 Nyora kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Pashure pemwaka wa1972, Bench akabviswa bundu pamapapu ake; akaramba achibudirira, asi haana kuzomborovazve nhangemutange 40 mumwaka. Muna 1973, Bench akarova 25 home runs uye 104 RBI uye akabatsira Reds rally kubva ku1012-mutambo kushomeka kuLos Angeles Dodgers kutanga kwaJuly kutungamira majors nekukunda 99 uye kutora imwe NL West Division korona. MuNLCSCincinnati yakasangana nechikwata cheNew York Mets icho chakakunda NL East nechinyorwa chisingafadzi, mitambo 1612 shure kweReds. VaMets vakazvirumbidza nevatatu vevatambi vepamusoro-soro muNL, ramangwana Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, naJon Matlack. Benchs bottom of the ninth-inning home run off Seaver in the first game propelled the Reds to victory, but Seaver would get the best of the Reds and Bench in the deciding Game 5, winning to put the Mets into the World Series against the Oakland As. Benchs bottom of the ninth-inning home run off Seaver in the first game propelled the Reds to victory, but Seaver would get the best of the Reds and Bench in the deciding Game 5, winning to put the Mets into the World Series against the Oakland As. Benchs bottom of the ninth-inning home run off Seaver in the first game propelled the Reds to victory, but Seaver would get the best of the Reds and Bench in the deciding Game 5, winning to put the Mets into the World Series against the Oakland As. 