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Miley BB CD 1972 World Series Game 1
Called by Monte Moore and Jim Simpson (NBC Radio)

The A's have only 4 hits, but they include two Gene Tenace home runs, which produce all 3 of Oakland's runs.  Ken Holtzman gets the win.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

World Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 14, 1972 (D) at Riverfront Stadium

OAK A    0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  4  0
CIN N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
BATTING
Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Campaneris ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 3
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Alou rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Hendrick cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Tenace c 3 2 2 3 0 0 7 2
Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Marquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Holtzman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 3 4 1 27 13
BATTING - 
HR: Tenace 2 (2,2nd inning off Nolan 1 on 2 out,5th inning off Nolan 0 on 1
out).
SH: Campaneris (1,off Carroll).
Team LOB: 2.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Campaneris (1,2nd base by Nolan/Bench); Lewis (1,2nd base by Carroll/Bench).
Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rose lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 5
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Bench c 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
Perez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 10 0
Menke 3b 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 2
Geronimo rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
McRae ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Foster pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Nolan p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Javier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2 5 7 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Morgan-Perez.
BATTING - 
2B: Bench (1,off Holtzman).
SH: Concepcion (1,off Blue).
IBB: Concepcion (1,by Holtzman).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Concepcion (1,2nd base by Fingers/Tenace).
PITCHING
Oakland Athletics            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Holtzman W(1-0) 5 5 2 2 3 3 0 22
Fingers 1.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 6
Blue SV(1) 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 9
Totals 9 7 2 2 5 7 0 37
Holtzman faced 1 batter in the 6th inning
WP: Blue (1).
IBB: Holtzman (1,Concepcion).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Fingers 1-0; Blue 1-0.
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Cincinnati Reds              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Nolan L(0-1) 6 4 3 3 2 0 2 22
Borbon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Carroll 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7
Totals 9 4 3 3 4 1 2 32
Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Frank Umont, 
LF - Bob Engel, RF - Bill Haller