Wednesday September 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
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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