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1972 World Series: Game 4
CINCINNATI REDS @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
OCTOBER 19, 1972
TIMELINE 6
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Cincinnati Reds
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Oakland Athletics
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Green's Walk-Off Single Caps Game 4 Rally After Reds' Two-Homer 8th
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Holtzman and Gullett, two left-handers of markedly different temperament, matched each other zero for zero through the early frames on a clear fifty-six-degree evening, the wind blowing in from left at ten miles an hour and suppressing everything hit in that direction. The only run through seven innings arrived in the second on a sacrifice fly — Mincher walked, took third on Mangual's single to right, and tagged home on Tenace's deep fly to center. Mincher, who runs like a man pushing a wheelbarrow uphill, scored standing. The game settled into the kind of silence that passes for contentment when both pitchers are working.
The eighth inning broke the silence twice, each time with a single swing. Concepcion, quiet all night, fouled off four pitches on a 2-2 count before lining a solo home run 392 feet to left-center. Fingers came on in relief and retired Morgan, then left a 1-2 pitch over the plate to Tolan, who deposited it 411 feet to right-center — a towering shot that seemed to hang against the lights before disappearing. Cincinnati led 2-1, and the Coliseum had gone quiet in the particular way that forty thousand people can go quiet all at once. But this version of the evening had more to give. Borbon, summoned to protect the lead in the bottom half, allowed singles to Green and Campaneris, and after two fielder's choices had shuffled runners around the bases, Rudi lined a clean single to left-center that scored Duncan and knotted the game at two.
The ninth took seven pitches to end it. Epstein ripped a pinch single on the first pitch he saw, Hendrick reached on a throwing error by Borbon, and Dick Green — the same Green who had started the rally an inning earlier — singled sharply past the mound to bring Epstein racing home from third. The throw from right arrived a half-step late. One wonders, in the strange recurring geometry of this October, whether the ball always finds Green's bat in that spot, whether the throw is always just that half-step slow.
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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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4
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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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1
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.250
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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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1
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1
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1
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0
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1
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2
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.250
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1
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1
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T. Perez
1B
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3
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0
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0
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0
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1
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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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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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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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J. Bench
C
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1
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0
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0
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0
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3
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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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D. Menke
3B
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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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2
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5
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.000
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0
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0
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P. Rose Sr
LF
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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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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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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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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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D. Concepcion
SS
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4
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1
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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.250
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1
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1
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D. Gullett
P
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2
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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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0
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.500
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a-
C. Geronimo
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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.000
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0
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b-
J. Hague
1B
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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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Totals
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31
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2
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4
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2
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4
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5
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12
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a - C. Geronimo pinch hit for D. Gullett in the 8th
b - J. Hague substituted for C. Geronimo in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles:
J. Morgan
(1, 1st Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs:
B. Tolan
(1, 8th Inning off R. Fingers, 0 on, 2 outs)
D. Concepcion
(1, 8th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
D. Gullett
,
B. Tolan
4
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J. Morgan
2
,
D. Concepcion
4
2-out RBI:
B. Tolan
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
T. Perez
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D. Menke
2
,
H. McRae
Team LOB:
5
BASERUNNING
SB:
J. Bench
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
P. Borbon
Double Plays:
1 (Morgan-Concepcion-Perez)
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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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4
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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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0
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.500
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0
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0
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M. Alou
RF
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4
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0
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1
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0
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0
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3
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.250
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0
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J. Rudi
LF
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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.333
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0
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1
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S. Bando
3B
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4
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0
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4
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.000
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0
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D. Mincher
1B
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2
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1
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0
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1
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.000
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b-
M. Epstein
PH
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1.000
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A. Mangual
CF
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.250
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G. Tenace
C
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.000
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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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.000
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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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.000
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D. Green
2B
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0
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2
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1
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0
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1
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1
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.500
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0
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1
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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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1
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.000
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0
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0
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a-
D. Duncan
C
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1
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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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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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32
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3
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8
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3
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2
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6
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14
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a - D. Duncan substituted for K. Holtzman in the 8th
b - M. Epstein pinch hit for D. Mincher in the 9th
c - G. Hendrick pinch hit for R. Fingers in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases:
M. Alou
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J. Rudi
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A. Mangual
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B. Campaneris
2
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D. Green
2
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M. Epstein
2-out RBI:
J. Rudi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
S. Bando
GIDP:
M. Alou
Sac Fly:
G. Tenace
Team LOB:
5
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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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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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7.0
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3
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1
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1
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2
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6
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0
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104
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61
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1.29
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P. Borbon
L (0-1), BS (1)
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1.1
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4
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2
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2
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0
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0
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0
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24
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17
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13.50
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T. Hall
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0.0
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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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2
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1
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
D. Gullett
71
Batters Faced:
D. Gullett
25,
P. Borbon
9,
T. Hall
1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
D. Gullett
6-8,
P. Borbon
3-1,
T. Hall
0-0
Pitches - Strikes:
D. Gullett
104-61,
P. Borbon
24-17,
T. Hall
2-1
Inherited Runners - Scored:
T. Hall
2-1
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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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7.1
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3
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1
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1
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2
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4
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1
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120
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70
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1.23
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R. Fingers
W (1-0)
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1.2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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40
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23
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5.40
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PITCHING
Game Score:
K. Holtzman
70
Batters Faced:
K. Holtzman
27,
R. Fingers
8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
K. Holtzman
14-4,
R. Fingers
2-2
Pitches - Strikes:
K. Holtzman
120-70,
R. Fingers
40-23
Balk:
K. Holtzman
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Ken Holtzman
Ballpark:
Oakland Coliseum
Weather:
Clear skies (56 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time:
6:07 PM Pacific
Time:
3:26
Attendance:
49,419
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