Tony Perez, who had a perfect night at the plate, hit his 23rd homer of the season with a man on base in the fourth inning to send the Reds on their way to a 3-1 victory over the Phillies. Wayne Simpson, who gave up eight hits and walked five, but struck out 11, was deprived of a shutout when the Phillies scored in the third on a walk, wild pickoff throw, a balk and a single by Larry Bowa.

After Perez put the Reds ahead with his homer following a single by Bobby Tolan in fourth, the Reds waited until the ninth before posting their last run on a double by Jimmy Stewart and single by Tommy Helms. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Friday, June      12, 1970 (Night game) at Connie Mack Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  2
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .300      Taylor 3b,2b          2   1   0   0     3   1   .283
Tolan cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .321      Bowa ss               5   0   2   1     0   3   .230
Perez 3b              3   1   3   2     1   0   .376      Gamble cf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .179
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Johnson 1b,3b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .218
May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Stone lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .302
McRae lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .290      Hisle rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .212
  Stewart lf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .171      Harmon 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Helms 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .205        Hutto ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Woodward ss           4   0   3   0     0   0   .262      Edwards c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .300
Simpson p             4   0   0   0     0   2   .054        Compton pr,c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
                                                            Reid ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .074
                                                          Fryman p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .160
                                                            Joseph ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .184
                                                            Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Browne ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .246

Totals               35   3   9   3     2   7             Totals               33   1   8   1     5  11

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 10,553
Left on Base: Reds 7, Phillies 10
DP: Reds 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Woodward, Simpson
Doubles: Woodward (2), Stewart (2), Hisle (10)
Home Runs: Perez (23)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (6)
Caught Stealing: Perez (2), Stone (5)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson W(9-1)          9     8   1   0   5  11   0  38   2.20
Totals                  9     8   1   0   5  11   0  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(4-3)           7     5   2   2   2   6   1  27   3.49
Selma                   2     4   1   1   0   1   0  10   3.53
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   7   1  37

Wild Pitches: Simpson 3 (4)
Balks: Simpson (1)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Dezelan


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan grounded
out (pitcher to first); Perez walked; Bench grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Taylor lined to first; Bowa singled to center;
Gamble was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the
batted ball to second [Bowa out at second (second unassisted)];
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 0.

REDS 2ND: May grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded
out (third to first); Helms flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Stone grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
doubled to left; Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hisle
to third]; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

REDS 3RD: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Simpson
struck out (catcher to first); Rose struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Fryman struck out; Taylor walked; Taylor was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Simpson [Taylor to
second]; Simpson balked [Taylor to third]; Bowa singled to right
[Taylor scored (unearned)]; Bowa stole second [Bowa to third
(error by Woodward)]; Woody Woodward called for
obstruction; Gamble grounded out (second to first); Johnson
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Phillies 1.

REDS 4TH: Tolan singled to right; Perez homered [Tolan scored];
Bench lined to left; May grounded out (shortstop to first);
McRae struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Stone singled to center; Hisle lined to right;
Stone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harmon
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 1.

REDS 5TH: Helms flied out to right; Woodward doubled to left;
Simpson grounded out (third to first); Rose walked; Tolan flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Edwards struck out; Fryman grounded out (pitcher
to first); Taylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 1.

REDS 6TH: Perez singled to center; Bench struck out while Perez
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); May struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa struck out; Gamble singled to center; Johnson
singled to third [Gamble to second]; Stone forced Johnson (first
to shortstop) [Gamble to third]; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

REDS 7TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms lined
to third; Woodward singled to third; Simpson struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: STEWART REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Harmon lined
to center; Edwards walked; COMPTON RAN FOR EDWARDS; JOSEPH
BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Simpson threw a wild pitch [Compton to
second]; Joseph struck out; Taylor walked; Bowa struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

REDS 8TH: COMPTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SELMA REPLACED
JOSEPH (PITCHING); Rose flied out to center; Tolan struck out;
Perez singled to left; Bench popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Gamble walked; Simpson threw a wild pitch [Gamble
to second]; Johnson struck out; Stone flied out to right [Gamble
to third]; Hisle singled to pitcher [Gamble stayed at third];
HUTTO BATTED FOR HARMON; Hutto struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Reds 2, Phillies 1.

REDS 9TH: HUTTO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); JOHNSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); TAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
May flied out to center; Stewart doubled to center; Helms
singled to center [Stewart scored]; Woodward singled to center
[Helms to second]; Simpson popped to first; Rose flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: REID BATTED FOR COMPTON; Reid struck out; BROWNE
BATTED FOR SELMA; Browne popped to second; Taylor walked;
Simpson threw a wild pitch [Taylor to second]; Bowa struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 1.