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1972 World Series: Game 4
CINCINNATI REDS @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS
OCTOBER 19, 1972
TIMELINE 22
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Cincinnati Reds
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Oakland Athletics
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Mincher's Sac Fly in 8th Lifts A's in Game 4 After Campaneris, Alou Erase 2-0 Deficit
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Ken Holtzman threw the baseball like a man paying off a grudge one pitch at a time — three hits over seven innings, six strikeouts, and a general air of contempt for the Cincinnati lineup that bordered on the philosophical. That he spent the first five innings losing 2-0 on account of a Dave Concepcion triple that split the right-center gap like a letter opener through an envelope did not, apparently, concern him. He just kept throwing. Oakland kept waiting.
They stopped waiting in the sixth. Bert Campaneris worked the count full, then lashed a double off the left-field wall with the conviction of a man who'd been rehearsing the swing in some half-remembered dream. Matty Alou followed with a ground-ball double past first — the kind of hit that looks lucky in the box score and inevitable if you watched it — and suddenly Gullett was pitching from behind the math. Don Mincher's single to left tied it, and the Coliseum's 49,419 discovered they had voices after all.
The winning run, in the eighth, arrived with almost insulting economy. Alou singled, reached third on Rudi's liner to center, and scored on Mincher's sacrifice fly to right. A sacrifice fly. The most boring sentence in baseball, except when it's the only sentence that matters.
Rollie Fingers handled the ninth the way a locksmith handles a deadbolt: Perez looking, Bench flying out to left, Menke drawing a walk that meant nothing because Rose grounded weakly to the mound. One more shuffling of the deck, one more night where Oakland found a way to steal what Cincinnati had every reason to believe was already theirs.
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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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1
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0
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.000
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0
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0
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B. Tolan
CF
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4
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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. Perez
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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3
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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. 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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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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D. Menke
3B
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1
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1
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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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P. Rose Sr
LF
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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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2
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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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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2
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3
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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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3
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0
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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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.333
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0
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2
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D. Gullett
P
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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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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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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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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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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Totals
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30
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2
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3
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2
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3
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7
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8
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a - C. Geronimo pinch hit for D. Gullett in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles:
T. Perez
(1, 6th Inning off K. Holtzman, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples:
D. Concepcion
(1, 2nd Inning off K. Holtzman, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases:
P. Rose Sr
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T. Perez
2
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D. Concepcion
3
2-out RBI:
D. Concepcion
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
J. Bench
,
D. Gullett
Team LOB:
4
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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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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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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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0
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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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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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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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S. Bando
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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0
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4
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.000
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0
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0
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D. Mincher
1B
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3
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0
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2
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2
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0
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0
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1
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.667
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0
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2
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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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0
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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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0
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0
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1
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0
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5
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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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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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.000
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0
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0
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K. Holtzman
P
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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.000
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0
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0
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a-
D. Duncan
PH
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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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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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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32
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3
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9
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3
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1
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2
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17
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a - D. Duncan pinch hit for K. Holtzman in the 7th
BATTING
Doubles:
M. Alou
(1, 6th Inning off D. Gullett, 1 on, 0 outs)
A. Mangual
(1, 8th Inning off P. Borbon, 1 on, 2 outs)
B. Campaneris
(1, 6th Inning off D. Gullett, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases:
M. Alou
3
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J. Rudi
2
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D. Mincher
2
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A. Mangual
3
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B. Campaneris
2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs:
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G. Tenace
2
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D. Green
Sac Fly:
D. Mincher
Team LOB:
7
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CINCINNATI 1972 PITCHING LINESCORE
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OAKLAND 1972 PITCHING LINESCORE
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Player
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IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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K
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HR
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PI
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PS
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ERA
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D. Gullett
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7.0
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6
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2
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2
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1
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2
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0
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95
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64
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2.57
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P. Borbon
L (0-1)
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1.0
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3
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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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18
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14
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9.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
D. Gullett
58
Batters Faced:
D. Gullett
28,
P. Borbon
6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
D. Gullett
7-12,
P. Borbon
1-2
Pitches - Strikes:
D. Gullett
95-64,
P. Borbon
18-14
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Player
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IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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K
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HR
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PI
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PS
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ERA
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K. Holtzman
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7.0
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3
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2
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2
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2
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6
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0
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104
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68
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2.57
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R. Fingers
W (1-0)
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2.0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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0
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42
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28
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0.00
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PITCHING
Game Score:
K. Holtzman
67
Batters Faced:
K. Holtzman
26,
R. Fingers
7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs:
K. Holtzman
6-9,
R. Fingers
3-2
Pitches - Strikes:
K. Holtzman
104-68,
R. Fingers
42-28
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GAME NOTES
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Player of the Game:
Ken Holtzman
Ballpark:
Oakland Coliseum
Weather:
Clear skies (61 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 9 mph
Start Time:
6:07 PM Pacific
Time:
3:03
Attendance:
49,419
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