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1972 World Series: Game 4
CINCINNATI REDS @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
OCTOBER 19, 1972
TIMELINE 4
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Cincinnati Reds
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Oakland Athletics
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Tolan Steals, Scores on Menke Single in 15th to End 5-Hour Game 4 Marathon
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Five hours and thirteen minutes is a long time to spend inside one October evening, but in this fourth arrangement of the night — the most extravagant yet — that is precisely what the 49,419 at the Coliseum endured, watching two pitching staffs hold a 1-1 tie from the sixth inning all the way to the fifteenth, the game stretching past midnight like a conversation that neither party knows how to end. Bobby Tolan, who reached base all seven times he came to the plate, set the whole thing in motion in the third by fighting off an 0-2 count and singling through the right side, stealing second, and scoring on Perez's grounder to third when Joe Rudi's relay throw sailed into the night. The Athletics answered in the sixth with the game's single moment of pure force: Rudi, perhaps atoning, turning on a 1-2 fastball and driving it 351 feet into the left-field seats, the ball boring through the fourteen-mph headwind as if it had somewhere to be.
After that, nothing. Nine innings of nothing — Rollie Fingers working three scoreless, Vida Blue two more, the Reds cycling through Borbon and Hall and Sprague, the cold deepening past fifty degrees, the crowd thinning by rows. In the bottom of the tenth, Campaneris tripled with two outs and died at third. In the thirteenth, Alou doubled to lead off and went nowhere. The game had entered that zone peculiar to extra-inning baseball, where every baserunner feels like a hallucination and the distance between first and home might as well be measured in miles.
It was Tolan who finally ended it in the fifteenth, working Blue Moon Odom for a walk on a full count, stealing second yet again — his second theft of the evening, as if he alone still had the legs for it — and then sprinting home on Denis Menke's soft single to left, beating the throw while the Coliseum exhaled for the last time. One has the sense, watching Tolan circle the bases in this particular retelling, that he has done this before, that his body remembers the route even if his mind does not.
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CINCINNATI 1972 BATTING LINESCORE
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OAKLAND 1972 BATTING LINESCORE
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Player
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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K
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LOB
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AVG
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HR
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RBI
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J. Morgan
2B
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6
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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B. Tolan
CF
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4
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2
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4
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0
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3
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0
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0
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1.000
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0
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0
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T. Perez
1B
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7
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0
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2
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1
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0
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5
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7
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.286
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0
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1
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J. Bench
C
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6
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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7
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.167
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0
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0
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D. Menke
3B
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7
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0
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1
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1
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0
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2
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3
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.143
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0
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1
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P. Rose Sr
LF
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7
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2
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.143
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0
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0
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H. McRae
RF
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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P. Borbon
P
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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b-
J. Hague
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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T. Hall
P
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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c-
J. Javier
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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E. Sprague Sr
P
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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.000
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0
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0
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C. Carroll
P
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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D. Concepcion
SS
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6
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0
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1
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0
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0
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2
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2
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.167
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0
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0
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D. Gullett
P
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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a-
C. Geronimo
RF
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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55
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2
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10
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2
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5
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13
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25
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a - C. Geronimo substituted for D. Gullett in the 8th
b - J. Hague pinch hit for P. Borbon in the 11th
c - J. Javier pinch hit for T. Hall in the 13th
BATTING
Total Bases:
J. Bench
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B. Tolan
4
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P. Rose Sr
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T. Perez
2
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D. Menke
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D. Concepcion
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
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J. Bench
2
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E. Sprague Sr
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D. Menke
2
Sac Bunt:
D. Gullett
Team LOB:
14
BASERUNNING
SB:
B. Tolan
2 (2)
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D. Concepcion
(1)
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Player
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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K
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LOB
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AVG
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HR
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RBI
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B. Campaneris
SS
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7
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0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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1
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.286
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0
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0
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M. Alou
RF
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6
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0
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2
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0
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1
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0
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2
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.333
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0
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0
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J. Rudi
LF
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6
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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.333
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1
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S. Bando
3B
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7
