Gary Nolan, who drove in the Reds' runs with a single and a sacrifice fly, beat the Giants, 2-0, with a helping hand from Wayne Granger, who retired the final batter with two men on base in the ninth inning. The Reds not only stopped the Giants on their five-game winning streak, but also snapped a personal six-game winning string spun by Juan Marichal. Singles by Tommy Helms, Darrel Chaney and Nolan produced the Reds' initial run in the second inning. Nolan came up again with the bases loaded in the fourth and hit his sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 2, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Reds         0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .306      Tolan cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Fuentes 2b,ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Rose rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .319
Mays cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .278      Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     2   2   .282      Perez 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .322
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .300        Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Dietz c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .323      May 1b                3   0   1   0     0   0   .251
Hart 3b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .315      Carbo lf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .313
Lanier ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Helms 2b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .232
  Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Chaney ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .253
  Heise 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Nolan p               2   0   1   2     0   1   .113
Marichal p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .060        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Stephenson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .094
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               30   0   3   0     2   9             Totals               28   2   5   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 23,282
Left on Base: Giants 5, Reds 5
DP: Giants 0, Reds 0
Errors: Hart
Doubles: Hart (12), Dietz (30)
Sacrifice Hits: Helms (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Nolan (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(9-10)        7     5   2   1   1   4   0  28   4.12
McMahon                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.99
Totals                  8     5   2   1   1   5   0  31

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(16-5)           8.2   3   0   0   2   9   0  31   3.26
Granger SV(31)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.65
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   9   0  32

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Tom Gorman


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes popped to third in foul
territory; Mays was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Rose singled;
Bench struck out; Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

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

REDS 2ND: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo grounded
out (shortstop to first); Helms singled; Chaney singled to right
[Helms to third]; Nolan singled [Chaney to second, Helms
scored]; Tolan flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Hart doubled to left; Lanier grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hart to third]; Marichal grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose was called out on strikes; Bench grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes popped to catcher in foul territory; Mays
struck out; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: May singled; Carbo walked [May to second]; Helms
reached on an error by Hart on a sacrifice bunt [Carbo to
second, May to third]; Chaney forced May (first to catcher)
[Helms to second, Carbo to third]; Nolan hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Helms to third, Carbo scored (unearned)]; Tolan made an
out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Dietz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hart grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Rose flied out to left; Bench popped to first in foul
territory; Perez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Lanier popped to catcher in foul territory; Marichal
struck out; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: May flied out to center; Carbo grounded out (first to
pitcher); Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Mays made an out to
second; McCovey walked; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Chaney grounded out (first unassisted); Nolan struck
out; Tolan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Dietz doubled to right; Hart lined to shortstop;
GALLAGHER BATTED FOR LANIER; Gallagher struck out; STEPHENSON
BATTED FOR MARICHAL; Stephenson grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: HEISE REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 2B); FUENTES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCMAHON REPLACED STEPHENSON (PITCHING);
Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Bench flied out to center;
Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 9TH: WOODWARD REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Bonds flied
out to center; Fuentes singled to center; Mays flied out to
right; McCovey walked [Fuentes to second]; GRANGER REPLACED
NOLAN (PITCHING); Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.