Reds @ Cardinals
May 2, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 7 10 0
Cardinals 6 12 1
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Reds 7 10 0
Cardinals 6 12 1

Matty Alou Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .357
OBP .250 .400
At Bats 4 56
Hits 1 20
• Singles 1 17
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 3

Tom Hall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Busch Stadium - May 2, 1972
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Strikeout
Tom Hall
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Joe Morgan
Denis Menke
Darrel Chaney
Pete Rose
Bobby Tolan
Ted Uhlaender
Matty Alou

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 7 10 0 4
St. Louis Cardinals 6 12 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim Merritt
Losing Pitcher Don Shaw
Save Tom Hall
Game Winning RBI Bobby Tolan
Attendance 11,091
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Alou strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sizemore hits a line drive towards short. Chaney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Brock is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grzenda fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Grzenda now pitching. Marty Martinez now playing shortstop. Chaney strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jerry McNertney pinch hits for Al Santorini. McNertney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Hall now pitching. Darrel Chaney now playing shortstop. Jose Cruz pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Melendez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hague hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Concepcion strikes out.
Top 8 Menke strikes out.
Top 8 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hague scoops it up and throws to first, with Santorini covering, for the out. Perez moves to third.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Perez moves to second.
Top 8 Joe Hague now playing first base. Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Joe Hague pinch hits for Donn Clendenon. There goes Alou. The throw from Bench and he is out, Concepcion applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a popup, foul, towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ed Sprague now pitching. Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Al Santorini now pitching. Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tolan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out. Carbo moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Top 7 Don Shaw now pitching. Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Uhlaender scores. Concepcion scores. Carbo moves to second.
Top 7 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Jim Merritt. Carbo takes first base on ball four. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 7 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out. Uhlaender moves to third.
Top 7 Menke takes first base on ball four. Uhlaender moves to second.
Top 7 Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Sizemore is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Merritt now pitching. Wise hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a line drive into left field. Brock picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brock. Morgan scores. Tolan goes all the way around to score. Bench moves to third.
Top 6 Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second.
Top 6 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Rose trying to get to home. Alou throws the ball in to Simmons who tags Rose who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 6 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dal Maxvill now playing shortstop. Cesar Geronimo pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geronimo for the out.
Bottom 5 Crosby 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 5 Melendez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 5 Clendenon hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Torre strikes out.
Top 5 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Menke reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Wise covering, for the out.
Top 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou bunts, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Sizemore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Uhlaender who is chasing the ball. Brock reaches third base with a triple. Wise goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Wise hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Crosby hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melendez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tolan for the out.
Top 4 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Torre reaches second base with a double. Brock scores. Sizemore goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wise scores. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wise moves to third.
Bottom 3 Wise hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Crosby hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rose is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Gullett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Wise covering, for the out.
Top 3 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Melendez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Clendenon hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Simmons is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Uhlaender hits a line drive into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gullett, and towards Morgan, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock 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 1 Bench is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Tolan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Tolan reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Wise covering, for the out.