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Houston Astros 1 Cincinnati Reds 7

June 23,1972

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (37-25)

Home Team

Cincinnati Reds (37-24)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cinergy Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

20,401

Time of Game

2:01

Umpires

[HP]: Chris Pelekoudas [1B]: Mel Steiner [2B]: Jerry Dale [3B]: Shag Crawford

Houston Astros 1 Cincinnati Reds 7

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	37-25		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1			1	5	1		2	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	37-24		0	0	0		3	1	0		0	3	x			7	6	1		1	3	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Metzger	ss	24.257	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.198		62	208
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.119	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.339		56	301
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.103	R	4	1	0	0		0	0	.283		55	1172
4	Lee May	1b	29.092	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.288		58	818
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.074	R	4	0	2	0		0	2	.300		62	354
6	Doug Rader	3b	27.329	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.234		62	635
7	Tommy Helms	2b	31.049	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.253		49	899
8	Larry Howard	c	27.017	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.234		15	65
9	Jerry Reuss	p	23.004	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.069		12	65
	Bobby Fenwick	ph	25.196	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.184		19	19
	Jesus Alou	ph	30.091	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.288		25	1007
Totals

Errors: Roger Metzger

2B: Cesar Cedeno (13)

GDP: Doug Rader (8)

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Rose	lf	31.070	B	2	2	1	0		2	0	.276		61	1443
2	Joe Morgan	2b	28.278	L	3	2	1	0		1	0	.281		60	940
3	Bobby Tolan	cf	26.217	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.298		60	626
4	Johnny Bench	c	24.199	R	3	1	1	3		1	0	.295		59	693
5	Tony Perez	1b	30.040	R	2	0	0	1		1	0	.271		48	1054
6	George Foster	rf	23.205	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.219		26	183
	Joe Hague	ph	28.059	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.255		53	368
7	Denis Menke	3b	31.338	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.224		55	1299
8	Dave Concepcion	ss	24.006	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.219		61	291
9	Ross Grimsley	p	22.168	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.056		10	34
Totals

Errors: Dave Concepcion

2B: Denis Menke (6), Dave Concepcion (7)

HR: Johnny Bench (19)

RBI: Bobby Tolan (34), Johnny Bench 3 (55), Tony Perez (39), Denis Menke (15)

SF: Tony Perez (2)

GDP: Bobby Tolan (6)

SB: Pete Rose (2), Bobby Tolan (20)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Reuss	L	L 5-6	5.0	3	3	3	3	4	1		3.64	1.24		12	69
2	Jim York	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4.26	1.74		4	61
3	Joe Gibbon	L		0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0		19.64	3.82		8	412
4	Fred Gladding	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		2.70	0.78		15	405
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Reuss (0-0-0), Jim York (0-0-0), Joe Gibbon (0-0-0), Fred Gladding (0-0-0)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ross Grimsley	L	W 4-2	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0		2.11	1.27		10	36
Totals				0.0

WP: Ross Grimsley (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ross Grimsley (0-0-0)