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Cincinnati Reds @ St. Louis Cardinals

1972-05-03 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 6935 · night · 1:51

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Reggie Cleveland earned the win. Johnny Bench went 3-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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
SLN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	6

W: Reggie Cleveland L: Jack Billingham SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	2	0	1	0	2	0
Ted Sizemore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matty Alou	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Torre	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Simmons	4	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Hague	2	0	0	0	2	0
Luis Melendez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	3	0	2	2	0	0
Reggie Cleveland	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Billingham	6.0	6	3	1
Ed Sprague	2.0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Reggie Cleveland	9.0	6	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: 63
Joe Morgan: 7
Bobby Tolan: 1/G

Bot 1

Lou Brock: S6
Ted Sizemore: 64(1)/FO
Matty Alou: S4.1-2
Joe Torre: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Johnny Bench: K
Tony Perez: K/C
Ted Uhlaender: 31

Bot 2

Ted Simmons: K
Joe Hague: W
Luis Melendez: 54(1)/FO
Ed Crosby: S8.1-2
Reggie Cleveland: 13

Top 3

Denis Menke: D9
Dave Concepcion: 41.2-3
Jack Billingham: 13
Pete Rose: W
Joe Morgan: W.1-2
Bobby Tolan: 7/FL

Bot 3

Lou Brock: 7
Ted Sizemore: 53
Matty Alou: 9

Top 4

Johnny Bench: HR/7
Tony Perez: K
Ted Uhlaender: K/C
Denis Menke: 4/P

Bot 4

Joe Torre: S5
Ted Simmons: S9.1-2
Joe Hague: W.2-3;1-2
Luis Melendez: 1/L
Ed Crosby: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Reggie Cleveland: 53
Lou Brock: IW
Ted Sizemore: 53

Top 5

Dave Concepcion: K
Jack Billingham: K/C
Pete Rose: 8

Bot 5

Matty Alou: 43
Joe Torre: 53
Ted Simmons: 9

Top 6

Joe Morgan: W
Bobby Tolan: CS2(26)#
Bobby Tolan: K
Johnny Bench: S7
Tony Perez: K

Bot 6

Joe Hague: 3/G
Luis Melendez: 13
Ed Crosby: 9

Top 7

Ted Uhlaender: 43
Denis Menke: 4/P
Dave Concepcion: S7
Bernie Carbo: 4/P

Bot 7

Reggie Cleveland: 63
Lou Brock: W
Ted Sizemore: 8
Matty Alou: 53

Top 8

Pete Rose: 43
Joe Morgan: 5/FL
Bobby Tolan: 13

Bot 8

Joe Torre: 63
Ted Simmons: 13
Joe Hague: 43

Top 9

Johnny Bench: D9
Tony Perez: S9.2-3
Ted Uhlaender: FC4.3XH(425);1-2;B-1
Denis Menke: K
Hal McRae: 9/P