Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 2
World Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October   14, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
A's          0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  4  0
Reds         0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         3   0   2   0     0   0   .667      Rose lf               4   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Alou rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Bench c               3   2   2   0     1   0   .667
  Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .500
  Hegan 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Menke 3b              3   0   0   1     1   2   .000
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Geronimo rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hendrick cf           2   1   0   0     1   0   .000        McRae ph            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
Tenace c              3   2   2   3     0   0   .667        Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Concepcion ss         2   0   1   1     1   0   .500
  Marquez ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nolan p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Holtzman p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blue p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Javier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   3   4   3     4   1             Totals               31   2   7   2     5   7

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 52,918
Left on Base: A's 2, Reds 8
DP: A's 0, Reds 1
Doubles: Bench (1)
Home Runs: Tenace 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Campaneris (1), Lewis (1), Concepcion (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (1), Concepcion (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(1-0)         5     5   2   2   3   3   0  22   3.60
Fingers                 1.2   1   0   0   1   3   0   6   0.00
Blue SV(1)              2.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   5   7   0  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan L(0-1)            6     4   3   3   2   0   2  22   4.50
Borbon                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Carroll                 2     0   0   0   2   1   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     4   3   3   4   1   2  32

Wild Pitches: Blue (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Frank Umont, LF - Bob Engel, RF - Bill Haller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to left; Rudi flied out to
center; Alou hit into a double play (second to first)
[Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Morgan grounded
out (first unassisted); Tolan grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Reds 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein flied to right; Bando flied out to right;
Hendrick walked; Tenace homered [Hendrick scored]; Green lined
to third; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to left; Perez singled to left [Bench to
second]; Menke walked [Bench to third, Perez to second];
Geronimo popped to shortstop; Concepcion forced Menke (shortstop
to second) [Bench scored, Perez to third]; Nolan struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Reds 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Holtzman flied out to left; Campaneris singled to
left; Campaneris was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied to
left; Tolan singled; Tolan was picked off first (pitcher to
first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Reds 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Epstein
grounded out (third to first); Bando popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench walked; Perez singled [Bench to third]; Menke
forced Perez (shortstop to second) [Bench scored]; Geronimo
grounded out (second to first) [Menke to second]; Concepcion was
walked intentionally; Nolan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Reds 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Tenace
homered; Green flied to center; Holtzman flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Rose flied to center; Morgan struck out (catcher to
first); Tolan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Reds 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris lined to third; Rudi flied out to
right; Alou walked; Epstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Bench doubled to right; FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN
(PITCHING); Perez struck out; Menke struck out; Geronimo lined
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Reds 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Bando grounded
out (second to first); Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first);
Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion singled to left; UHLAENDER BATTED FOR
BORBON; Concepcion was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Uhlaender struck out; Rose walked; BLUE REPLACED
FINGERS (PITCHING); Blue threw a wild pitch [Rose to second];
Morgan walked; Tolan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Reds 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CARROLL REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); MARQUEZ
BATTED FOR GREEN; Marquez popped to shortstop; Blue walked;
Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Blue to
second]; Rudi flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING 2B); Bench flied out
to right; Perez flied out to center; Menke struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Reds 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Epstein
walked; LEWIS RAN FOR EPSTEIN; Lewis was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: HEGAN REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 1B); MCRAE BATTED FOR
GERONIMO; McRae singled to left; FOSTER RAN FOR MCRAE;
Concepcion out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Foster to
second]; JAVIER BATTED FOR CARROLL; Javier grounded out (second
to first) [Foster to third]; Rose grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Reds 2.