Johnny Bench belted three consecutive homers, added a single for his fourth straight hit and drove in total of seven runs to lead the Reds to a 12-5 victory over the Cardinals. With 33 homers and 95 RBIs, Bench was leading the majors in both power departments.

Playing left field instead of catching, Bench started his slugging by hitting a homer with two men on base in the first inning. He connected again with one aboard in the second and added a solo swat in the fifth. After hitting a single in the sixth, Bench batted in his seventh run of the game with a grounder in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 12, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Sunday, July      26, 1970 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  0  -   5  6  1
Reds         4  2  1    0  4  0    0  1  x  -  12 15  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .305      Tolan cf              3   1   0   1     1   0   .312
Ramirez ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .197        Bravo cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
  Campisi p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rose rf               3   2   1   0     0   1   .319
  Davalillo ph,cf     1   1   1   1     0   0   .308        Cline ph,rf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .290
Torre c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .307      McRae 3b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .280
  Simmons ph,c        1   0   0   1     0   1   .219        Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Allen 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .285      Bench lf              5   3   4   7     0   0   .302
  Shannon 3b          1   1   1   2     0   0   .176      May 1b                3   2   2   0     0   0   .249
Cardenal cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .311        Stewart 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Helms 2b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .235
Lee rf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .232        Chaney 2b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Hague 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .275      Corrales c            4   2   2   1     0   0   .293
Maxvill 2b            4   1   0   0     0   0   .199      Concepcion ss         4   0   2   1     0   2   .270
Carlton p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Simpson p             4   0   0   0     0   2   .097
  Chlupsa p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Crosby ph,ss        3   1   2   0     0   0   .182

Totals               34   5   6   4     1   9             Totals               39  12  15  11     1   8

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 40,202
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Reds 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Reds 0
Errors: Allen, Stewart 2
Doubles: Lee (11), May 2 (22), Helms (13), Cline (4)
Triples: Shannon (2), Corrales (1)
Home Runs: Bench 3 (33)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (1)
Hit by Pitch: Carlton (3,by Simpson), Rose (2,by Carlton)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(5-14)         4     9  10  10   1   4   3  24   4.28
Chlupsa                 1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5  18.00
Campisi                 2     3   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.98
Linzy                   1     1   1   1   0   0   0   4   4.24
Totals                  8    15  12  12   1   8   3  41

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson W(14-2)         7.1   6   5   3   1   8   0  31   2.95
Granger SV(23)          1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.40
Totals                  9     6   5   3   1   9   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Carlton (2), Simpson (7)
Wild Pitches: Carlton (9), Granger (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Paul Pryor


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Ramirez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Tolan walked; Rose was hit by a pitch [Tolan to
second]; McRae flied out to right; Bench homered [Tolan scored,
Rose scored]; May doubled to center; Helms doubled to right [May
scored]; Corrales reached on an error by Allen [Helms stayed at
second, Corrales to first]; Concepcion struck out; Simpson
forced Corrales (shortstop to second); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Reds 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
popped to catcher in foul territory; Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 4.

REDS 2ND: Tolan made an out to first; Rose singled to center;
McRae flied out to right; Bench homered [Rose scored]; May
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Reds 6.

CARDINALS 3RD: Hague struck out; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop
to first); Carlton was hit by a pitch; Brock flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 6.

REDS 3RD: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Corrales
tripled to right; Carlton threw a wild pitch [Corrales scored];
Concepcion struck out; Simpson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Reds 7.

CARDINALS 4TH: Ramirez was called out on strikes; Torre flied
out to right; Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Reds 7.

REDS 4TH: Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); Rose grounded
out (pitcher to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Reds 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee
grounded out (second to first); Hague flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 7.

REDS 5TH: Bench homered; May doubled to left; Helms singled to
pitcher [May stayed at second]; CHLUPSA REPLACED CARLTON
(PITCHING); Corrales singled to center [May scored, Helms to
third]; Concepcion singled to left [Helms scored, Corrales to
second]; Simpson forced Concepcion (shortstop to second)
[Corrales to third]; Tolan forced Simpson (first to shortstop)
[Corrales scored]; Rose struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Reds 11.

CARDINALS 6TH: BRAVO REPLACED TOLAN (PLAYING CF); STEWART
REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 1B); CHANEY REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING 2B);
Maxvill grounded out (second to first); CROSBY BATTED FOR
CHLUPSA; Crosby singled to right; Brock singled to right [Crosby
to second]; Ramirez struck out; SIMMONS BATTED FOR TORRE;
Simmons struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 11.

REDS 6TH: SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CROSBY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); CAMPISI REPLACED RAMIREZ (PITCHING); McRae
struck out; Bench singled to right [Bench out at second (right
to shortstop)]; Stewart grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 11.

CARDINALS 7TH: Allen grounded out (third to first); Cardenal
popped to second; Lee doubled to right; Hague struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 11.

REDS 7TH: SHANNON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 3B); Chaney singled to
center; Corrales flied out to right; Concepcion singled to right
[Chaney to second]; Simpson struck out; Bravo struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 11.

CARDINALS 8TH: Maxvill reached on an error by Stewart [Maxvill
to first]; Crosby singled to center [Maxvill to second]; Brock
walked [Maxvill to third, Crosby to second]; DAVALILLO BATTED
FOR CAMPISI; Davalillo singled to right [Maxvill scored
(unearned), Crosby to third, Brock to second]; Simmons hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Crosby scored, Brock to third]; Shannon
tripled to left [Brock scored, Davalillo scored]; GRANGER
REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Cardenal reached on an error by
Stewart [Shannon scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cardenal to first];
Granger threw a wild pitch [Cardenal to second]; Lee grounded
out (second to first) [Cardenal to third]; Hague popped to
second; 5 R (3 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 11.

REDS 8TH: DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LINZY REPLACED
CARDENAL (PITCHING); CLINE BATTED FOR ROSE; Cline doubled to
right; McRae grounded out (second to first) [Cline to third];
Bench grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cline scored]; Stewart
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Reds 12.

CARDINALS 9TH: CLINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WOODWARD
REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING 3B); Maxvill flied out to left; Crosby
grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 12.