Friday October 20, 1972
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Cincinnati Reds 5, Oakland Athletics 4

World Series Game 5 Played on Friday, October 20, 1972 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Reds 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 8 0 A's 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 2 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .200 Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .150 Morgan 2b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .000 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Tolan cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .250 Rudi lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Bench c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Epstein 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Perez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .444 Hegan 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Menke 3b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .125 Bando 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .222 Geronimo rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .133 Hendrick cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .133 Chaney ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Mincher ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Hague ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mangual ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tenace c 2 1 1 3 2 0 .313 Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Green 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McGlothlin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marquez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .750 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Kubiak 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Concepcion ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duncan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Totals 33 5 8 5 3 6 Totals 30 4 7 4 4 5 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 49,410 Left on Base: Reds 6, A's 6 DP: Reds 1, A's 1 Errors: Alou, Bando Doubles: Perez (1) Home Runs: Rose (1), Menke (1), Tenace (4) Stolen Bases: Tolan 2 (3), Morgan (2) Sacrifice Hits: Menke (2), Grimsley (1), Hendrick (1), Fingers (1) Hit by Pitch: Rudi (1,by McGlothlin) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothlin 3 2 4 4 2 3 1 14 12.00 Borbon 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.69 Hall 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 Carroll 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 1.93 Grimsley W(1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.18 Billingham SV(1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 7 4 4 4 5 1 37 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter 4.2 5 3 3 2 2 2 21 2.70 Fingers L(1-1) 3.2 3 2 2 1 4 0 16 2.16 Hamilton 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 6 2 38 Hit by Pitch: McGlothlin (1) Wild Pitches: Fingers (1) Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Jim Honochick, LF - Mel Steiner, RF - Frank Umont REDS 1ST: Rose homered; Morgan grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan popped to shortstop; Bench struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Athletics 0. REDS 2ND: Perez doubled to left; Menke out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Perez to third]; Geronimo flied to left; Chaney was walked intentionally; McGlothlin flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein walked; Bando flied to center; Hendrick singled [Epstein to second]; Tenace homered [Epstein scored, Hendrick scored]; Green grounded out (third to first); Hunter struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Athletics 3. REDS 3RD: Rose singled to right; Morgan popped to second; Tolan flied to left; Bench popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris struck out; Alou flied to right; Rudi was hit by a pitch; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Athletics 3. REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke homered; Geronimo was called out on strikes; Chaney flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando walked; BORBON REPLACED MCGLOTHLIN (PITCHING); Hendrick out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first to second) [Bando to second]; Tenace was walked intentionally; MARQUEZ BATTED FOR GREEN; Marquez singled to center [Bando scored, Tenace to third]; LEWIS RAN FOR MARQUEZ; Tenace was picked off third (catcher to third); Gene Tenace trapped off 3B when Jim Hunter missed a bunt; Hunter flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Athletics 4. REDS 5TH: KUBIAK REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); UHLAENDER BATTED FOR BORBON; Uhlaender grounded out (first unassisted); Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked; Tolan singled to right [Morgan scored]; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Tolan stole second; Fingers threw a wild pitch [Tolan to third]; Bench was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: HALL REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Campaneris lined to left; Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Athletics 4. REDS 6TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke struck out; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Bando grounded out (third to first); Hendrick popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Athletics 4. REDS 7TH: HEGAN REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); HAGUE BATTED FOR CHANEY; Hague grounded out (second to first); CONCEPCION BATTED FOR HALL; Concepcion flied out to center; Rose flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: CARROLL REPLACED HAGUE (PITCHING); CONCEPCION STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Tenace grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Kubiak singled; Fingers out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Kubiak to second]; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Athletics 4. REDS 8TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Tolan singled to right [Morgan scored, Tolan to second (error by Alou)]; Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez struck out while Tolan stole third; Menke struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Alou grounded out (first to pitcher); Rudi lined to left; Hegan singled to second; Bando singled to center [Hegan to third]; MINCHER BATTED FOR HENDRICK; GRIMSLEY REPLACED CARROLL (PITCHING); MANGUAL BATTED FOR MINCHER; Mangual grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Athletics 4. REDS 9TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Geronimo singled to right; Grimsley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Geronimo to second]; Concepcion reached on an error by Bando [Concepcion to first]; Rose singled to center [Geronimo scored, Concepcion to third, Rose to second (on throw to 3b)]; HAMILTON REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Morgan hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Concepcion out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace walked; On a bunt Kubiak made an out to first; DUNCAN BATTED FOR HAMILTON; ODOM RAN FOR TENACE; BILLINGHAM REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Duncan singled to left [Odom to third]; Campaneris hit into a double play (second to catcher) [Odom out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Athletics 4.

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