Oct 15, 1972 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1972 Oakland 1-1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 1972 Cincinnati 1-1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 8 0 Oakland AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Cincinnati AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Campaneris SS 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .143 Rose, P LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .375 Alou, M RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .125 Morgan, J 2B 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 Mangual RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Tolan CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Rudi LF 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Bench C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Epstein 1B 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Perez 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .286 Fingers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Menke 3B 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .333 Bando 3B 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 .143 Geronimo RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .125 Hendrick CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Chaney SS 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Jackson, R CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Grimsley P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tenace C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 Hague PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Green, D 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 Hall, T P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Concepcion PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hegan PH-1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Simpson, W P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 33 6 7 5 6 6 1 0 2 13 .185 McRae PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 33 5 8 5 2 7 2 3 1 5 .266 Oakland IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Hunter W(1-0) 8.0 4 2 2 0 0 6 100 72 28 2.25 27 130(135) 72 Fingers 1.0 4 3 3 1 2 1 49 29 20 27.00 10 50(46) 9.0 8 5 5 1 2 7 149 101 48 4.24 37 Cincinnati IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Grimsley L(0-1) 5.0 4 5 5 2 3 2 81 52 29 9.00 22 120(122) 38 Hall, T 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 3 50 33 17 0.00 13 70(75) Simpson, W 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17 10 7 9.00 5 75(75) 9.0 7 6 6 2 6 6 148 95 53 4.00 40 Oak: Mangual moved to RF in the 7th Jackson, R moved to CF in the 7th Hegan hit for Hunter in the 9th Hegan moved to 1B in the 9th Cin: Hague hit for Grimsley in the 5th Concepcion hit for Hall in the 8th McRae hit for Simpson in the 9th 2B-Hegan(1), Chaney(1), Rose, P(2) 3B-Menke(1), Perez(1), Rose, P(1) HR-Oak Bando(1) off Grimsley(1) in the 1st with bases full, 411 feet Oak Campaneris(1) off Grimsley(2) in the 5th with bases empty, 366 feet Cin Morgan, J(1) off Fingers(1) in the 9th with 1 on base, 372 feet CS-Morgan, J (1) RBI-Oak - Bando 4(4), Campaneris(1) Cin - Chaney(1), Morgan, J 2(3), Perez(2), Tolan(2) IBB-Cin Menke off Fingers SF-Tolan(1) SH-Campaneris(1) WP-Simpson, W(1) Great-Bando(1), Menke(1) Poor-Hendrick(1) LOB-Oakland 7 Cincinnati 4 GWRBI-Bando Game MVP:Catfish Hunter Riverfront Stadium Time 2:53, 58ø, Wind: 8 MPH In from RCF Day Game Oct 15, 1972 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1972 Oakland 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 1972 Cincinnati 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 8 0 1972 Oakland Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Campaneris SS 1>W G43 5>HR 7>Fd9 B24,23 2 Alou, M RF K Fd8 Fd8 K Mangual RF K 3 Rudi LF S,12 3>Fd9 Fd8 S WP,3H W 4 Epstein 1B W,23,12 S Fd9 W,12 G43 Fingers P 5 Bando 3B HR P6 6>W F8 6 Hendrick CF W F8 L5 Jackson, R CF 8>K 7 Tenace C Fd8 4>F9 K G63 8 Green, D 2B G63 K S,12 F9 9 Hunter P 2>G63 G13 Fd8 Hegan PH-1B 9>D 1972 Cincinnati Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Rose, P LF 1>Fd8 4>D 6>G53 9>T 2 Morgan, J 2B G53 S,23 Fvd8 HR 3 Tolan CF F8 CS2(26)Fd8,3H/SF G53 S 4 Bench C 2>F8 Fd8 7>P6 G63,12 5 Perez 1B K 5>F8 K T,2H 6 Menke 3B K T K IBB 7 Geronimo RF 3>K K 8>F8 K 8 Chaney SS Fs7 D,3H G53 W,12 9 Grimsley P G53 Hague PH G63 Hall, T P Concepcion PH B14 Simpson, W P McRae PH F7 Oakland IN OUT Hunter AB1-1 AB3-9 Fingers AB4-1 End Cincinnati IN OUT Grimsley AB1-1 AB3-4 Hall, T AB3-5 AB4-8 Simpson, W AB4-9 End Oct 15, 1972 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1972 Oakland 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 1972 Cincinnati 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 8 0 Inn Out B-S On Oak-Cin Result 1-Oakland 1 0 3-0 - 0-0 Campaneris walked 1 0 1-2 1 0-0 Alou