With a crowd of 28,027 on hand, the Reds played their final game in Crosley Field before moving to new Riverfront Stadium and defeated the Giants. 5-4. The Reds beat Juan Marichal when Johnny Bench and Lee May hit consecutive homers in the eighth inning to produce the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      24, 1970 (Night game) at Crosley Field
Giants       1  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  1
Reds         0  2  0    0  1  0    0  2  x  -   5 10  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   2   1   0     1   1   .298      Rose rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .306
Fuentes 2b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .234      Tolan cf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .322
Mays cf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .288      Perez 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .357
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Bench c               4   2   3   1     0   0   .312
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .309      May 1b                4   2   2   1     0   1   .275
Dietz c               2   1   0   0     2   0   .317      Carbo lf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .309
Gallagher 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .272        Stewart pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Helms 2b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .208
Lanier ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Woodward ss           2   0   0   1     0   0   .243
Marichal p            3   0   1   1     0   1   .069        Cline ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Heise 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Chaney ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .208      McGlothlin p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .179
                                                            Bravo ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   7   4     5   5             Totals               33   5  10   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 28,027
Left on Base: Giants 6, Reds 6
DP: Giants 0, Reds 2
Errors: Fuentes, Woodward, Chaney
Doubles: Gallagher (9), May (16), Rose (17), Carbo (8)
Triples: Rose (7)
Home Runs: Bench (25), May (19)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (23)
Caught Stealing: Dietz (1), Stewart (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (5)
Hit by Pitch: Carbo (3,by McMahon)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(3-7)         7    10   5   5   1   4   2  32   5.63
McMahon                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.33
Totals                  8    10   5   5   1   4   2  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothlin              7     7   4   4   5   5   0  30   2.63
Granger W(3-1)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.37
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: McMahon (1)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - John Kibler


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Bonds to second]; Mays singled to right
[Bonds scored]; McCovey made an out to shortstop; Henderson
forced Mays (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Tolan grounded
out (pitcher to first); Perez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Dietz walked; Dietz was picked off and caught
stealing second (catcher to first); Gallagher grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lanier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled; May doubled to center [Bench to third];
Carbo walked; Helms forced Carbo (shortstop to second) [May to
third, Bench scored]; Woodward reached on an error by Fuentes
[May scored (RBI), Helms to third]; McGlothlin was called out on
strikes; Rose grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Marichal popped to first in foul territory; Bonds
singled to center; Bonds stole second [Bonds to third (error by
Woodward)]; Fuentes made an out to second; Mays walked; McCovey
singled to right [Mays to second, Bonds scored]; Henderson was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Tolan singled; Tolan was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Perez struck out; Bench singled to center; May flied out
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Dietz walked; Gallagher doubled to right [Dietz to
third]; Lanier walked; Marichal singled [Lanier to second,
Gallagher to third, Dietz scored]; Bonds lined into a double
play (shortstop to second) [Lanier out at second]; Fuentes
singled to left [Marichal to second, Gallagher scored]; Mays
flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); Helms made an
out to second; Woodward grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 2.

GIANTS 5TH: McCovey struck out; Henderson flied out to left;
Dietz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds
2.

REDS 5TH: McGlothlin grounded out (catcher to first); Rose
doubled; Tolan singled to center [Rose scored, Tolan to second
(on throw to home)]; Perez reached on a fielder's choice [Tolan
out at third (third to second)]; Bench forced Perez (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first); Lanier
made an out to shortstop; Marichal was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: May struck out; Carbo doubled to left; Helms struck
out; CLINE BATTED FOR WOODWARD; Cline grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 3.

GIANTS 7TH: CHANEY REPLACED CLINE (PLAYING SS); Bonds was called
out on strikes; Fuentes singled to right; Mays lined into a
double play (third to first) [Fuentes out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 3.

REDS 7TH: BRAVO BATTED FOR MCGLOTHLIN; Bravo flied out to
center; Rose tripled to right; Tolan grounded out (second to
first); Perez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 3.

GIANTS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED BRAVO (PITCHING); McCovey flied out
to left; Henderson reached on an error by Chaney; Dietz forced
Henderson (shortstop to second); Gallagher forced Dietz (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 3.

REDS 8TH: Bench homered; May homered; MCMAHON REPLACED GALLAGHER
(PITCHING); HEISE REPLACED MARICHAL (PLAYING 3B); Carbo was hit
by a pitch; STEWART RAN FOR CARBO; Stewart was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Helms grounded out (shortstop to
first); Chaney flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
4, Reds 5.

GIANTS 9TH: STEWART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lanier grounded
out (shortstop to first); TAYLOR BATTED FOR HEISE; Taylor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.