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

10

Rooker

RBI

28

Rooker

AVG

.288

Toro

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Spence

K

38

Miller

ERA

3.00

Kelly

Team Rankings

HR

55

4th

R

171

21st

SO

367

19th

ERA

4.37

22nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	24	20	.545
Rangers	23	22	.511	1.5
Astros	19	25	.432	5.0
Athletics	19	27	.413	6.0
Angels	16	28	.364	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/17	OAK	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Sat 5/18	OAK	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 5/19	OAK	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Tue 5/21	COL	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Wed 5/22	COL	@	OAK	9:40 PM

Last Game

Astros

19-25

8

Final

1

Athletics

19-27

Thu 16 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

13

Tucker

12

Henderson

12

Naylor

RBI Leaders

41

Ozuna

37

Ramírez

36

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.359

Contreras

.353

Kwan

Hit Leaders

63

Ohtani

62

Betts

61

Contreras

Run Leaders

39

Contreras

39

Jr.

37

Betts

OBP Leaders

.445

Betts

.434

Contreras

.431

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.676

Ohtani

.619

Ozuna

.614

Jeffers

SB Leaders

26

Cruz

17

Caballero

16

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Suárez

6

Sale

6

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

73

Glasnow

70

Crochet

68

Cease

ERA Leaders

0.96

Imanaga

1.34

López

1.37

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Suárez

0.78

Cease

0.86

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.19

Crochet

11.69

Peralta

11.65

Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

10.50

Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

10.20

Kirby

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

6

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

690.8

Ohtani

657.4

Betts

628.9

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

532

Ohtani

504

Betts

483

Cruz

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