A triple by Pete Rose was the key blow as the Reds erupted for four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Giants, 8-6. Elias Sosa, Dominican rookie righthander, pitched four hitless innings in relief for the Giants before Denis Menke touched off the Reds' rally with a single.

After Cesar Geronimo forced Menke, Darrel Chaney walked. Hal McRae delivered a pinch-single, scoring Geronimo. Rose followed with his triple off Jerry Johnson and then counted himself on a single by Joe Morgan. [The Sporting News]
Cincinnati Reds 8, San Francisco Giants 6

Game Played on Wednesday, September 20, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Giants       0  0  1    2  0  3    0  0  0  -   6 11  2
Reds         0  1  2    1  0  0    0  4  x  -   8 12  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   3   1     0   1   .255      Rose lf               3   2   1   2     2   0   .308
Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Morgan 2b             4   0   1   1     1   0   .292
Speier ss             3   2   1   0     1   0   .271      Tolan cf              5   1   1   2     0   1   .282
Kingman 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .228      Bench c               5   1   2   1     0   2   .271
Henderson lf          4   1   1   1     0   1   .258      Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .285
Gallagher 3b          4   0   1   2     0   0   .227      Menke 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .237
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Geronimo rf           3   2   1   0     1   0   .276
Maddox cf             3   1   2   2     0   1   .263      Chaney ss             3   1   2   1     1   0   .257
Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Gullett p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Carrithers p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .050
  Sosa p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Hague ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Blanco 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .350        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .241        McRae ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .278
                                                            Foster pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .206
                                                            Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               34   6  11   6     1   6             Totals               34   8  12   8     5   4

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 11,174
Left on Base: Giants 3, Reds 8
DP: Giants 0, Reds 1
Errors: Henderson, Rader, Menke 2
Doubles: Maddox (24), Henderson (21), Menke (17)
Triples: Geronimo (7), Rose (11)
Home Runs: Bench (36), Tolan (8)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (55)
Caught Stealing: Bonds 2 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Gullett (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carrithers              3     8   4   4   1   0   2  17   5.80
Sosa L(0-1)             4.1   2   3   3   4   3   0  19   2.89
Johnson                 0.2   2   1   1   0   1   0   4   4.42
Totals                  8    12   8   8   5   4   2  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett                 5     9   6   5   1   2   0  23   3.95
Borbon                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.05
Hall W(10-1)            2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.62
Carroll SV(32)          1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.38
Totals                  9    11   6   5   1   6   0  36

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (third to
first); Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded
out (third to first); Tolan popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman popped to third; Henderson grounded out
(third to first); Gallagher grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench homered; Perez flied out to right; Menke doubled
to left; Geronimo reached on a fielder's choice [Menke out at
third (shortstop to third)]; Chaney singled to center [Geronimo
to third]; Geronimo was picked off third (catcher to third); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Maddox singled to third [Maddox to second (error by
Menke)]; Rader flied out to left; Carrithers grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Maddox to third]; Bonds singled to center
[Maddox scored (unearned)]; Bonds was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Gullett grounded out (third to first); Rose walked;
Morgan lined to right; Tolan homered [Rose scored]; Bench
singled to center; Perez singled to left [Bench to second];
Menke flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds
3.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes singled to left; Speier walked [Fuentes to
second]; Kingman popped to right; Henderson popped to second;
Gallagher singled [Fuentes scored, Speier to third]; Maddox
doubled to left [Speier scored, Gallagher to third]; Rader
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
3, Reds 3.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo tripled; Chaney singled to left [Geronimo
scored]; SOSA REPLACED CARRITHERS (PITCHING); Gullett out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Chaney to second]; Rose
walked; Morgan popped to right; Tolan grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Sosa struck out; Bonds singled to center; Fuentes
lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Bonds out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

REDS 5TH: Bench flied out to center; Perez grounded out (third
to first); Menke flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier singled to shortstop; Kingman singled to left
[Speier to second]; Henderson doubled [Speier scored, Kingman to
third]; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Gallagher grounded
out (third to first) [Kingman scored, Henderson to third];
Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to center [Henderson scored]; Rader
flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 4.

REDS 6TH: Geronimo walked; Chaney flied out to right; HAGUE
BATTED FOR BORBON; Hague flied out to right; Rose grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 4.

GIANTS 7TH: HALL REPLACED HAGUE (PITCHING); Sosa struck out;
Bonds singled to shortstop; Fuentes lined to third [Bonds to
second (error by Menke)]; Bonds was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Morgan stole
third; Tolan struck out; Bench struck out; Perez was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
singled to left; Henderson struck out; Gallagher flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: Menke singled to left; Geronimo forced Menke (first to
shortstop); Chaney walked [Geronimo to second]; MCRAE BATTED FOR
HALL; McRae singled to left [Geronimo scored, Chaney to third,
McRae to second (error by Henderson)]; FOSTER RAN FOR MCRAE;
JOHNSON REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); BLANCO REPLACED SOSA
(PLAYING 3B); Rose tripled to right [Chaney scored, Foster
scored]; Morgan singled to right [Rose scored]; Tolan grounded
out (third to first) [Morgan to second]; Morgan was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Rader [Morgan to third];
Bench struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 8.

GIANTS 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Maddox struck
out; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); HOWARTH BATTED FOR
BLANCO; Howarth struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6,
Reds 8.
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