Astros @ Reds
October 4, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 2 7 1
Reds 4 7 1
Top 9 R H E
Astros 2 7 1
Reds 4 7 1

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .224
OBP .000 .290
At Bats 4 635
Hits 0 142
• Singles 0 125
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 60
RBI’s 0 38

Clay Carroll Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 36
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Riverfront Stadium - October 4, 1972
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Out
Clay Carroll
Bill Plummer
Joe Hague
Darrel Chaney
Denis Menke
Dave Concepcion
Pete Rose
Cesar Geronimo
Hal McRae
Roger Metzger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 2 7 1 8
Cincinnati Reds 4 7 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim McGlothlin
Losing Pitcher Mike Cosgrove
Save Clay Carroll
Game Winning RBI Johnny Bench
Attendance 10,079
Time of Game 2 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Fred Gladding. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Hague now playing first base. Cesar Geronimo now playing center field. Clay Carroll now pitching. Stinson hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 8 Cesar Geronimo pinch runs for Tony Perez. There goes Hague. The throw from Stinson and he is out, Sutherland applying the tag. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Hague moves to second.
Bottom 8 Joe Hague pinch hits for Tom Hall. Hague hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan moves to third.
Bottom 8 Larry Howard now playing left field. Norm Miller now playing right field. Tolan takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Sutherland hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jim Wynn pinch hits for Rich Chiles. Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fenwick bunts, foul, towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stewart moves to second.
Top 8 Stewart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Gladding covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gladding fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fred Gladding now pitching. McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sutherland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Miller strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Metzger. The throw from Plummer and he is safe. Metzger steals second.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Mike Cosgrove. Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tom Hall now pitching. Hal McRae now playing right field. Stinson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Plummer hits a fly ball into right field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Concepcion hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Menke hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sutherland hits a fly ball into right field. Bench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chiles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fenwick strikes out.
Top 6 Darrel Chaney now playing second base. May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morgan tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fenwick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Morgan. The throw from Stinson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 5 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Stewart hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez juggles the ball. That's an error on Perez. Stinson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Metzger hits a line drive towards the mound. McGlothlin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cosgrove bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Stinson moves to second.
Top 5 Stinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sutherland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 McGlothlin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Plummer hits a fly ball into right field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Concepcion hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Menke is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Sutherland hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Concepcion fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Fenwick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jim McGlothlin now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Tolan. The throw from Stinson and he is safe. Tolan steals second.
Bottom 3 Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jimmy Stewart now playing center field. Morgan strikes out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metzger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Billingham strikes out.
Bottom 2 Plummer hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Concepcion moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bobby Fenwick now playing second base. Gary Sutherland now playing third base. Concepcion hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Concepcion reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Cosgrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Stinson is hit by the pitch. Sutherland moves to second.
Top 2 Sutherland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fenwick scores.
Top 2 Bobby Fenwick pinch runs for Doug Rader. Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fenwick moves to second.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Jack Billingham now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 1 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Miller. Perez reaches second base with a double. Tolan scores. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Tolan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tolan bunts towards the mound. Cosgrove fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.