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Sunday September 3, 1972
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A pinch-homer by Hal McRae, after Dave Concepcion was safe on an error in the seventh inning, lifted the Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Expos. Denis Menke earlier homered for the Reds to the tie score at 2-2 in the second. Jack Billingham was lifted when the Expos loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and Tom Hall walked Tim McCarver to force in a run, but the reliever clamped down the rest of the way to gain the decision. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 4, Montreal Expos 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Expos        2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  1
Reds         1  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   4  6  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               3   1   2   0     2   0   .252      Rose lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .303
Jorgensen cf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .227      Morgan 2b             3   1   2   0     1   1   .287
  Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Tolan cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
Singleton lf          3   1   1   1     1   1   .268      Bench rf,c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .262
McCarver c            2   0   0   1     1   1   .259      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .289
  Woods ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Menke 3b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .241
Fairly rf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .266      Concepcion ss         3   1   0   0     0   1   .213
  Mashore ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Plummer c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Boccabella c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237        McRae ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .269
Breeden 1b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .241        Geronimo rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Foli ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Billingham p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .052
Bailey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .234        Hall p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .111
Moore p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .154
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Humphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .196

Totals               32   3   6   3     6   9             Totals               30   4   6   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 15,464
Left on Base: Expos 8, Reds 5
DP: Expos 0, Reds 1
Errors: Foli
Doubles: Singleton (18), Hunt (17), Morgan (20)
Home Runs: Menke (9), McRae (3)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (46), Bench (4)
Caught Stealing: Tolan (15)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(6-7)            7     6   4   3   3   6   2  30   4.05
Marshall                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.54
Totals                  8     6   4   3   3   7   2  33

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              4.1   6   3   3   2   5   0  21   3.13
Hall W(7-1)             4.2   0   0   0   4   4   0  17   2.60
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   9   0  38

Wild Pitches: Moore (6)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bob Engel


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied out to left; Jorgensen singled to center;
Singleton doubled [Jorgensen scored]; McCarver grounded out
(first unassisted) [Singleton to third]; Fairly singled to right
[Singleton scored]; Breeden struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose lined to pitcher; Morgan singled to second;
Morgan stole second; Moore threw a wild pitch [Morgan to third];
Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first); Bench singled to left
[Morgan scored]; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Foli grounded out (second to first); Bailey struck
out; Moore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 2, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Menke homered; Concepcion lined to left; Plummer
popped to first; Billingham struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Reds 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Hunt doubled to left; Jorgensen grounded out (second
to first) [Hunt to third]; Singleton struck out; McCarver struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan struck
out; Tolan singled to right; Tolan was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Reds 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); Breeden
walked; Foli struck out; Bailey forced Breeden (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Bench flied out to right; Perez struck out; Menke
walked; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Reds 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Moore lined to third; Hunt singled to right;
Jorgensen singled to center [Hunt to third]; Singleton walked
[Jorgensen to second]; HALL REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING);
McCarver walked [Hunt scored, Jorgensen to third, Singleton to
second]; Fairly popped to catcher in foul territory; Breeden
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 3,
Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Plummer flied out to right; Hall flied out to left;
Rose lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Reds 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Foli flied out to left; Bailey grounded out (third to
first); Moore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Tolan popped to
third in foul territory; Bench flied out to center; Perez popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Reds
2.

EXPOS 7TH: Hunt walked; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first)
[Hunt to second]; Singleton lined into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Hunt out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3,
Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Menke grounded out (third to first); Concepcion
reached on an error by Foli [Concepcion to first]; MCRAE BATTED
FOR PLUMMER; McRae homered [Concepcion scored (unearned)]; Hall
struck out; Rose struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
3, Reds 4.

EXPOS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); WOODS BATTED FOR MCCARVER; Woods struck
out; MASHORE BATTED FOR FAIRLY; Mashore struck out; Breeden
walked; Foli lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3,
Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BOCCABELLA REPLACED
MASHORE (PLAYING C ); Morgan doubled; Tolan walked; MARSHALL
REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Bench forced Tolan (shortstop to
second) [Morgan to third]; Bench stole second; Perez struck out;
Menke popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Reds
4.

EXPOS 9TH: Bailey flied out to right; HUMPHREY BATTED FOR
MARSHALL; Humphrey struck out; Hunt walked; TORRES BATTED FOR
JORGENSEN; Torres flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 3, Reds 4.



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