After Johnny Bench hit a grand slam in the first inning, the Reds failed to hold the lead before coming back with three runs in the ninth to defeat the Braves, 7-5. An infield hit by Pete Rose, pass to Joe Morgan and a safe bunt by Bobby Tolan loaded the bases for Bench's belt off Jimmy Freeman. The Braves rallied to tie the score in the fifth. Mike Lum led off with a homer. Singles by Hank Aaron, Dusty Baker and Rico Carty added a run, and after a walk to Darrell Evans, Jim Breazeale singled to drive in the tying pair. Cincinnati Reds 7, Atlanta Braves 5Game Played on Tuesday, September 12, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumReds 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 11 1 Braves 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 2 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose lf 5 2 4 0 0 0 .310 Jackson ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Morgan 2b 4 2 0 0 1 0 .287 Lum rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .232 Tolan cf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .280 Aaron 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .262 Bench rf,c 5 1 1 5 0 0 .264 Williams c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Perez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Baker cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .318 Menke 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Carty lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .281 Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .216 Brown pr,lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .212 Plummer c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Evans 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .244 Geronimo ph,rf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .267 Gilbreath 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Simpson p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .068 Garr ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Borbon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Garrido 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Hague ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Freeman p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Uhlaender pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Breazeale ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .278 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hardin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Millan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .258 McLain p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Totals 38 7 11 6 3 1 Totals 37 5 11 5 7 2 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 4,050 Left on Base: Reds 7, Braves 12 DP: Reds 1, Braves 1 Errors: Tolan, Evans, Garrido Doubles: Tolan (28), Millan (19) Home Runs: Bench (32), Geronimo (4), Lum (9), Baker (14) GIDP: Garrido (3) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Simpson 4.1 8 4 4 4 1 1 25 4.14 Borbon W(7-2) 3.2 2 0 0 2 1 0 15 3.22 Carroll SV(28) 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 2.58 Totals 9 11 5 5 7 2 2 44 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Freeman 5 6 4 4 2 1 1 23 4.50 Hardin 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.88 McLain L(3-5) 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 6.37 House 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Schueler 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.89 Totals 9 11 7 6 3 1 2 41 Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Bruce Froemming REDS 1ST: Rose singled to shortstop; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; On a bunt Tolan singled [Rose to third, Morgan to second]; Bench homered [Rose scored, Morgan scored, Tolan scored]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke flied out to left; Concepcion singled to right; Plummer popped to third; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Lum walked; Aaron singled to left [Lum to second]; Williams flied out to left; Baker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. REDS 2ND: Simpson walked; Rose singled to left [Simpson to second]; Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Tolan forced Rose (second to shortstop) [Simpson to third]; Bench flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Carty singled to center; Evans singled to right [Carty to second]; Gilbreath singled to left [Carty to third, Evans to second]; Freeman popped to third in foul territory; Jackson popped to left; Lum lined to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. REDS 3RD: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke grounded out (third to first); Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Aaron flied out to left; Pete Rose took HR away from Hank Aaron; Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Baker walked; Carty grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. REDS 4TH: Plummer popped to third in foul territory; Simpson reached on an error by Evans [Simpson to first]; Rose singled to center [Simpson to second]; Morgan hit into a double play (center to shortstop) [Simpson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Gilbreath flied out to left; Freeman walked; Jackson forced Freeman (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. REDS 5TH: Tolan struck out; Bench popped to third in foul territory; Perez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Lum homered; Aaron singled to left; Williams struck out; Baker singled to left [Aaron to second]; Carty singled to center [Aaron scored, Baker to third]; BROWN RAN FOR CARTY; Evans walked [Brown to second]; BORBON REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); GARR BATTED FOR GILBREATH; Garr struck out; BREAZEALE BATTED FOR FREEMAN; Breazeale singled to center [Baker scored, Brown scored, Evans to third (error by Tolan)]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. REDS 6TH: HARDIN REPLACED BREAZEALE (PITCHING); GARRIDO REPLACED GARR (PLAYING 2B); BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion singled to third; GERONIMO BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Geronimo popped to first; Borbon forced Concepcion (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. BRAVES 6TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Lum flied out to center; Aaron flied out to right; Williams walked; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. REDS 7TH: Rose lined to left; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Tolan doubled; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. BRAVES 7TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans grounded out (second to first); Garrido flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. REDS 8TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke lined to shortstop; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. BRAVES 8TH: MILLAN BATTED FOR HARDIN; Millan doubled; Jackson popped to shortstop; Lum flied out to center; Aaron was walked intentionally; Williams forced Aaron (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 4. REDS 9TH: MCLAIN REPLACED MILLAN (PITCHING); Geronimo homered; HAGUE BATTED FOR BORBON; Hague singled to right; UHLAENDER RAN FOR HAGUE; Rose singled to right [Uhlaender to third]; HOUSE REPLACED MCLAIN (PITCHING); Morgan reached on a fielder's choice [Uhlaender out at home (shortstop to catcher), Rose to second]; Tolan walked [Rose to third, Morgan to second]; SCHUELER REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Bench forced Tolan (shortstop to second) [Rose scored, Morgan scored (error by Garrido) (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to second]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 7, Braves 4. BRAVES 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Baker homered; Brown popped to right; Evans walked; Garrido grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 7, Braves 5. |
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