Oakland Athletics 2, Cincinnati Reds 1
World Series Game 2 Played on Sunday, October 15, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
A's 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .375 Rose lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .125 Alou rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rudi lf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .286 Tolan cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Epstein 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Bench c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .500 Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perez 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .571 Hegan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Menke 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .125 Geronimo rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Chaney ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Tenace c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 McRae ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Green 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .333 Concepcion pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hunter p 3 0 1 1 1 0 .333 Grimsley p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Uhlaender ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hague ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Javier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 9 2 3 7 Totals 33 1 6 1 3 6 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 53,224 Left on Base: A's 8, Reds 8 DP: A's 1, Reds 1 Errors: Epstein, Hunter Doubles: Uhlaender (1) Home Runs: Rudi (1) Stolen Bases: Alou (1), Morgan (1) Caught Stealing: Lewis (2) GIDP: Menke (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(1-0) 8.2 6 1 1 3 6 0 35 1.04 Fingers SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 6 0 36 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Grimsley L(0-1) 5 6 2 2 0 1 1 20 3.60 Borbon 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 0.00 Hall 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 9 2 2 3 7 1 37 Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Bob Engel, LF - Bill Haller, RF - Chris Pelekoudas ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (third to first); Rudi singled to left; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose flied to left; Morgan struck out; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando singled to center; Hendrick forced Bando (pitcher to second to shortstop); Tenace flied to left; Green singled to center [Hendrick to second]; Hunter singled to left [Hendrick scored, Green to second]; Campaneris singled to left [Green out at home (left to catcher), Hunter to second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench singled; Perez walked [Bench to second]; Bench was picked off second but was safe on an error by Hunter [Bench to third, Perez to second]; Menke struck out; Geronimo struck out; Chaney was walked intentionally; Grimsley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Alou grounded out (third to first); Rudi homered; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Rose singled to center; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Tolan popped to shortstop; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Green flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Perez singled to center; Menke grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Perez out at second]; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Hunter grounded out (second to first); Campaneris flied to right; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Chaney lined to center; UHLAENDER BATTED FOR GRIMSLEY; Uhlaender doubled; Rose flied out to right; Morgan reached on an error by Epstein [Uhlaender to third, Morgan to first]; Morgan stole second; Tolan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Rudi struck out; Epstein walked; LEWIS RAN FOR EPSTEIN; Bando struck out while Lewis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: HEGAN REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 1B); Bench walked; Perez forced Bench (third to second); Menke grounded out (pitcher to first) [Perez to second]; Geronimo flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Hendrick flied to right; Tenace struck out; Green was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 7TH: Chaney flied to left; HAGUE BATTED FOR BORBON; Hague flied out to right; Rose struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: HALL REPLACED HAGUE (PITCHING); Hunter popped to first; Campaneris lined to center; Alou singled to right; Alou stole second; Rudi walked; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 8TH: Morgan flied out to left; Tolan flied out to right; Bench flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick singled to second; Tenace flied to left; Green singled to center [Hendrick to second]; Hunter walked [Hendrick to third, Green to second]; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 0. REDS 9TH: Perez singled to left; Menke lined to left; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted) [Perez to second]; Mike Hegan knocked down Cesar Geronimo's line drive; MCRAE BATTED FOR CHANEY; McRae singled to left [Perez scored]; CONCEPCION RAN FOR MCRAE; JAVIER BATTED FOR HALL; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Javier popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Reds 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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