Down 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth and facing elimination in Game 5 of the NLCS on this date in 1972, Johnny Bench wasn’t ready to see the Big Red Machine’s season come to an end. https://ow.ly/msa850Xacn4 | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

70K views · 1.9K reactions | October 5, 1970: Tony Pérez and Johnny Bench hit back-to-back homers as the Reds complete the sweep of Pittsburgh in the best-of-five NLCS. Bobby Tolan knocks in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 8th to give the Reds their fifth National League pennant. #RedsVault #BigRedMachine | Cincinnati Reds | Facebook

1.2K views · 28 reactions | ⚾️On October 11, 1972 in the 5th and deciding game of the NLCS at Riverfront Stadium, George Foster scores the winning run from 3rd base in the bottom of the 9th on a wild pitch thrown by Bob Moose, giving the Cincinnati Reds a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory over the Pirates. Earlier in the inning, Johnny Bench hit a home run off Dave Giusti to tie the score.⚾️ #Reds #TheBigRedMachine #TheDestroyer #Yahtzee | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

1972 | Oakland A's vs Cincinnati Reds | MLB World Series Highlights

Cincinnati #Reds catcher Johnny Bench makes a perfect throw to Joe Morgan that nails Oakland #Athletics runner Bert Campaneris at second during Game 1 of the 1972 World Series! #MLB #Baseball #History | Baseball by BSmile

64K views · 429 reactions | The Cincinnati Reds were down 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, facing elimination in Game 5 of the NLCS on this day in 1972. But Johnny Bench wasn’t ready to see the Big Red Machine’s season come to an end quite yet. baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/benchs-homer-propels-reds-to-1972-world-series | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | Facebook

⚾️On October 20, 1972 after hitting only five home runs in the regular season, Gene Tenace goes deep for the fourth time in the World Series, hitting a 3-run homer off Jim McGlothlin in the second inning of the A's 5-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5. The Oakland catcher, who will be named the MVP of the series, ties the major league mark for round-trippers in a Fall Classic shared by Babe Ruth (Yankees, 1926), Lou Gehrig (Yankees, 1928), Duke Snider (Dodgers, 1952), and Hank Bauer (Yankee