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Saturday September 30, 1972
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Claude Osteen pitched and batted the Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Reds in 10 innings. Osteen drove in Willie Crawford with a single in the eighth to tie the score at 2-2. Then, after singles by Ron Cey and Bill Russell in the 10th, Osteen doubled to drive in two runs for his 19th victory. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    2  -   4  8  0
Reds         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   2  6  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Rose lf               5   1   3   0     0   0   .308
Buckner rf            4   0   0   1     0   0   .313      Morgan 2b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .293
Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Tolan cf              5   0   1   1     0   1   .283
Paciorek 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .229      Bench c               2   0   0   0     2   1   .273
Cey 3b                4   0   2   0     0   0   .321      Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .286
  Wills pr,3b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .129        Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Crawford lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .254        Hague 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Ferguson c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .375      McRae rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .328        Geronimo rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Yeager c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Menke 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .236
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .274      Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Osteen p              4   0   2   3     0   0   .286      Simpson p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .063
                                                            Javier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .048
                                                            Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .159

Totals               37   4   8   4     0   2             Totals               34   2   6   2     4   8

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 20,080
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Reds 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 1
Doubles: Lopes (3), Paciorek (3), Osteen (5), Rose 2 (31)
Triples: Morgan (4)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Geronimo (3)
GIDP: Ferguson (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen W(19-11)        10     6   2   2   4   8   0  39   2.70
Totals                 10     6   2   2   4   8   0  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson                 8     5   2   2   0   2   0  28   4.14
Borbon L(8-3)           2     3   2   2   0   0   0   9   3.20
Totals                 10     8   4   4   0   2   0  37

Wild Pitches: Simpson (6)

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Satch Davidson


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Simpson threw a wild pitch
[Lopes to third]; Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher) [Lopes
scored]; Davis flied out to right; Paciorek flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded
out (second to first); Tolan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey singled to left; Crawford popped to shortstop;
Ferguson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Cey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Perez flied out to right; McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to center; Osteen grounded out
(second to first); Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Menke popped to second; Concepcion struck out; Simpson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner flied out to center; Davis flied out to
left; Paciorek doubled to left; Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Rose doubled to left; Morgan tripled to center [Rose
scored]; On a bunt Tolan singled to second [Morgan scored];
Bench walked [Tolan to second]; Perez popped to first; McRae
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Tolan to third, Bench to
second]; Menke was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Crawford flied out to center; Ferguson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Russell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Simpson struck out;
Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Osteen popped to shortstop; Lopes flied out to
center; Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Morgan singled to third; Morgan was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Tolan
flied out to left; Bench walked; Perez flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Davis flied out to left; Paciorek struck out; Cey
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Menke flied out
to center; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

DODGERS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Crawford
singled to right; MOTA BATTED FOR FERGUSON; Mota grounded out
(second to first) [Crawford to second]; Russell struck out;
Osteen singled to left [Crawford scored]; Lopes popped to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: YEAGER REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING C ); JAVIER BATTED FOR
SIMPSON; Javier grounded out (second to first); Rose singled to
right; Morgan was called out on strikes; Tolan grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

DODGERS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED JAVIER (PITCHING); Buckner popped
to shortstop; Davis grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: Bench flied out to center; Perez walked; FOSTER RAN
FOR PEREZ; Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Foster to second]; Menke was walked intentionally; Concepcion
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

DODGERS 10TH: HAGUE REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING 1B); Cey singled to
left; WILLS RAN FOR CEY; On a bunt Crawford popped to first in
foul territory; Yeager lined to shortstop; Russell singled to
third [Wills to second]; Osteen doubled to left [Wills scored,
Russell scored]; Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Reds 2.

REDS 10TH: WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); UHLAENDER BATTED
FOR BORBON; Uhlaender struck out; Rose doubled to right; Morgan
popped to first in foul territory; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Reds 2.



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