Cincinnati Reds 1, Oakland Athletics 0
World Series Game 3 Played on Wednesday, October   18, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  4  2
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .091      Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     1   1   .273
Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Alou rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .167      Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   3   .300      Epstein 1b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .000
Perez 1b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .500      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Menke 3b              2   0   1   0     1   0   .111      Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .100
Geronimo rf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .091      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Chaney ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Green 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .375
Billingham p          4   0   0   0     0   3   .000        Marquez ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lewis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kubiak 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Odom p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Hegan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Blue p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   4   1     4  14             Totals               29   0   3   0     3   7

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 49,410
Left on Base: Reds 8, A's 6
DP: Reds 1, A's 0
Errors: Morgan, Bench, Epstein, Tenace
Stolen Bases: Rose (1), Geronimo (1), Tolan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Menke (1), Alou (1)
GIDP: Bando (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(1-0)       8     3   0   0   3   7   0  30   0.00
Carroll SV(1)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   7   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(0-1)             7     3   1   1   2  11   0  27   1.29
Blue                    0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Fingers                 1.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     4   1   1   4  14   0  36

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


REDS 1ST: Rose was called out on strikes; Morgan struck out;
Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Alou grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rudi was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez flied to
left; Menke singled to left; Geronimo grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein walked; On a bunt Bando forced Epstein
(pitcher to shortstop); Hendrick popped to second; Tenace forced
Bando (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Athletics 0.

REDS 3RD: Chaney struck out; Billingham grounded out (pitcher to
first); Rose walked; Rose stole second [Rose to third (error by
Tenace)]; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: On a bunt Green grounded out (catcher to first);
Odom struck out; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

REDS 4TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Bench was called
out on strikes; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou flied to center; On a bunt Rudi singled;
Epstein forced Rudi (second to shortstop); Bando was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

REDS 5TH: Menke walked; Geronimo reached on an error by Epstein
[Menke to third, Geronimo to first]; Chaney struck out;
Billingham struck out; Geronimo stole second; Rose was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hendrick was called out on strikes; Tenace was
called out on strikes; Green singled to third; Odom struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

REDS 6TH: Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Tolan struck
out; Bench was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris walked; Alou reached on an error by
Bench on a sacrifice bunt [Alou to first, Campaneris to third
(error by Morgan)]; Rudi grounded out (third to first) [Alou to
second]; Epstein was walked intentionally; Bando grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Epstein out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Athletics 0.

REDS 7TH: Perez singled to left; Menke out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Perez to second]; Geronimo singled to center
[Perez scored]; Chaney lined to center; Billingham struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Hendrick flied to center; Tenace grounded out
(shortstop to first); MARQUEZ BATTED FOR GREEN; Marquez singled;
LEWIS RAN FOR MARQUEZ; HEGAN BATTED FOR ODOM; Hegan lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Athletics 0.

REDS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); BLUE REPLACED
HEGAN (PITCHING); Rose lined to second; Morgan walked; Tolan
singled to center [Morgan to third]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE
(PITCHING); Tolan stole second; with a 3-2 count on Johnny
Bench, Athletics manager Dick Williams signaled to
intentionally walk Bench; catcher Gene Tenace held out his hand
as Rollie Fingers came to the set position, but, per the plan,
Fingers threw a slider for strike three; Bench was called
out on strikes; Perez was walked intentionally; Menke popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Alou
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Athletics 0.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo struck out; Chaney grounded out (first
unassisted); Billingham was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Epstein
grounded out (second to first); Bando lined to second; Hendrick
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Athletics 0.