Padres @ Reds
September 17, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Padres 10 12 3
Reds 7 14 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Padres 10 12 3
Reds 7 14 2

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .236
OBP .500 .319
At Bats 3 411
Hits 2 97
• Singles 2 70
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 2 48

Steve Simpson Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Riverfront Stadium - September 17, 1972
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Strikeout
Steve Simpson
Pat Corrales
Nate Colbert
Dave Roberts
Dave Hilton
Derrel Thomas
Cito Gaston
Jerry Morales
Randy Elliott
Denis Menke

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Diego Padres 10 12 3 5
Cincinnati Reds 7 14 2 8
Winning Pitcher Mark Schaeffer
Losing Pitcher Ed Sprague
Save Steve Simpson
Game Winning RBI Jerry Morales
Attendance 18,300
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Menke strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Steve Simpson now pitching. Bench hits a popup towards first. Colbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Elliott is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Gaston strikes out.
Top 9 There go the runners. The throw from Bench and Menke drops the ball. That's a double steal and an error. Morales scores. Colbert goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Colbert is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Morales hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Morales reaches second base with a double. Roberts scores.
Top 9 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Concepcion. Roberts moves to second.
Top 9 Ed Sprague now pitching. Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schaeffer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Mark Schaeffer now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hal McRae pinch hits for Clay Carroll. McRae hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Jerry Morales now playing center field. Cito Gaston now playing left field. Geronimo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hilton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Caldwell is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Corrales is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Hilton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Elliott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Elliott reaches second base with a double. Morales scores. Colbert goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Cito Gaston pinch hits for Johnny Grubb. Clay Carroll now pitching. Gaston strikes out.
Top 8 Jerry Morales pinch runs for Leron Lee. Colbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morales moves to third.
Top 8 Tom Hall now pitching. Lee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Concepcion hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez scores.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grubb who is chasing the ball. Perez reaches third base with a triple. Bench goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Corrales scores.
Top 7 Caldwell bunts towards the mound. Borbon fields it and throws to first for the out. Corrales moves to second.
Top 7 Corrales hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hilton hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hilton fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.
Bottom 6 Borbon is hit by the pitch. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Geronimo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Corrales fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out.
Top 6 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lee hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Roberts hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There go the runners. The throw from Corrales to Thomas covering second. The throw back to home, and Geronimo is out at the plate.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it and throws to second for the out. Geronimo moves to third.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Borbon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts misplays the ball. That's an error on Roberts.
Bottom 4 Caldwell fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Caldwell. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Geronimo takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Caldwell 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 Corrales 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 Hilton hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Thomas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bench hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Corrales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Colbert for the double play.
Top 3 Colbert takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lee hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hilton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomas strikes out.
Top 2 Caldwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb scores. Elliott scores. Corrales moves to third.
Top 2 Corrales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grubb moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Top 2 Hilton strikes out.
Top 2 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grubb moves to second.
Top 2 Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Colbert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Menke hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bench tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Bench reaches second base with a double. Rose scores. Morgan scores. Tolan moves to third.
Bottom 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morgan bunts towards third. Hilton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hilton juggles the ball. That's an error on Hilton.
Top 1 Lee hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Roberts strikes out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomas for the out.