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Oakland Athletics @ Cincinnati Reds

1972-10-22 · 1972 World Series · Game 7 of 7 ◀ Game 6 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 56040 · 64°F · 2:50

Oakland Athletics defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Catfish Hunter earned the win and Rollie Fingers picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	6
CIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4

W: Catfish Hunter L: Pedro Borbon SV: Rollie Fingers

Umpires — HP: Chris Pelekoudas · 1B: Jim Honochick · 2B: Mel Steiner · 3B: Frank Umont · LF: Bob Engel · RF: Bill Haller

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	1	2	0	0	0
Angel Mangual	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Tenace	3	0	2	2	0	1
Sal Bando	4	0	1	1	0	2
Matty Alou	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Duncan	3	0	0	0	1	2
Dick Green	4	0	1	0	0	2
Blue Moon Odom	2	0	0	0	0	1
Catfish Hunter	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Hegan	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Fingers	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Tolan	2	0	0	0	1	1
Johnny Bench	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Perez	2	1	1	1	1	0
Denis Menke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cesar Geronimo	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Concepcion	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Billingham	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hal McRae	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ted Uhlaender	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Hague	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	0	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blue Moon Odom	4.1	2	4	2
Catfish Hunter	2.2	1	1	3
Ken Holtzman	0.0	1	0	0
Rollie Fingers	2.0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Billingham	5.0	2	1	4
Pedro Borbon	0.2	3	0	0
Clay Carroll	1.0	0	2	1
Ross Grimsley	0.1	0	1	1
Tom Hall	2.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bert Campaneris: 9/F9S
Angel Mangual: E8/L89.B-3
Joe Rudi: 7/F7S
Gene Tenace: S57/G5.3-H(UR)
Sal Bando: K

Bot 1

Pete Rose: S4/G4M
Joe Morgan: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Bobby Tolan: 31/G3

Top 2

Matty Alou: 63/BG56S
Dave Duncan: W
Dick Green: S7/G56.1-2
Blue Moon Odom: PO2(26541).1-2
Blue Moon Odom: 2/FL/P2F

Bot 2

Johnny Bench: 6/L6
Tony Perez: 7/F7D
Denis Menke: 53/G5

Top 3

Bert Campaneris: 53/G15
Angel Mangual: 4/P4D
Joe Rudi: 53/G5

Bot 3

Cesar Geronimo: 3/G3
Dave Concepcion: 7/F7
Jack Billingham: K

Top 4

Gene Tenace: K
Sal Bando: 53/G5
Matty Alou: 43/G34

Bot 4

Pete Rose: 8/F89D
Joe Morgan: W
Bobby Tolan: CS2(26)
Bobby Tolan: W
Johnny Bench: 5/FL/P25F

Top 5

Dave Duncan: K
Dick Green: 53/G5
Blue Moon Odom: K

Bot 5

Tony Perez: D7/L7L
Denis Menke: K/C
Cesar Geronimo: W
Dave Concepcion: W.2-3;1-2
Hal McRae: 8/SF/F8XD.3-H
Pete Rose: 8/F89XD

Top 6

Bert Campaneris: S8/G
Angel Mangual: 34/SH/BG3S.1-2
Joe Rudi: 43/G34.2-3
Gene Tenace: D7/L7L.3-H
Sal Bando: D8/F8XDW.2-H
Matty Alou: IW
Dave Duncan: E6/G56.2-3;1-2;B-1
Dick Green: K

Bot 6

Joe Morgan: 6/P6D
Bobby Tolan: K
Johnny Bench: E6/TH1/G56.B-1
Tony Perez: W.1-2
Denis Menke: WP.2-3;1-2
Denis Menke: 9/P9S

Top 7

Catfish Hunter: W
Bert Campaneris: 14/SH/BG1S.1-2
Angel Mangual: 53/G5
Joe Rudi: IW
Mike Hegan: K

Bot 7

Cesar Geronimo: K
Dave Concepcion: K
Ted Uhlaender: 7/F7

Top 8

Sal Bando: K
Matty Alou: 13/G1
Dave Duncan: K

Bot 8

Pete Rose: S8/G6M
Joe Morgan: D9/L34.1-3
Joe Hague: 6/P56D
Johnny Bench: IW
Tony Perez: 9/SF/F9.3-H;2-3
Denis Menke: SB2
Denis Menke: 7/P7S

Top 9

Dick Green: K
Rollie Fingers: 53/G5
Bert Campaneris: S8/G
Angel Mangual: 8/F8

Bot 9

Cesar Geronimo: 6/P6
Dave Concepcion: 43/G4
Darrel Chaney: HP
Pete Rose: 7/F78D

Notes & reviews

Ball didn't sink so Tolan leaped and ball went off his glove
Turf bounce over Menke's head and off his glove
Tolan fell and pulled left hamstring on the play game delayed six min to evaluate Tolan's injury
grounder bounced off Concepcion's chest and no throw

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