Backed by three homers, Jim Merritt notched his 17th victory of the season as the Reds beat the Mets, 6-1. Merritt, who gave up only five hits and struck out 13, yielded the Mets' runs in the first inning on triples by Cleon Jones and Donn Clendenon. The Reds powered their way into the lead in the fourth when Tony Perez walked and Johnny Bench and Lee May hit back-to-back homers. Perez added a homer in the sixth and drove in the last two runs with a double in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    13, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Reds         0  0  0    3  0  1    2  0  x  -   6  8  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .286      Rose rf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .328
Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .255      Tolan cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Jones lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .246      Perez 3b              3   2   2   3     1   0   .334
Clendenon 1b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .305      Bench c               3   1   1   2     1   0   .298
Swoboda rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .249      May 1b                2   1   1   1     2   0   .258
Foy 3b                3   0   1   0     0   2   .241      McRae lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   2   .186        Carbo ph,lf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .312
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .230
Weis 2b               3   0   1   0     0   1   .206      Woodward ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Sadecki p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Merritt p             3   1   1   0     1   1   .157
  Singleton ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .275
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Grote c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .283

Totals               32   1   5   1     0  13             Totals               32   6   8   6     5   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 42,748
Left on Base: Mets 4, Reds 7
DP: Mets 1, Reds 0
Errors: Sadecki, Perez
Doubles: Jones (14), Weis (7), Rose (27), Perez (19)
Triples: Clendenon (1)
Home Runs: Bench (40), May (25), Perez (36)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (43)
Caught Stealing: Agee (10)
GIDP: Woodward (5)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki L(7-4)          4     4   3   3   1   2   2  17   3.78
Frisella                2.2   4   3   3   3   1   1  15   3.07
Taylor                  1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.74
Totals                  8     8   6   6   5   3   3  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt W(17-10)        9     5   1   1   0  13   0  32   3.87
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0  13   0  32

Umpires: HP - Tony Venzon, 1B - Frank Secory, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


METS 1ST: Agee was called out on strikes; Harrelson flied to
left; Jones doubled to center; Clendenon tripled to center
[Jones scored]; Swoboda flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to center; Tolan reached on an error by
Sadecki; Perez popped to shortstop; Bench flied to right [Rose
to third]; Tolan stole second; May popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 2ND: Foy struck out; Dyer struck out; Weis was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: McRae grounded out (second to first); Helms singled to
right; Woodward grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Reds 0.

METS 3RD: Sadecki struck out; Agee singled to center; Harrelson
struck out; Agee was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Merritt grounded out (first unassisted); Rose popped
to first; Tolan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (catcher to first); Clendenon
grounded out (pitcher to first); Swoboda grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez walked; Bench homered [Perez scored]; May
homered; McRae struck out; Helms flied to center; Woodward
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 3.

METS 5TH: Foy singled to left; Dyer was called out on strikes;
Weis doubled to left [Foy to third]; SINGLETON BATTED FOR
SADECKI; Singleton struck out; Agee grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 3.

REDS 5TH: FRISELLA REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); Merritt struck
out; Rose flied to center; Tolan flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 3.

METS 6TH: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Jones grounded
out (shortstop to first); Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: Perez homered; Bench flied to center; May walked;
CARBO BATTED FOR MCRAE; Carbo popped to shortstop; Helms lined
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 4.

METS 7TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Swoboda was called
out on strikes; Foy struck out; Dyer reached on an error by
Perez; Weis popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Merritt
singled to right; Rose singled to right [Merritt to third];
Tolan popped to second; Perez doubled to left [Rose scored,
Merritt scored]; Bench was walked intentionally; May walked
[Perez to third, Bench to second]; TAYLOR REPLACED DYER
(PITCHING); GROTE REPLACED FRISELLA (PLAYING C ); Carbo grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 6.

METS 8TH: Grote grounded out (third to first); Agee was called
out on strikes; Harrelson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 1, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: Helms grounded out (second to first); Woodward
grounded out (second to first); Merritt walked; Rose grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 6.

METS 9TH: Jones flied to center; Clendenon popped to first;
Swoboda flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 6.