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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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