204      Perez 1b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .293
B. Robinson rf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Menke 3b              3   1   1   2     1   1   .236
Bateman c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Chaney ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .241
  Ryan c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Plummer c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Grimsley p            4   1   1   0     0   1   .115
Twitchell p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .056        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lis ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .228

Totals               31   2   6   2     3   1             Totals               36   7  13   7     3   8

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 37,167
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Reds 8
DP: Phillies 1, Reds 0
Errors: Johnson, Bateman
Doubles: Luzinski (26), Montanez (30), Rose 2 (23), Bench (21), Morgan (19)
Triples: Rose (9), Chaney (1)
Home Runs: Menke (7), Morgan (16)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (36), Morgan (44)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (3)
GIDP: Rose (5)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(3-6)        5.1   9   4   2   0   7   1  25   4.22
Wilson                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.57
Selma                   2     4   3   3   3   1   1  12   5.20
Totals                  8    13   7   5   3   8   2  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(12-6)        8     6   2   2   3   1   0  33   2.65
Borbon SV(10)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.00
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   1   0  36

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Nick Colosi


PHILLIES 1ST: Harmon flied out to left; Bowa flied out to left;
Money lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to left; Morgan made an out to second;
Tolan singled to center [Rose to third]; Tolan stole second;
Bench was called out on strikes; Perez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski doubled to left; Montanez flied out to
center [Luzinski to third]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Luzinski scored]; B. Robinson grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Menke struck out; Chaney grounded out (shortstop to
first); Plummer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bateman lined to third; Twitchell was called out
on strikes; Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Grimsley struck out; Rose doubled to left; Morgan
struck out; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Reds 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa flied out to center; Money flied out to
center; Luzinski walked; Montanez popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench flied out to right; Perez struck out; Menke
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); B. Robinson
singled to center; Bateman grounded out (pitcher to first) [B.
Robinson to second]; Twitchell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Chaney grounded out (second to first); Johnson dropped
a foul fly hit by Plummer for an error; Plummer singled;
Grimsley forced Plummer (first to shortstop); Rose tripled to
right [Grimsley scored (unearned)]; Morgan singled to second
[Rose scored (unearned)]; Morgan stole second [Morgan to third
(error by Bateman)]; On a bunt Tolan made an out to first; 2 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Harmon singled to right; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Harmon to second]; Money popped to
shortstop; Luzinski was walked intentionally; Montanez grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: RYAN REPLACED BATEMAN (PLAYING C ); Bench doubled to
left; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bench to third];
Menke homered [Bench scored]; Chaney tripled to center; WILSON
REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Plummer popped to catcher in foul
territory; Grimsley grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnson walked; B. Robinson forced Johnson (third
to second); Ryan flied out to right; LIS BATTED FOR WILSON; Lis
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: SELMA REPLACED LIS (PITCHING); Rose walked; Morgan
doubled to left [Rose scored]; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted); Bench was walked intentionally; Perez singled to
center [Morgan scored, Bench to second]; Menke walked [Bench to
third, Perez to second]; Chaney was called out on strikes;
Plummer grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Phillies 1, Reds 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: Harmon grounded out (third to first); Bowa singled
to center; Money flied out to center; Luzinski flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: Grimsley singled to left; Rose grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Grimsley out at second];
Morgan homered; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 7.

PHILLIES 9TH: GERONIMO REPLACED TOLAN (PLAYING CF); Montanez
doubled to right; Johnson singled to left [Montanez scored];
BORBON REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); B. Robinson popped to
shortstop; GAMBLE BATTED FOR RYAN; Gamble flied out to right;
FREED BATTED FOR SELMA; Freed popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 7.