A double by Cesar Geronimo and throwing error by Chris Speier on an infield hit by Joe Hague produced the winning run for the Reds in the eighth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Giants. Juan Marichal, pitching in relief for the first time this season, was the loser. Dave Kingman smashed two homers for the Giants, while Johnny Bench belted one for the Reds. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Tuesday, September 19, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  3  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  1
Reds         0  2  2    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5 12  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds cf              4   0   1   1     0   2   .252      Rose lf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Speier ss             5   1   1   0     0   1   .271      Morgan 2b             3   0   2   0     1   0   .292
Henderson lf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .283
Kingman 1b            5   2   3   3     0   0   .226      Bench c               4   1   1   1     0   0   .270
Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Perez 1b              3   2   1   0     1   0   .286
Fuentes 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .262      Menke 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .234
Matthews rf           3   0   0   0     0   3   .233      Geronimo rf           4   2   3   0     0   0   .275
Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .227      Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .211
McDowell p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .132      Billingham p          3   0   1   2     0   1   .062
  Thomasson ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .250        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .050
  Stone p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .121        Hague ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .231
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Marichal p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               36   4  10   4     2   8             Totals               34   5  12   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 10,353
Left on Base: Giants 9, Reds 8
DP: Giants 2, Reds 0
Errors: Speier, Tolan, Borbon
Doubles: Rader (13), Billingham (1), Geronimo (8)
Triples: Thomasson (1), Perez (7)
Home Runs: Kingman 2 (28), Bench (35)
Sacrifice Hits: Matthews (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (5)
GIDP: Tolan (15), Rose (7)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell                4     8   4   4   2   4   1  21   4.57
Stone                   3     2   0   0   1   1   0  12   2.99
Marichal L(6-16)        1     2   1   0   0   0   0   4   3.71
Totals                  8    12   5   4   3   5   1  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              7.1   9   4   4   2   7   2  33   3.33
Borbon W(8-2)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.08
Carroll SV(31)          1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.41
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   8   2  40

Wild Pitches: McDowell (10)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to center; Speier popped to first in
foul territory; Henderson singled to right; Kingman popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan singled
to shortstop; Tolan was called out on strikes; Bench popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
0.

GIANTS 2ND: Rader lined to right; Fuentes singled to center
[Fuentes to second (error by Tolan)]; Matthews struck out;
Gallagher walked; McDowell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez walked; Menke struck out; Geronimo singled to
left [Perez to second]; Concepcion lined to center; Billingham
doubled to right [Perez scored, Geronimo scored]; Rose flied out
to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Morgan popped to second; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted); Bench homered; Perez tripled; McDowell threw a wild
pitch [Perez scored]; Menke walked; Geronimo singled to center
[Menke to third]; Concepcion struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman singled; Rader flied out to left; Fuentes
walked [Kingman to second]; Matthews struck out; Gallagher
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

REDS 4TH: Billingham struck out; Rose singled to center; Morgan
singled to center [Rose to third]; Tolan grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Morgan out at second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 4.

GIANTS 5TH: THOMASSON BATTED FOR MCDOWELL; Thomasson tripled to
left; Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thomasson scored];
Speier singled to center; Henderson flied out to center; Kingman
homered [Speier scored]; Rader doubled to right; Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
3, Reds 4.

REDS 5TH: STONE REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Bench grounded
out (second to first); Perez flied out to left; Menke singled to
right; Geronimo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews struck out; Gallagher grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first);
Billingham grounded out (third to first); Rose struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds struck out; Speier grounded out (shortstop to
first); Henderson popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: Morgan walked; Tolan singled to center [Morgan to
third]; Bench reached on a fielder's choice [Morgan out at home
(third to catcher), Tolan to second]; Perez forced Tolan
(shortstop to third) [Bench to second]; Menke flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Kingman homered; Rader popped to third in foul
territory; Fuentes singled to center; BORBON REPLACED BILLINGHAM
(PITCHING); Matthews reached on an error by Borbon on a
sacrifice bunt [Fuentes to second, Matthews to first]; Gallagher
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Fuentes to third, Matthews to
second]; HOWARTH BATTED FOR STONE; Howarth grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: MARICHAL REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Geronimo doubled
to right; On a bunt Concepcion made an out to catcher; HAGUE
BATTED FOR BORBON; Hague singled to shortstop [Geronimo scored
(error by Speier) (unearned) (no RBI)]; FOSTER RAN FOR HAGUE;
Rose grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Foster out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Reds 5.

GIANTS 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Bonds singled to
left; On a bunt Speier struck out; Henderson forced Bonds
(second to shortstop); Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.