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August 11, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 5 8 2
Braves 7 13 1
Top 9 R H E
Reds 5 8 2
Braves 7 13 1

Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .269
OBP .500 .367
At Bats 2 379
Hits 0 102
• Singles 0 58
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 25
Walks 2 63
RBI’s 0 80

Jim Hardin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 1
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 11, 1972
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Out
Jim Hardin
Earl Williams
Hank Aaron
Felix Millan
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Ralph Garr
Dusty Baker
Mike Lum
Johnny Bench
Bobby Tolan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 5 8 2 8
Atlanta Braves 7 13 1 12
Winning Pitcher Cecil Upshaw
Losing Pitcher Clay Carroll
Save Jim Hardin
Game Winning RBI Earl Williams
Attendance 13,268
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jim Hardin now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Tolan moves to third.
Top 9 Tolan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Tolan reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Williams trying to get to home. Geronimo throws the ball in to Bench who tags Williams who's trying to score from second, for the out. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 8 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garr scores. Aaron moves to third.
Bottom 8 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Garr moves to second.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields the ball and throws to Carroll covering. Safe.
Bottom 8 Clay Carroll now pitching. Jim Breazeale pinch hits for Cecil Upshaw. Breazeale hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Millan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Millan takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Sprague strikes out.
Top 8 Chaney is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Geronimo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. There goes Menke trying to get to third. Baker throws the ball in to Evans, who tags Menke for the out. Geronimo moves to second.
Top 8 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Perez. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Perez steals second.
Top 8 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Chaney fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a line drive towards third. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Morgan bunts towards the mound. Kelley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to second.
Top 7 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Tom Kelley now pitching. Sprague strikes out.
Bottom 6 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 6 Garr takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sonny Jackson pinch hits for Phil Niekro. Ed Sprague now pitching. Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker scores. Millan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Chaney hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out.
Bottom 4 Niekro bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney misplays the ball. That's an error on Chaney. Millan moves to second.
Top 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 McGlothlin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Chaney bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Geronimo scores.
Top 4 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lum who is chasing the ball. Geronimo reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to second.
Top 3 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Niekro moves to third.
Bottom 2 Garr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Niekro moves to second.
Bottom 2 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Millan scores.
Bottom 2 McGlothlin fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on McGlothlin. Millan moves to third.
Bottom 2 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 McGlothlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chaney hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Geronimo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Menke hits a popup into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 The ball gets by Williams for a passed ball. Perez scores.
Top 2 Perez hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Garr fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Garr. Bench goes all the way around to score. Perez moves to third.
Top 2 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Morgan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a popup into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 1 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Garr strikes out.
Top 1 Tolan strikes out. Williams drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tolan out.
Top 1 Morgan is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Rose hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Millan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.