Cesar Geronimo collected six hits and Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion rapped five apiece as the Reds cuffed the Giants in both games of a doubleheader, 11-0 and 7-3. Geronimo had five straight hits in the lidlifter, scored four runs and drove in one. Concepcion, who hit a double and single, batted in four runs and Morgan accounted for two RBIs, also with a double and single. Don Gullett pitched the shutout. Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants, was knocked out in the fourth inning. Dave Kingman made his pitching debut with the Giants and allowed two runs on one hit and four walks in the last two innings.

Morgan hit two homers and a single in the nightcap. Concepcion chipped in with three singles and Geronimo added a single for his sixth hit of the day. Every Reds' starting player had one or more hits in the doubleheader, except Pete Rose, who was collared in nine trips. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, San Francisco Giants 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, April     15, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  1  0    4  1  0    3  2  0  -  11 14  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  4


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .385      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Barton c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Howarth rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Morgan 2b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .297      Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .333
  Gagliano 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Tolan rf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .324        Phillips ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scheinblum ph,rf    0   0   0   0     1   0   .500      McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .259
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .179      Goodson 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  Locklear lf         1   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .447
Perez 1b              3   2   1   0     0   1   .353      Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .300
  Hague 1b            1   1   0   0     1   0   .500      Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .129
Geronimo cf           5   4   5   1     0   0   .270      Marichal p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .667
Concepcion ss         5   2   2   4     0   1   .357        McDowell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Menke 3b              3   1   2   2     1   0   .261        Hart ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chaney pr,3b,2b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .043        Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gullett p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .143        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kingman ph,p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               39  11  14   9     7   7             Totals               31   0   4   0     3   6

Time of Game: 2:45
Left on Base: Reds 12, Giants 7
DP: Reds 0, Giants 1
Errors: Fuentes, Speier, McCovey, Goodson
Doubles: Concepcion (1), Morgan (3), Menke (2), Geronimo (2)
Triples: Maddox (2)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 3 (6), Geronimo (2), Tolan (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Gullett 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (2)
GIDP: Bench (3)
Hit by Pitch: Perez (1,by Carrithers)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(2-1)          9     4   0   0   3   6   0  34   1.85
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   6   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(2-1)         3.2   8   5   4   0   2   0  20   3.57
McDowell                1.1   2   1   0   2   3   0   8   0.00
Carrithers              1     3   3   3   0   0   0   7  27.00
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Kingman                 2     1   2   2   4   1   0  11   9.00
Totals                  9    14  11   9   7   7   0  50

Hit by Pitch: Carrithers (1)
Wild Pitches: McDowell (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Tom Gorman


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Morgan singled;
Morgan stole second; Tolan struck out; Morgan stole third; Bench
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
singled; Speier flied out to right; McCovey walked [Fuentes to
second]; Goodson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez popped to first in foul territory; Geronimo
singled; Concepcion reached on an error by McCovey [Geronimo to
second, Concepcion to first]; Geronimo stole third [Geronimo
scored (error by Goodson) (unearned)]; Menke reached on an error
by Speier [Concepcion to second, Menke to first]; Gullett out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Concepcion to third, Menke
to second]; Rose struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews
singled; Rader was called out on strikes; Marichal walked
[Matthews to second]; Bonds made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Tolan singled;
Bench grounded into a double play (second to first) [Tolan out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
flied out to center; McCovey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez singled; Geronimo singled [Perez to second];
Concepcion doubled [Perez scored, Geronimo scored]; Menke
singled [Concepcion scored]; Gullett out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Menke to second]; Rose grounded out (second
to first); Morgan doubled [Menke scored]; MCDOWELL REPLACED
MARICHAL (PITCHING); Tolan walked; Morgan stole third and Tolan
stole second; Bench struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson struck out; Maddox struck out; Matthews
walked; Rader popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Perez struck out; Geronimo singled; McDowell threw a
wild pitch [Geronimo to second]; Concepcion struck out; Menke
walked; Gullett singled to second [Geronimo scored (error by
Fuentes) (unearned) (no RBI), Menke to second]; Rose grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: HART BATTED FOR MCDOWELL; Hart grounded out (second
to first); Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes singled;
Speier flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants
0.

REDS 6TH: CARRITHERS REPLACED HART (PITCHING); Morgan grounded
out (first unassisted); Tolan grounded out (second to first);
Bench flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants
0.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey struck out; Goodson flied out to left;
Maddox made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6,
Giants 0.

REDS 7TH: Perez was hit by a pitch; Geronimo singled [Perez to
second]; Concepcion singled [Perez scored, Geronimo to second];
Menke doubled [Geronimo scored, Concepcion to third]; CHANEY RAN
FOR MENKE; SOSA REPLACED CARRITHERS (PITCHING); Gullett struck
out; Rose walked; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Concepcion scored, Chaney to third]; Tolan flied out to right;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: BARTON REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING C ); HAGUE REPLACED
PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); LOCKLEAR REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING LF); CHANEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Matthews flied out to center; Rader
struck out; KINGMAN BATTED FOR SOSA; Kingman grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Giants 0.

REDS 8TH: KINGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); Locklear walked;
Hague walked [Locklear to second]; Geronimo doubled to center
[Locklear scored, Hague to third]; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Hague scored]; Chaney struck out; Gullett
lined to first; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: GAGLIANO REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 3B); CHANEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Bonds popped to second; Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Speier flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Giants 0.

REDS 9TH: HOWARTH REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); PHILLIPS REPLACED
SPEIER (PLAYING SS); Barton walked; Debut game for Mike
Phillips; Gagliano flied out to center; SCHEINBLUM BATTED
FOR TOLAN; Scheinblum walked [Barton to second]; Locklear popped
to third in foul territory; Hague forced Scheinblum (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 11, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: SCHEINBLUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McCovey
popped to third; Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Maddox tripled; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
11, Giants 0.