The Cincinnati Reds came to Pittsburgh for game 1 of the 1972 NLCS and handily beat the Pirates 9-2. With the score tied 1-1, the Reds scored 4 runs in the 5th and added 4 more in the 6th, effectively putting the game out of reach for the home team. Johnny Bench hit a two out 3 run homer in the 5th and Tony Perez followed that with a solo blast. Perez went 4 for 5 on the day with 3 RBI. Jack Billingham pitched 8 innings for the win. Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente hit 2 homeruns in a losing effort.
BOXSCORE: 1972 Cincinnati Reds At 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates 10/7/1972
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
B.Tolan CF 5 2 2 0 .400 V.Davalillo LF 4 0 0 0 .000
P.Rose LF 5 1 2 1 .400 A.Oliver CF 4 0 0 0 .000
J.Morgan 2B 4 2 3 0 .750 R.Clemente RF 4 2 3 2 .750
J.Bench C 5 1 1 3 .200 W.Stargell 1B 4 0 1 0 .250
T.Perez 1B 5 3 4 3 .800 R.Hebner 3B 4 0 0 0 .000
C.Geronimo RF 5 0 2 1 .400 M.Sanguillen C 4 1 1 0 .250
D.Menke 3B 5 0 0 0 .000 D.Cash 2B 4 0 2 0 .500
D.Chaney SS 3 0 0 1 .000 G.Alley SS 3 0 0 1 .000
B-D.Concepcion ,SS 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Blass P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Billingham P 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.McGlothlin P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-B.Robertson PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Walker P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-M.May PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Kison P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 41 9 14 9 Totals 33 3 7 3
A-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively ( ) For Chaney In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 7th Inning
INJURY: Darrel Chaney INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
Reds............ 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 - 9 14 0
Pirates......... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 1
Reds (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Billingham WIN(1-0) 8 7 3 3 0 6 2 3.38
J.McGlothlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 3 3 0 6 2
Pirates (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Blass LOSS(0-1) 4 2/3 9 5 5 1 2 0 9.64
R.Hernandez 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
L.Walker 0 2/3 2 2 2 0 0 0 27.00
B.Johnson 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 2 13.50
B.Kison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
B.Miller 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 9 14 9 9 1 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 47,468 DATE- Saturday, October 7th 1972 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Ed Vargo, Paul Pryor, Harry Wendelstedt, Bruce Froemming
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Pirates: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- W.Stargell
DOUBLES- T.Perez(1st), D.Cash(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Tolan(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Bench(1st), T.Perez(1st), R.Clemente-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Blass
WALKS- D.Chaney
HIT BY PITCH- J.Morgan
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bench-2, D.Menke, J.Billingham, V.Davalillo-2, W.Stargell,
G.Alley-2, B.Robertson
WILD PITCHES- J.Billingham
2-out RBI- J.Bench-3, T.Perez, R.Clemente
RLISP 2-out- T.Perez-2, V.Davalillo-3, M.Sanguillen
Tony Perez had 4 hits and 3 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds topped the Pittsburgh
Pirates by a score of 9 to 3 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Perez had a good day at the plate. He stroked a single in the 4th inning,
doubled bringing home two baserunners in the 5th inning, delivered a solo
blast in the 6th inning and stroked a one-base hit in the 9th inning.
Cincinnati out-hit Pittsburgh for the game, 14 hits to 7.
Jack Billingham(1-0) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 8 innings. Steve
Blass(0-1) was tagged with the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 5
runs in 4 and 2/3 innings.
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