Saturday October 21, 1972
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Cincinnati Reds 8, Oakland Athletics 1

World Series Game 6 Played on Saturday, October 21, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Reds 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 x - 8 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Rose lf 3 1 0 0 2 1 .174 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .048 Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .095 Rudi lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Tolan cf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .292 Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Bench c 2 2 1 1 2 0 .300 Bando 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .273 Perez 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .429 Mangual cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 McRae rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .444 Tenace c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Geronimo rf 1 0 1 2 0 0 .188 Green 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .357 Menke 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Marquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Concepcion ss 3 1 2 1 0 1 .400 Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Nolan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Blue p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Grimsley p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mincher ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Hall p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Horlen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 1 7 1 1 4 Totals 32 8 10 8 5 6 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 52,737 Left on Base: A's 7, Reds 6 DP: A's 0, Reds 0 Errors: Mangual Doubles: Green (2), Morgan (1), McRae (1) Triples: Concepcion (1) Home Runs: Bench (1) Stolen Bases: Tolan 2 (5), Concepcion (1) Caught Stealing: Rose (1) Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(0-1) 5.2 4 3 3 2 4 1 22 4.15 Locker 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Hamilton 0.2 3 4 4 1 1 0 6 27.00 Horlen 1.1 2 1 1 2 1 0 8 6.75 Totals 8 10 8 8 5 6 1 38 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nolan 4.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 17 3.38 Grimsley W(2-1) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.70 Borbon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.42 Hall SV(1) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 4 0 35 Wild Pitches: Horlen (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Mel Steiner, LF - Frank Umont, RF - Bob Engel ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan doubled to center [Morgan to third (error by Mangual)]; Tolan popped to shortstop; Bench lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein struck out; Bando singled to center; Mangual grounded out (third to first) [Bando to second]; Tenace flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Perez flied to right; McRae flied out to center; Menke lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Blue struck out; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Concepcion was called out on strikes; Nolan struck out; Rose walked; Rose was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou flied to right; Rudi flied out to left; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Tolan struck out; Bench homered; Perez grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Reds 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando singled; Mangual lined to left; Tenace flied to center; Green doubled [Bando scored]; GRIMSLEY REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Blue walked; Campaneris popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: McRae doubled; Menke grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [McRae to third]; Concepcion out on a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored]; Grimsley struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou popped to second; Rudi singled to left; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted) [Rudi to second]; BORBON REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Bando popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 2. REDS 6TH: Rose popped to second; Morgan grounded out (second to first); Tolan singled to center; LOCKER REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Tolan stole second; Bench was walked intentionally (walk was charged to Blue); Perez singled to center [Tolan scored, Bench to third]; McRae forced Perez (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Mangual singled; Tenace flied out to center; MARQUEZ BATTED FOR GREEN; Marquez forced Mangual (pitcher to shortstop); MINCHER BATTED FOR LOCKER; HALL REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); DUNCAN BATTED FOR MINCHER; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 3. REDS 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING 2B); HAMILTON REPLACED DUNCAN (PITCHING); Menke popped to catcher in foul territory; Concepcion singled to left; Concepcion stole second; Hall struck out; Rose was walked intentionally; Morgan singled to left [Concepcion scored, Rose to third]; Tolan singled to right [Rose scored, Morgan scored]; HORLEN REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Tolan stole second; Bench was walked intentionally; Horlen threw a wild pitch [Tolan to third, Bench to second]; Perez walked; Geronimo singled to left [Tolan scored, Bench scored, Perez to second]; Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 8. REDS 8TH: Concepcion tripled to left; Hall lined to first; Rose struck out; Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Bando popped to first in foul territory; Mangual singled to right; Tenace singled to center [Mangual to second]; Kubiak forced Mangual (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 8.

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