With Jack Billingham and Bobby Tolan in leading roles, the Reds defeated the Phillies, 8-0. Billingham pitched a five-hitter and recorded his fourth straight victory. Tolan batted in five runs with two doubles and a single. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Sunday, April     29, 1973 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Reds         0  4  0    1  0  3    0  0  x  -   8 10  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .297      Rose lf               3   3   1   0     2   0   .325
Unser cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .310        Locklear lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .224      Morgan 2b             2   2   1   1     3   0   .329
B. Robinson rf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .313        Chaney 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .043
Luzinski lf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .215      Tolan cf              5   1   3   5     0   1   .269
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Bench c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .171
Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .303
Christenson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hague rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  Twitchell p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Gagliano ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .261
  Pagan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .071        Geronimo rf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .214
  Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Concepcion ss         4   1   1   1     0   1   .356
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Menke 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .227
  Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Billingham p          4   1   1   0     0   1   .063
  Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     0   9             Totals               32   8  10   8     9   5

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 39,191
Left on Base: Phillies 4, Reds 11
DP: Phillies 0, Reds 1
Doubles: Morgan (5), Tolan 2 (4), Menke (3), Rose (4), Perez (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1), Concepcion (2)
GIDP: Montanez (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson L(1-3)      1.2   5   4   4   2   1   0  12   5.71
Twitchell               3.1   2   1   1   3   1   0  15   1.69
Brett                   0.1   3   3   3   2   0   0   6  10.57
Selma                   1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   7.50
Lersch                  1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   1.00
Totals                  8    10   8   8   9   5   0  43

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(4-0)       9     5   0   0   0   9   0  31   2.78
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   9   0  31

Passed Balls: Boone (1)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded
out (pitcher to first); Montanez grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Morgan doubled; Tolan popped
to shortstop in foul territory; Bench singled to third [Morgan
to third]; Perez flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
Luzinski struck out; Schmidt lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Hague struck out; Concepcion singled to third; Menke
flied out to center; Billingham singled to center [Concepcion to
second]; Rose walked [Concepcion to third, Billingham to
second]; Morgan walked [Concepcion scored, Billingham to third,
Rose to second]; Tolan doubled [Morgan scored, Rose scored,
Billingham scored]; TWITCHELL REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING);
Bench lined to shortstop; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Reds 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (third to first); Doyle
grounded out (pitcher to first); Twitchell struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 4.

REDS 3RD: Perez walked; Hague grounded out (second to first)
[Perez to second]; Concepcion flied out to right [Perez to
third]; Menke was walked intentionally; Billingham grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Unser flied
out to left; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 4.

REDS 4TH: Rose walked; Morgan popped to third in foul territory;
Tolan doubled to right [Rose scored]; Bench popped to first;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 5.

PHILLIES 5TH: B. Robinson struck out; Luzinski grounded out
(third to first); Schmidt singled to left; Boone popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Hague grounded out (first to pitcher); Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke doubled to left;
Billingham struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: Doyle grounded out (second to first); PAGAN BATTED
FOR TWITCHELL; Pagan struck out; Bowa singled to center; Unser
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: BRETT REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Rose doubled; Boone
allowed a passed ball [Rose to third]; Morgan walked; Tolan
singled to left [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Bench hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Morgan scored]; Perez doubled [Tolan to
third]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR HAGUE; Gagliano was walked
intentionally; SELMA REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Concepcion hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Tolan scored]; Menke flied out to left;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 8.

PHILLIES 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED GAGLIANO (PLAYING RF); Montanez
grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson singled to left;
Luzinski struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 8.

REDS 7TH: Billingham grounded out (first to pitcher); Rose
grounded out (second to first); Morgan walked; Tolan struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: LOCKLEAR REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING LF); CHANEY
REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C
); Boone struck out; Doyle grounded out (second to first);
ANDERSON BATTED FOR SELMA; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 8.

REDS 8TH: LERSCH REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Plummer flied out
to center; Perez struck out; Geronimo walked; Concepcion struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 8.

PHILLIES 9TH: Bowa singled to right; Unser singled to right
[Bowa to second]; Montanez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Bowa to third, Unser out at second]; B.
Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 8.