Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 2
World Series Game 7 Played on Sunday, October 22, 1972 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
A's 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 Reds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 4 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .179 Rose lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .214 Mangual cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .125 Rudi lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240 Tolan cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .269 Tenace 1b 3 0 2 2 0 1 .348 Foster rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lewis pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Javier ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hegan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Hague ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bando 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .269 Bench c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Alou rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .042 Perez 1b 2 1 1 1 1 0 .435 Duncan c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .200 Menke 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Green 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Geronimo rf,cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .158 Odom p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .308 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Billingham p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .444 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 6 3 4 9 Totals 28 2 4 2 6 5 Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 56,040 Left on Base: A's 8, Reds 8 DP: A's 1, Reds 0 Errors: Campaneris, Tolan, Concepcion Doubles: Tenace (1), Bando (1), Perez (2), Morgan (2) Stolen Bases: Bench (2) Caught Stealing: Morgan (1) Sacrifice Hits: Mangual (1), Campaneris (2) Sacrifice Flies: McRae (1), Perez (1) GIDP: Morgan (1) Hit by Pitch: Chaney (1,by Fingers) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Odom 4.1 2 1 1 4 2 0 17 1.59 Hunter W(2-0) 2.2 1 1 1 1 3 0 11 2.81 Holtzman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.13 Fingers SV(2) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1.74 Totals 9 4 2 2 6 5 0 37 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 5 2 1 0 1 4 0 18 0.00 Borbon L(0-1) 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.86 Carroll 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 1.59 Grimsley 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2.57 Hall 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 6 3 2 4 9 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Fingers (1) Wild Pitches: Hunter (1) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Frank Umont, LF - Bob Engel, RF - Bill Haller ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied to right; Mangual reached on an error by Tolan [Mangual to third]; Rudi flied to left; Tenace singled [Mangual scored (unearned)]; Bando struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose singled to second; Morgan grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; Tolan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: On a bunt Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan walked; Green singled to left [Duncan to second]; Duncan was picked off second (catcher to shortstop to third to second to pitcher); Odom popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench lined to shortstop; Perez flied to left; Menke grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Mangual popped to second; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (third to first); Concepcion flied out to left; Billingham struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace struck out; Bando grounded out (third to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Rose lined to center; Morgan walked; Morgan was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Tolan walked; Bench popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan struck out; Green grounded out (third to first); Odom struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Perez doubled to left; Menke struck out; Geronimo walked; HUNTER REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Concepcion walked (walk was charged to Odom) [Perez to third, Geronimo to second]; MCRAE BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; McRae out on a sacrifice fly to center [Perez scored]; Rose flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Reds 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED MCRAE (PITCHING); Campaneris singled to center; Mangual out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Campaneris to second]; Rudi grounded out (second to first) [Campaneris to third]; Tenace doubled to left [Campaneris scored]; LEWIS RAN FOR TENACE; Bando doubled to center [Lewis scored]; CARROLL REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Alou was walked intentionally; Duncan reached on an error by Concepcion [Bando to third, Alou to second, Duncan to first]; Green struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: HEGAN REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 1B); Morgan popped to shortstop; Tolan struck out; Bench reached on an error by Campaneris [Bench to first]; Perez walked [Bench to second]; Hunter threw a wild pitch [Bench to third, Perez to second]; Menke flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: GERONIMO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); FOSTER REPLACED TOLAN (PLAYING RF); Hunter walked; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hunter to second]; Mangual grounded out (third to first); GRIMSLEY REPLACED CARROLL (PITCHING); Rudi was walked intentionally; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: Geronimo struck out; Concepcion struck out; UHLAENDER BATTED FOR GRIMSLEY; Uhlaender flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: HALL REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Bando struck out; Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: Rose singled to center; HOLTZMAN REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Morgan doubled to right [Rose to third]; JAVIER BATTED FOR FOSTER; FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); HAGUE BATTED FOR JAVIER; Hague popped to shortstop; Bench was walked intentionally; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Bench stole second; Menke flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: HAGUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Green struck out; Fingers grounded out (third to first); Campaneris singled to center; Mangual flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 2. REDS 9TH: Geronimo popped to shortstop; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); CHANEY BATTED FOR HALL; Chaney was hit by a pitch; Rose flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Reds 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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