Braves @ Reds
August 6, 1972

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Bottom 10 R H E
Braves 4 9 0
Reds 3 7 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Braves 4 9 0
Reds 3 7 1

Pete Rose Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .290
OBP .000 .365
At Bats 4 414
Hits 0 120
• Singles 0 92
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 29

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 10 0
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Riverfront Stadium - August 6, 1972
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Phil Niekro
Earl Williams
Hank Aaron
Felix Millan
Larvell Blanks
Marty Perez
Ralph Garr
Rowland Office
Mike Lum
Pete Rose

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 4 9 0 6
Cincinnati Reds 3 7 1 4
Winning Pitcher Phil Niekro
Losing Pitcher Don Gullett
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Aaron
Attendance 29,149
Time of Game 2 hours 25 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Cesar Geronimo pinch hits for Don Gullett. Geronimo strikes out.
Bottom 10 Hal McRae pinch hits for Darrel Chaney. McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 Garr strikes out.
Top 10 Office is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blanks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Perez strikes out.
Top 9 Niekro strikes out.
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Millan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tolan hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Lum is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to home to get Office. Garr moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Garr bunts towards first. Perez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Perez. Office moves to third.
Top 8 Don Gullett now pitching. Office hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Hague pinch hits for Ed Sprague. Hague hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Blanks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Uhlaender strikes out.
Bottom 6 Menke hits a popup into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Office. Perez reaches second base with a double. Tolan scores. Bench goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Tolan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Millan strikes out.
Top 6 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ed Sprague now pitching. Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blanks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Uhlaender for the out.
Top 5 Garr hits a fly ball into right field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Office hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blanks strikes out.
Top 4 Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Williams strikes out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Tolan hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out.
Bottom 3 Simpson strikes out. Williams drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Simpson out.
Top 3 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out.
Top 3 Office strikes out.
Top 3 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Uhlaender hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blanks fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blanks strikes out.
Top 2 Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Tolan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Garr hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Office takes first base on ball four.