The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Cincinnati Reds, 5 to 4, in Game 5 of the 1972 World Series on October 20, 1972.

Final

Reds

2-3

5

Athletics

3-2

4

CIN

OAK

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

1

5

1

0

6

0

7

0

8

1

0

9

1

0

R

5

4

H

8

7

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CIN

OAK

Home run by Pete Rose.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

CIN

OAK

Home run by Gene Tenace; Mike Epstein and George Hendrick scored.

1

3

Top 4th

CIN

OAK

Home run by Denis Menke.

2

3

Bottom 4th

CIN

OAK

Single by Gonzalo Marquez; Sal Bando scored.

2

4

Top 5th

CIN

OAK

Single by Bobby Tolan; Joe Morgan scored.

3

4

Top 8th

CIN

OAK

Single by Bobby Tolan; Error by Matty Alou; Joe Morgan scored.

4

Top 9th

CIN

OAK

Single by Pete Rose; Cesar Geronimo scored.

5

4

Reds

Athletics

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Pete Rose LF	5	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
Joe Morgan 2B	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Bobby Tolan CF	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Johnny Bench C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tony Perez 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Denis Menke 3B	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	4
Cesar Geronimo RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Darrel Chaney SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Hague PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clay Carroll P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Grimsley P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Billingham P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim McGlothlin P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Borbon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Uhlaender PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hall P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Concepcion PH,SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	5	8	5	2	3	6	3	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jim McGlothlin	3.0	2	4	4	2	3	1
Pedro Borbon	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Hall	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Clay Carroll	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ross Grimsley (W)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Billingham (S)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	4	5	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bert Campaneris SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Matty Alou RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Rudi LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Epstein 1B	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Hegan 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sal Bando 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
George Hendrick CF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Don Mincher PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Mangual PH,CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Tenace C	2	1	1	3	1	2	0	4
Blue Moon Odom PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Green 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gonzalo Marquez PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Allan Lewis PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Kubiak 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Catfish Hunter P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rollie Fingers P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hamilton P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Duncan PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	30	4	7	4	1	4	5	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Catfish Hunter	4.2	5	3	3	2	2	2
Rollie Fingers (L)	3.2	3	2	2	1	4	0
Dave Hamilton	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	3	6	2

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Langeliers

RBI

12

Langeliers

AVG

.279

Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Spence

K

25

Miller

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

77

29th

SO

212

21st

ERA

3.94

18th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	14	12	.538
Rangers	14	13	.519	0.5
Athletics	11	16	.407	3.5
Angels	10	16	.385	4.0
Astros	7	19	.269	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	OAK	@	BAL	4:05 PM
Sun 4/28	OAK	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Mon 4/29	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Tue 4/30	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Wed 5/1	PIT	@	OAK	3:37 PM

Last Game

Orioles

16-9

2

Final

3

Athletics

11-16

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0