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1972 World Series: Game 4
CINCINNATI REDS @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
OCTOBER 19, 1972
TIMELINE 21
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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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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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1
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6
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1
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Oakland Athletics
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0
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X
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6
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Campaneris Blows Through Stop Sign, Scores Winner in Holtzman's CG Gem
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Partly cloudy skies hung over the Coliseum at first pitch, 54 degrees and a breeze pushing out toward right field — the kind of October evening that flatters a lefthander's fastball, that makes hitters conscious of their hands on the bat. Ken Holtzman and Don Gullett each came out throwing like men who understood that one run might be all they'd get to work with. For three innings neither team managed a baserunner of consequence. Then Tony Perez, leading off the fourth, ambushed a first-pitch strike and drove it 380 feet to left-center — a solo home run that gave Cincinnati a 1-0 lead and represented the only earned run Holtzman would allow all night. It would not be enough.
Oakland's answer in the sixth came wearing no disguise but was no less effective for its plainness. Campaneris reached on a Menke error — a routine grounder that skipped off the third baseman's glove — moved to third on Alou's groundout, and tagged up on Rudi's deep fly to right. A nine-pitch at-bat, a ball that carried to the warning track, a runner fast enough to gamble on a throw from McRae. The game was tied on a sequence that required no hits at all, only an error and nerve. There is something instructive in that: how often the decisive play in a close game is not a blow but a sequence, not power but attention.
In the eighth, Campaneris provided the swing that mattered — a double into the left-center gap on a 3-1 fastball, the ball jumping off his bat at 107 miles per hour. Alou lined a single to center on the very first pitch, and Campaneris, rounding third, ran straight through Irv Noren's stop sign — arms windmilling, palm out, all of it ignored. He scored standing up, reaching home half a step ahead of Tolan's throw, with the look of a man who had decided the outcome of the game before the ball landed. Oakland 2, Cincinnati 1. Holtzman needed eleven pitches for the ninth: Bench grounded meekly back to the mound, Menke lifted a flyball to right, and Rose popped to center on the first offering he saw. His complete game — 118 pitches, eight strikeouts, a game score of 78 — was the kind of performance that in some other telling of this night might have been matched by Gullett's own stubbornness. But one run is a margin, not an accident, and Campaneris scored it by ignoring the only man telling him to stop.
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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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3
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0
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1
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0
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1
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1
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2
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.333
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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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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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T. Perez
1B
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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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1
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1
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.500
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1
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1
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J. Bench
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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3
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2
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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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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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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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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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H. McRae
RF
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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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0
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.333
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0
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0
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D. Concepcion
SS
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3
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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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1
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.667
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0
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0
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D. Gullett
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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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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30
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1
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6
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1
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1
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8
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10
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BATTING
Doubles:
T. Perez
(1, 6th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 1 out)
D. Concepcion
(1, 7th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs:
T. Perez
(1, 4th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
T. Perez
6
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J. Morgan
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H. McRae
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D. Concepcion
3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Bench
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D. Gullett
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B. Tolan
,
J. Morgan
,
D. Menke
Sac Bunt:
D. Gullett
2
Team LOB:
4
BASERUNNING
SB:
J. Morgan
(1)
CS:
J. Morgan
(1)
FIELDING
Errors:
D. Menke
Double Plays:
1 (Concepcion-Morgan-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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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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0
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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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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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1
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.500
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0
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1
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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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2
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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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3
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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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1
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.333
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0
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0
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D. Mincher
1B
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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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4
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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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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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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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G. Tenace
C
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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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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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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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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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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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29
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2
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6
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2
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2
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3
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12
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BATTING
Doubles:
B. Campaneris
(1, 8th Inning off D. Gullett, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Alou
2
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G. Tenace
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D. Green
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B. Campaneris
2
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S. Bando
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
D. Mincher
GIDP:
D. Green
Sac Fly:
J. Rudi
Team LOB:
6
FIELDING
PB:
G. Tenace
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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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8.0
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6
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2
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1
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2
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3
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0
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128
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79
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1.12
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PITCHING
Game Score:
D. Gullett
65
Batters Faced:
D. Gullett
32
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
D. Gullett
9-11
Pitches - Strikes:
D. Gullett
128-79
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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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6
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1
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1
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1
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8
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1
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118
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82
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1.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
K. Holtzman
78
Batters Faced:
K. Holtzman
33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
K. Holtzman
9-9
Pitches - Strikes:
K. Holtzman
118-82
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Ken Holtzman
Ballpark:
Oakland Coliseum
Weather:
Partly Cloudy (54 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 11 mph
Start Time:
6:07 PM Pacific
Time:
2:59
Attendance:
49,419
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