struck out, 1 out 1 1 1-2 1 0-0 Rudi singled on the infield, Campaneris to 2nd 1 1 3-1 12 0-0 Epstein walked, Campaneris to 3rd, Rudi to 2nd 1 1 0-1 123 0-0 Bando hit a grand slam homer to left center, 411 feet, Oakland 4 Cincinnati 0 1 1 3-0 - 4-0 Hendrick walked 1 1 2-1 1 4-0 Tenace flied to deep left center, 2 out 1 2 2-0 1 4-0 Green grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Cincinnati 1 0 3-1 - 4-0 Rose flied to deep center, 1 out 1 1 0-1 - 4-0 Morgan grounded to third, 2 out 1 2 2-0 - 4-0 Tolan flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Oakland 2 0 1-0 - 4-0 Hunter grounded to short, 1 out 2 1 0-0 - 4-0 Campaneris grounded to second, 2 out 2 2 2-2 - 4-0 Alou flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Cincinnati 2 0 0-2 - 4-0 Bench flied to right center, 1 out 2 1 1-2 - 4-0 Perez struck out, 2 out 2 2 2-2 - 4-0 Menke struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Oakland 3 0 0-1 - 4-0 Rudi flied to deep right center, 1 out 3 1 1-2 - 4-0 Epstein singled to right center 3 1 0-1 1 4-0 Bando popped to short, 2 out 3 2 0-1 1 4-0 Hendrick flied to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Cincinnati 3 0 0-2 - 4-0 Geronimo struck out, 1 out 3 1 2-2 - 4-0 Chaney flied to shallow left center, 2 out 3 2 1-2 - 4-0 Grimsley grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Oakland 4 0 0-2 - 4-0 Tenace flied down the right field line, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 4-0 Green struck out, 2 out 4 2 0-1 - 4-0 Hunter grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Cincinnati 4 0 1-2 - 4-0 Rose doubled to right center 4 0 1-0 2 4-0 Morgan grounded a single up the middle, Rose to 3rd 4 0 0-0 13 4-0 Morgan caught stealing 2nd, 1 out 4 1 0-1 3 4-0 Tolan flied to deep center, sacrifice, Rose scored, 2 out, Oakland 4 Cincinnati 1 4 2 2-2 - 4-1 Bench flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Oakland 5 0 0-2 - 4-1 Campaneris hit a solo homer to left, 366 feet, Oakland 5 Cincinnati 1 5 0 3-1 - 5-1 Alou flied to deep left center, 1 out 5 1 2-0 - 5-1 Rudi flied to deep center, 2 out 5 2 1-2 - 5-1 Epstein flied to deep right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Cincinnati 5 0 2-1 - 5-1 Perez flied to right center, 1 out 5 1 0-0 - 5-1 Menke lined a triple down the right field line 5 1 0-2 3 5-1 Geronimo struck out, 2 out 5 2 0-1 3 5-1 Chaney doubled down the third base line, Menke scored, Oakland 5 Cincinnati 2 5 2 1-0 2 5-2 Hague grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Oakland >Hall pitching 6 0 3-1 - 5-2 Bando walked 6 0 1-2 1 5-2 Hendrick lined to third, 1 out 6 1 2-2 1 5-2 Tenace struck out, 2 out 6 2 0-2 1 5-2 Green lined a single to center, Bando to 2nd 6 2 2-2 12 5-2 Hunter flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Cincinnati 6 0 2-0 - 5-2 Rose grounded to third, 1 out 6 1 3-2 - 5-2 Morgan flied to very deep center, 2 out 6 2 0-2 - 5-2 Tolan grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Oakland 7 0 0-1 - 5-2 Campaneris flied to deep right, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 5-2 Alou struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-1 - 5-2 Rudi singled up the middle 7 2 3-2 1 5-2 Epstein walked, Rudi to 2nd 7 2 0-2 12 5-2 Bando flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Cincinnati >Mangual playing RF >Jackson, R playing CF 7 0 1-1 - 5-2 Bench popped to short, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 5-2 Perez struck out, 2 out 7 2 2-2 - 5-2 Menke struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Oakland 8 0 0-2 - 5-2 Jackson struck out, 1 out 8 1 2-2 - 5-2 Tenace grounded to short, 2 out 8 2 2-0 - 5-2 Green flied down the right field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Cincinnati 8 0 2-0 - 5-2 Geronimo flied to left center, 1 out 8 1 0-1 - 5-2 Chaney grounded to third, 2 out 8 2 0-2 - 5-2 Concepcion bunted to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Oakland >Simpson pitching 9 0 0-0 - 5-2 Hegan doubled to right center 9 0 0-0 2 5-2 Campaneris bunted out to the catcher, Hegan to 3rd, sacrifice, 1 out 9 1 3-2 3 5-2 Mangual struck out, 2 out 9 2 1-1 3 5-2 Wild pitch, Hegan scored, Oakland 6 Cincinnati 2 9 2 2-1 - 6-2 Rudi walked 9 2 1-1 1 6-2 Epstein grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Cincinnati >Fingers pitching >Hegan playing 1B 9 0 3-2 - 6-2 Rose lined a triple to left center 9 0 0-2 3 6-2 Morgan hit a two run homer to right, 372 feet, Oakland 6 Cincinnati 4 9 0 3-2 - 6-4 Tolan grounded a single between first and second 9 0 1-2 1 6-4 Bench grounded to short, Tolan to 2nd, 1 out 9 1 2-2 2 6-4 Perez lined a triple down the third base line, Tolan scored, Oakland 6 Cincinnati 5 9 1 0-0 3 6-5 Menke intentionally walked 9 1 2-2 13 6-5 Geronimo struck out, 2 out 9 2 3-2 13 6-5 Chaney walked, Menke to 2nd 9 2 2-1 123 6-5 McRae flied to left center, 3 out