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6
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D. Mincher
1B
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6
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1
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4
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A. Mangual
CF
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5
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0
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1
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1
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3
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.200
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G. Tenace
C
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3
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0
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3
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3
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.000
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D. Green
2B
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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4
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.000
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0
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0
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K. Holtzman
P
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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2
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.000
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0
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0
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a-
M. Epstein
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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2
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.000
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0
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0
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R. Fingers
P
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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b-
D. Duncan
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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V. Blue
P
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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c-
G. Hendrick
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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B. Odom
P
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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52
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1
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7
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1
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7
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11
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27
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a - M. Epstein pinch hit for K. Holtzman in the 7th
b - D. Duncan pinch hit for R. Fingers in the 10th
c - G. Hendrick pinch hit for V. Blue in the 12th
BATTING
Doubles:
M. Alou
(1, 13th Inning off E. Sprague Sr, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples:
B. Campaneris
(1, 10th Inning off P. Borbon, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
J. Rudi
(1, 6th Inning off D. Gullett, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Alou
3
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J. Rudi
5
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A. Mangual
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B. Campaneris
4
2-out RBI:
J. Rudi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
M. Alou
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K. Holtzman
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D. Mincher
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A. Mangual
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S. Bando
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M. Epstein
Team LOB:
13
FIELDING
Errors:
J. Rudi
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B. Campaneris
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CINCINNATI 1972 PITCHING LINESCORE
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OAKLAND 1972 PITCHING LINESCORE
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Player
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IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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K
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HR
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PI
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PS
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ERA
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D. Gullett
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7.1
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3
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1
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1
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4
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6
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1
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110
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67
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1.23
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P. Borbon
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2.2
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1
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0
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0
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0
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2
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0
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27
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19
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0.00
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T. Hall
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2.0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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2
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0
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29
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15
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0.00
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E. Sprague Sr
W (1-0)
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2.0
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2
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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32
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20
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0.00
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C. Carroll
SV (1)
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1.0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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13
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7
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
D. Gullett
70
Batters Faced:
D. Gullett
29,
P. Borbon
9,
T. Hall
8,
E. Sprague Sr
9,
C. Carroll
4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
D. Gullett
11-5,
P. Borbon
1-5,
T. Hall
3-1,
E. Sprague Sr
2-3,
C. Carroll
2-1
Pitches - Strikes:
D. Gullett
110-67,
P. Borbon
27-19,
T. Hall
29-15,
E. Sprague Sr
32-20,
C. Carroll
13-7
Inherited Runners - Scored:
P. Borbon
1-0
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C. Carroll
1-0
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Player
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IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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K
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HR
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PI
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PS
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ERA
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K. Holtzman
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7.0
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7
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1
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1
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2
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5
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0
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107
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71
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1.29
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R. Fingers
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3.0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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4
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0
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43
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27
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0.00
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V. Blue
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2.0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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2
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0
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27
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15
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0.00
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B. Odom
L (0-1)
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3.0
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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0
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36
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22
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3.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
K. Holtzman
62
Batters Faced:
K. Holtzman
31,
R. Fingers
11,
V. Blue
7,
B. Odom
12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
K. Holtzman
8-8,
R. Fingers
2-3,
V. Blue
3-1,
B. Odom
4-3
Pitches - Strikes:
K. Holtzman
107-71,
R. Fingers
43-27,
V. Blue
27-15,
B. Odom
36-22
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Bobby Tolan
Ballpark:
Oakland Coliseum
Weather:
Partly Cloudy (52 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 14 mph
Start Time:
6:07 PM Pacific
Time:
5:13
Attendance:
49,419
Special Notes:
Tony Perez
sets the SL1 playoff extra-inning game record for strikeouts with 5.
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