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1972 World Series: Game 4
CINCINNATI REDS @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
OCTOBER 19, 1972
TIMELINE 8
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4
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5
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7
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8
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9
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R
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H
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E
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Cincinnati Reds
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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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1
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1
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0
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3
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8
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2
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Oakland Athletics
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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
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1
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4
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12
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0
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Rudi Drives In Three, Singles Home Winner as Holtzman Goes Distance
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For five innings Ken Holtzman and Don Gullett traded zeroes as though neither remembered what a base hit looked like, and 49,419 sat quiet enough to hear the wind crossing from left field to right. Then Tony Perez drove a 1-1 fastball 380 feet into the left-field night to break the spell, and the game that had been so carefully locked split wide open like a dropped melon.
Oakland answered immediately. Matty Alou scratched an infield single off an 0-2 pitch, Joe Rudi tripled to deep right-center to score him, and Sal Bando's liner through the left side — aided by Bobby Tolan's misplay in center — brought Rudi home. Hal McRae's solo shot in the seventh, 383 feet to left, knotted it again. In this particular shuffling of the October deck the lead changed hands as easily as a poker chip: Rudi singled home Campaneris in the seventh for 3-2, and Bench's sacrifice fly in the eighth, Tolan tagging from third on a 3-2 count, squared it once more.
So it fell to Rudi again in the ninth. Campaneris lined a 2-2 pitch into left, Concepcion fumbled Alou's popup to put runners at first and second, and Rudi grounded a single through the hole between third and short. Campaneris never hesitated. McRae's throw from right came in high, and that was the ballgame — Oakland 4, Cincinnati 3. Holtzman, who had bent all night without breaking, finished what he started: nine innings, eight hits, the complete game tossed aside afterward like something ordinary.
Gullett deserved better than a loss. He struck out seven, walked only two, and pitched into the ninth on 139 pitches. But Rudi collected three hits and three runs batted in, and a man who drives in the first run, the go-ahead run, and the last run has done about all a left fielder can do on any given Thursday night in Oakland.
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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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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. Tolan
CF
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4
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1
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1
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0
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0
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1
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0
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.250
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0
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0
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T. Perez
1B
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4
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1
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3
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1
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0
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1
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0
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.750
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1
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1
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J. Bench
C
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3
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0
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1
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1
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0
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0
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2
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.333
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0
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1
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D. Menke
3B
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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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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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P. Rose Sr
LF
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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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0
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.250
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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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1
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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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.500
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1
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1
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D. Concepcion
SS
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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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3
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.000
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0
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0
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D. Gullett
P
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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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1
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3
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.000
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0
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0
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Totals
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33
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3
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8
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3
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1
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5
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10
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BATTING
Doubles:
T. Perez
(1, 3rd Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
T. Perez
(1, 6th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 1 out)
H. McRae
(1, 7th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases:
J. Bench
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B. Tolan
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P. Rose Sr
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T. Perez
7
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H. McRae
5
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Bench
,
D. Gullett
GIDP:
D. Menke
Sac Fly:
J. Bench
Team LOB:
4
FIELDING
Errors:
B. Tolan
,
D. Concepcion
Double Plays:
1 (Bench-Morgan)
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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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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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1
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.250
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0
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0
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M. Alou
RF
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5
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1
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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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.400
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0
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0
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J. Rudi
LF
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5
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1
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3
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3
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0
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0
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0
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.600
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0
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3
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S. Bando
3B
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4
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0
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2
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1
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0
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0
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2
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.500
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0
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1
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D. Mincher
1B
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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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2
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1
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.250
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0
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0
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A. Mangual
CF
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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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2
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3
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.500
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0
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0
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G. Tenace
C
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3
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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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5
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.333
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0
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0
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D. Green
2B
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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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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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K. Holtzman
P
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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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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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Totals
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35
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4
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12
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4
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2
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7
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17
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BATTING
Triples:
J. Rudi
(1, 6th Inning off D. Gullett, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases:
M. Alou
2
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G. Tenace
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J. Rudi
5
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D. Mincher
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A. Mangual
2
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B. Campaneris
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S. Bando
2
2-out RBI:
J. Rudi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
K. Holtzman
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G. Tenace
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D. Green
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B. Campaneris
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S. Bando
Sac Bunt:
K. Holtzman
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G. Tenace
Team LOB:
7
BASERUNNING
CS:
S. Bando
(1)
FIELDING
Double Plays:
1 (Campaneris-Green-Mincher)
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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
L (0-1)
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8.1
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12
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4
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4
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2
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7
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0
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139
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91
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4.32
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PITCHING
Game Score:
D. Gullett
48
Batters Faced:
D. Gullett
39
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
D. Gullett
9-8
Pitches - Strikes:
D. Gullett
139-91
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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
W (1-0)
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9.0
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8
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3
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3
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1
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5
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2
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113
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78
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3.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
K. Holtzman
63
Batters Faced:
K. Holtzman
35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
K. Holtzman
10-11
Pitches - Strikes:
K. Holtzman
113-78
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Ken Holtzman
Ballpark:
Oakland Coliseum
Weather:
Clear skies (67 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 14 mph
Start Time:
6:07 PM Pacific
Time:
3:07
Attendance:
49,419
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