Thursday September 3, 1970
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The batting of Pete Rose and Johnny Bench led the Reds to a 7-3 victory over the Giants. Rose drove in three runs with a homer, double and grounder, while Bench accounted for two with a double. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 3, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 6 0 Reds 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 x - 7 14 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .305 Tolan cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .318 Fuentes 2b,ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 .246 Rose rf 4 3 2 3 0 1 .321 Mays ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Bench lf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .297 Henderson cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Perez 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .321 McCovey 1b 3 0 1 2 1 0 .282 Woodward 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Dietz c 1 0 0 0 3 0 .322 May 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .251 Hart 3b,lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Helms 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .234 F. Johnson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Corrales c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Gallagher ph,3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Concepcion ss 3 1 2 0 0 1 .270 Lanier ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Cloninger p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .206 Carrithers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Pitlock p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .087 Robertson p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .098 Mason 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .121 Totals 31 3 6 3 7 5 Totals 33 7 14 7 0 7 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 20,520 Left on Base: Giants 8, Reds 3 DP: Giants 2, Reds 2 Doubles: McCovey (32), Fuentes (10), Cloninger (1), Bench (33), Perez (24), Rose (32) Home Runs: Rose (13) Stolen Bases: Concepcion (9) Caught Stealing: Tolan (14) Sacrifice Hits: Cloninger (2) GIDP: F. Johnson (11), Hart (9), Corrales (3), Helms (18) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pitlock L(4-5) 3 6 3 3 0 2 1 12 4.79 Robertson 3.2 8 4 4 0 3 0 18 5.12 Carrithers 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7.11 Totals 8 14 7 7 0 7 1 34 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cloninger W(7-5) 7.2 4 3 3 7 2 0 32 4.03 Carroll SV(11) 1.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 6 2.85 Totals 9 6 3 3 7 5 0 38 Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Tolan singled; Tolan was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Rose homered; Bench struck out; Perez flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 1. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey doubled to left; Dietz walked; Hart flied out to center; F. Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dietz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: May made an out to shortstop; Helms singled to left; Corrales grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 1. GIANTS 3RD: Lanier flied out to left; Pitlock struck out; Bonds walked; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Concepcion struck out; Cloninger doubled to right; Tolan singled to center [Cloninger to third]; Rose forced Tolan (third to second) [Cloninger scored]; Bench doubled to center [Rose scored, Bench out at third (center to shortstop to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 3. GIANTS 4TH: Henderson flied out to left; McCovey walked; Dietz walked [McCovey to second]; Hart grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dietz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 3. REDS 4TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED PITLOCK (PITCHING); Perez struck out; May flied out to center; Helms singled to center; Corrales grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 3. GIANTS 5TH: GALLAGHER BATTED FOR F. JOHNSON; Gallagher made an out to second; Lanier grounded out (second to first); Robertson walked; Bonds made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 3. REDS 5TH: GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HART CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Concepcion singled to left; Concepcion stole second; Cloninger struck out; Tolan made an out to shortstop; Rose struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Reds 3. GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes doubled to center; Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Fuentes to third]; McCovey grounded out (second to first) [Fuentes scored]; Dietz grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 3. REDS 6TH: Bench singled to center; Perez doubled to right [Bench scored]; May singled to center [Perez scored]; Helms grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; Corrales grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 5. GIANTS 7TH: Hart grounded out (shortstop to first); Gallagher flied out to center; Lanier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 5. REDS 7TH: Concepcion singled to right; Cloninger out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Concepcion to second]; Tolan grounded out (second to first) [Concepcion to third]; Rose doubled to left [Concepcion scored]; Bench singled [Rose scored]; CARRITHERS REPLACED LANIER (PITCHING); MASON REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING 2B); FUENTES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Perez struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 7. GIANTS 8TH: WOODWARD REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Mason made an out to first; Bonds singled; Fuentes walked [Bonds to second]; Henderson singled to right [Fuentes to third, Bonds scored]; McCovey grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to second, Fuentes scored]; Dietz walked; CARROLL REPLACED CLONINGER (PITCHING); Hart struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 7. REDS 8TH: May grounded out (third to first); Helms flied out to right; Corrales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 7. GIANTS 9TH: Gallagher singled to left; STEPHENSON BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Stephenson struck out; Mason singled to left [Gallagher to second]; Bonds made an out to third; MAYS BATTED FOR FUENTES; Mays struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 7.

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