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Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants

1972-06-29 · Day game · Candlestick Park · Att: 6337 · 2:07

San Francisco Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Jim Barr earned the win. Johnny Bench went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Barr L: Jack Billingham SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: John McSherry · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Bonds	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Howarth	3	0	1	0	1	0
Chris Speier	4	0	1	1	0	1
Willie McCovey	2	1	0	0	2	0
Dave Kingman	4	1	1	0	0	2
Dave Rader	4	0	3	0	0	0
Al Gallagher	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tito Fuentes	3	1	2	1	0	0
Jim Barr	2	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Billingham	8.0	8	4	5

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Barr	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: 9
Joe Morgan: 13
Bobby Tolan: K

Bot 1

Bobby Bonds: 4/P
Jim Howarth: 43
Chris Speier: 3/FL

Top 2

Johnny Bench: K
Tony Perez: S6
Joe Hague: 46(1)/FO
Denis Menke: 3/FL

Bot 2

Willie McCovey: W
Dave Kingman: D7/7L.1-3
Dave Rader: FC6.3XH(62);2-2;B-1
Al Gallagher: WP.2-3;1-2
Al Gallagher: W
Tito Fuentes: WP.3-H;2-3;1-1
Tito Fuentes: 8/P
Jim Barr: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Dave Concepcion: S7
Jack Billingham: 34/SH.1-2
Pete Rose: 63.2-3
Joe Morgan: 3/P

Bot 3

Bobby Bonds: K
Jim Howarth: 8
Chris Speier: K

Top 4

Bobby Tolan: 43
Johnny Bench: HR/7
Tony Perez: HR/8
Joe Hague: 5/FL
Denis Menke: W
Dave Concepcion: S8.1-3
Jack Billingham: K

Bot 4

Willie McCovey: W
Dave Kingman: K
Dave Rader: S9.1-2
Al Gallagher: 9.2-3
Tito Fuentes: S8.3-H;1-2
Jim Barr: 8

Top 5

Pete Rose: 7
Joe Morgan: 9/L/9D
Bobby Tolan: 7

Bot 5

Bobby Bonds: 63
Jim Howarth: S9
Chris Speier: CS2(24)
Chris Speier: 63

Top 6

Johnny Bench: 63
Tony Perez: 63
Joe Hague: 6/P

Bot 6

Willie McCovey: 8
Dave Kingman: K
Dave Rader: D9
Al Gallagher: 63

Top 7

Denis Menke: 8/8D
Dave Concepcion: D9
Jack Billingham: K
Pete Rose: 53

Bot 7

Tito Fuentes: S9
Jim Barr: 14/SH.1-2
Bobby Bonds: K
Jim Howarth: W
Chris Speier: S7.2-H;1X3(724)

Top 8

Joe Morgan: 13
Bobby Tolan: 43
Johnny Bench: S7.B-2(E7)
Tony Perez: W
Joe Hague: 7

Bot 8

Willie McCovey: 43
Dave Kingman: 8
Dave Rader: S7
Al Gallagher: FLE2
Al Gallagher: 2/FL

Top 9

Denis Menke: K
Dave Concepcion: 9/L/9D
Hal McRae: S9
Pete Rose: 46(1)/FO