The Reds tagged Don Sutton for two runs in the first inning and added back-to-back homers by Tony Perez and Cesar Geronimo in the fourth to defeat the Dodgers, 4-1, to spoil the Los Angeles home opener before a crowd of 24,755. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     11, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Reds         2  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  2
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   1   3   0     0   1   .409      Lacy 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Morgan 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .300      Buckner 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .250
Tolan rf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .350      Davis cf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .200
Bench c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .214      Ferguson c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .227
Perez 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .333      Garvey lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Geronimo cf           4   1   1   1     0   2   .190      Paciorek rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Chaney ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Menke 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .188        Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Gullett p             3   0   0   0     1   2   .000      Russell ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .364
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Yeager ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crawford ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
                                                            McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .368

Totals               34   4   8   4     2   7             Totals               36   1   7   1     0   5

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 24,755
Left on Base: Reds 6, Dodgers 8
DP: Reds 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Perez, Chaney, Cey
Doubles: Ferguson (3)
Triples: Morgan (1)
Home Runs: Perez (1), Geronimo (1)
Caught Stealing: Tolan (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Tolan (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(1-1)          8.1   6   1   1   0   5   0  33   2.93
Borbon                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Hall SV(1)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.75
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   5   0  36

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(0-2)           7     6   4   4   2   5   2  29   5.14
Richert                 2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   7   2  37

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to shortstop; Morgan tripled to left
[Rose scored]; Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to right [Morgan
scored]; Bench walked; Perez was called out on strikes; Geronimo
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lacy struck out; Buckner popped to catcher in foul
territory; Davis reached on an error by Perez [Davis to first];
Ferguson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Chaney flied out to right; Menke grounded out (third
to first); Gullett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey popped to second; Paciorek popped to first
in foul territory; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to right; Morgan popped to first in
foul territory; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell singled to right; Sutton popped to catcher
in foul territory; Lacy singled to shortstop [Russell to
second]; Buckner popped to second; Davis popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench made an out to second; Perez homered; Geronimo
homered; Chaney grounded out (second to first); Menke was called
out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Ferguson struck out; Garvey flied out to center;
Paciorek singled to left; Cey forced Paciorek (second
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

REDS 5TH: Gullett struck out; Rose singled to right; Morgan
forced Rose (first to shortstop); Tolan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell flied out to center; Sutton was called out
on strikes; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

REDS 6TH: Bench flied out to center; Perez grounded out (third
to first); Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner singled to right; Davis forced Buckner
(first to shortstop); Ferguson doubled to left [Davis scored];
Garvey popped to first in foul territory; Paciorek flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 1.

REDS 7TH: Chaney flied out to left; Menke flied out to left;
Gullett walked; Rose singled to center [Gullett to second];
Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey flied out to left; Russell made an out to
second; YEAGER BATTED FOR SUTTON; Yeager was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 1.

REDS 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED YEAGER (PITCHING); Tolan singled to
right; Tolan was caught stealing second (catcher to second to
first to shortstop); Bench grounded out (shortstop to first);
Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers
1.

DODGERS 8TH: Lacy grounded out (second to first); Buckner
singled to right; Davis forced Buckner (pitcher to second to
shortstop); Ferguson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 1.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo struck out; Chaney reached on an error by Cey
[Chaney to first]; Menke singled to left [Chaney to second];
Gullett forced Chaney (pitcher to third) [Menke to second]; Rose
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey reached on an error by Chaney [Garvey to
second]; Paciorek struck out; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT
(PITCHING); JOSHUA BATTED FOR CEY; Joshua flied out to center;
Russell singled to shortstop [Garvey to third]; CRAWFORD BATTED
FOR RICHERT; HALL REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); MCMULLEN BATTED
FOR CRAWFORD; McMullen lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 4, Dodgers 1.