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May 12, 1973

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Reds 1 4 1
Astros 7 10 0
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Reds 1 4 1
Astros 7 10 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .172
OBP .500 .219
At Bats 4 99
Hits 2 17
• Singles 1 11
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 8

Ed Sprague Season Stats

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Astrodome - May 12, 1973
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Out
Ed Sprague
Bill Plummer
Johnny Bench
Phil Gagliano
Denis Menke
Dave Concepcion
Pete Rose
Bobby Tolan
Richie Scheinblum
Roger Metzger
Jim Wynn
Johnny Edwards
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Gagliano fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

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Bottom 8 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 York bunts towards first. Bench scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats York for the out. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 8 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Richie Scheinblum now playing right field. Phil Gagliano now playing second base. Ed Sprague now pitching. Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Jim York now pitching. Bench strikes out.
Top 8 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gagliano moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Top 8 Joe Morgan pinch hits for Clay Carroll. Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gagliano moves to second.
Top 8 Richie Scheinblum pinch hits for Cesar Geronimo. Scheinblum hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Darrel Chaney. Gagliano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Agee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson scores.
Bottom 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cedeno scores. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 7 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Plummer and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Plummer is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tommie Agee now playing left field. Bob Watson now playing first base. Johnny Edwards now catching. Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Helms reaches second base with a double. Agee scores. Edwards moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Larry Howard. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out. Watson scores. Agee moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Clay Carroll now pitching. Tommie Agee pinch runs for Lee May. Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion misplays the ball. That's an error on Concepcion. Watson moves to third. Agee moves to second.
Bottom 6 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cedeno is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Metzger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Metzger reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuss hits a popup, foul, towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Chaney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grimsley is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Geronimo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Plummer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench scores. There goes Tolan trying to get to home. Cedeno throws the ball in to Howard who tags Tolan who's trying to score from second, for the out. Menke moves to third.
Top 4 Menke takes first base on ball four. Bench moves to third. Tolan moves to second.
Top 4 Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Top 4 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Grimsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Geronimo strikes out.
Top 3 Chaney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Helms reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Plummer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Geronimo who is chasing the ball. Cedeno reaches third base with a triple. Metzger goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a popup towards first. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.