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1972 World Series: Game 4
CINCINNATI REDS @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
OCTOBER 19, 1972
TIMELINE 18
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8
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9
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R
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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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3
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0
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0
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3
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6
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13
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2
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Oakland Athletics
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4
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5
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Morgan's Ninth-Inning Double Keys Three-Run Rally Past A's
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Don Gullett's evening began as badly as an evening can begin. Concepcion's error on a hard grounder let Campaneris aboard, Alou singled and advanced to third on McRae's throw, Rudi's sacrifice fly scored one, Bando doubled to left-center on a full count, and then Mincher — a left-handed hitter the wind was supposed to suppress — turned on a 2-0 pitch and drove it 350 feet over the right-field fence for three more. Four runs before Gullett had faced seven batters. At 50 degrees with the wind blowing in at ten miles an hour, the Coliseum felt colder than that.
Gullett, though, did not leave. He did what certain pitchers do when their first inning turns to rubble: he settled in as though it had happened to someone else. He retired fifteen of the next sixteen batters he faced. He threw 99 pitches across eight innings, most of them ground balls, and gave Oakland nothing after Bando's solo home run in the third. Meanwhile Holtzman was scattering hits — thirteen of them by game's end — but keeping them separated, stranding runners at second and third with the practiced ease of a man accustomed to narrow margins. He led 5-3 after McRae's three-run shot in the fourth, and the lead felt as good as five had earlier.
The ninth undid him. Concepcion singled to left-center on a 2-0 count. Geronimo, pinch-hitting, lined one to right-center on the second pitch. Morgan doubled down the third-base line at 101 miles per hour, scoring both, and when Rudi's throw from left came home late on Geronimo, the game was tied. Tolan singled to left-center on the next pitch and Morgan scored without a play. Holtzman walked off the mound after 130 pitches, the game gone in four batters. Rollie Fingers got the last two outs but the lead was already Cincinnati's. Pedro Borbon set Oakland down in order in the bottom of the ninth, and somewhere in the arithmetic of the evening — five runs given away, six clawed back — there was a lesson about patience, or persistence, or perhaps just the stubborn way this particular night keeps finding new endings.
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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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5
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1
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1
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2
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0
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1
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2
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.200
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0
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2
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B. Tolan
CF
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5
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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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0
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.400
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0
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1
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T. Perez
1B
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4
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0
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2
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0
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1
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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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J. Bench
C
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4
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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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3
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.250
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0
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0
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D. Menke
3B
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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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1
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5
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.400
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0
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0
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P. Rose Sr
LF
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3
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1
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1
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0
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1
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1
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5
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.333
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0
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0
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H. McRae
RF
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5
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1
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1
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3
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0
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0
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6
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.200
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1
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3
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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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D. Concepcion
SS
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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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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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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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1
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0
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0
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.500
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0
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0
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a-
C. Geronimo
PH
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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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0
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1.000
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0
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0
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b-
J. Hague
RF
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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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38
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6
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13
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6
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4
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4
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21
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a - C. Geronimo pinch hit for D. Gullett in the 9th
b - J. Hague substituted for C. Geronimo in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles:
J. Morgan
(1, 9th Inning off K. Holtzman, 2 on, 0 outs)
D. Menke
(1, 8th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
H. McRae
(1, 4th Inning off K. Holtzman, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
J. Bench
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D. Gullett
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B. Tolan
2
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P. Rose Sr
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T. Perez
2
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J. Morgan
2
,
D. Menke
3
,
H. McRae
4
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D. Concepcion
,
C. Geronimo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Bench
,
P. Rose Sr
,
H. McRae
GIDP:
H. McRae
Hit by Pitch:
P. Rose Sr
Team LOB:
10
BASERUNNING
CS:
J. Morgan
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
D. Gullett
,
D. Concepcion
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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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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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0
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.000
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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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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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.250
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0
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0
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J. Rudi
LF
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3
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0
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0
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1
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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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1
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S. Bando
3B
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4
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2
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2
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1
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0
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0
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1
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.500
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1
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1
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D. Mincher
1B
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3
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1
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1
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3
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0
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0
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0
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.333
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1
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3
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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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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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A. Mangual
CF
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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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0
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.000
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0
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0
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G. Tenace
C
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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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D. Green
2B
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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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1
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0
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.333
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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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1
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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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Totals
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33
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5
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5
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5
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0
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4
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3
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a - M. Epstein pinch hit for D. Mincher in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles:
S. Bando
(1, 1st Inning off D. Gullett, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs:
D. Mincher
(1, 1st Inning off D. Gullett, 2 on, 1 out)
S. Bando
(1, 3rd Inning off D. Gullett, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Alou
,
D. Mincher
4
,
D. Green
,
S. Bando
6
2-out RBI:
S. Bando
Sac Fly:
J. Rudi
Team LOB:
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
W (1-0)
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8.0
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5
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5
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4
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0
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4
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2
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99
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66
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4.50
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P. Borbon
SV (1)
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1.0
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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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16
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11
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
D. Gullett
58
Batters Faced:
D. Gullett
31,
P. Borbon
3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
D. Gullett
13-7,
P. Borbon
1-2
Pitches - Strikes:
D. Gullett
99-66,
P. Borbon
16-11
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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
L (0-1)
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8.0
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12
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6
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6
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3
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3
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1
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130
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81
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6.75
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R. Fingers
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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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1
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1
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0
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23
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13
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
K. Holtzman
34
Batters Faced:
K. Holtzman
38,
R. Fingers
5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
K. Holtzman
10-9,
R. Fingers
0-2
Pitches - Strikes:
K. Holtzman
130-81,
R. Fingers
23-13
Inherited Runners - Scored:
R. Fingers
1-0
Hit Batsmen:
K. Holtzman
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Don Gullett
Ballpark:
Oakland Coliseum
Weather:
Partly Cloudy (50 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time:
6:07 PM Pacific
Time:
3:16
Attendance:
49,419
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