Dave Concepcion hit two singles, stole three bases and scored twice before capping his performance with a homer in the ninth inning of the Reds' 6-1 victory over the Expos. Johnny Bench batted in two runs with a sacrifice fly and homer. Richie Scheinblum also accounted for a pair with a single. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       6, 1973 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  1  -   6  8  2
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Hunt 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Concepcion ss         5   3   3   1     0   1   .346      Foli ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Bench c               4   1   1   2     0   1   .213      Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .169
Perez 1b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .298      Fairly lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .389
Tolan cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .289      Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Scheinblum rf         3   0   1   2     0   0   .217      Woods cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .410
  Geronimo rf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .216      Boccabella c          4   0   3   0     0   1   .318
Menke 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .196      Bailey 3b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .189
Chaney 2b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .107      Moore p               1   0   0   0     1   0   .143
Nelson p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .091        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Day ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .364
                                                            Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .375

Totals               32   6   8   6     5   4             Totals               34   1   8   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 10,258
Left on Base: Reds 6, Expos 8
DP: Reds 2, Expos 0
Errors: Tolan, Chaney
Doubles: Tolan (5), Woods (3)
Home Runs: Bench (5), Concepcion (4)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion 3 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Chaney (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (3)
GIDP: Bailey (1), Breeden (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson W(2-1)           9     8   1   1   2   3   0  36   2.12
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   3   0  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(1-2)            5.2   6   4   4   4   3   0  26   4.57
Marshall                1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   5.91
Strohmayer              2     1   1   1   1   0   1   8   1.42
Totals                  9     8   6   6   5   4   2  39

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


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Concepcion singled to left;
Concepcion stole second; Concepcion stole third; Bench hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Concepcion scored]; Perez walked; Tolan
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt flied out to center; Foli popped to shortstop;
Jorgensen walked; Fairly singled to center [Fairly to second
(error by Tolan), Jorgensen to third]; Singleton flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

REDS 2ND: Scheinblum flied out to left; Menke grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Woods grounded out (third to first); Boccabella
singled to left; Bailey made an out to second; Moore walked
[Boccabella to second]; Hunt flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

REDS 3RD: Nelson grounded out (third to first); Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Foli popped to shortstop; Jorgensen grounded out
(second to first); Fairly singled to left; Singleton singled to
right [Fairly to second]; Woods struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench flied out to right; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tolan singled to right; Scheinblum forced
Tolan (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Boccabella struck out; Bailey grounded out (shortstop
to first); Moore grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

REDS 5TH: Menke walked; Chaney out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Menke to second]; Nelson grounded out (second to
first); Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Hunt grounded out (second to first); Foli flied out
to left; Jorgensen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Expos 0.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion singled to left; Concepcion stole second;
Bench struck out; Perez singled to left [Concepcion scored];
Tolan doubled to left [Perez to third]; Scheinblum singled to
center [Perez scored, Tolan scored, Scheinblum out at second
(center to third to second to first)]; Menke walked; Chaney
walked [Menke to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING);
Nelson struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: GERONIMO REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING RF); Fairly
grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton grounded out
(second to first); Woods lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 4, Expos 0.

REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Concepcion
grounded out (first unassisted); Bench homered; Perez flied out
to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Boccabella singled; Bailey grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Boccabella out at second];
DAY BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Day singled to center; Hunt popped to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

REDS 8TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED DAY (PITCHING); Tolan flied out to
left; Geronimo walked; Menke flied out to right; Chaney grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen
struck out; Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 0.

REDS 9TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion homered; Bench
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 9TH: Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); Woods
doubled to left; Boccabella singled to left [Woods to third];
Bailey reached on an error by Chaney [Woods scored (RBI),
Boccabella to second, Bailey to first]; BREEDEN BATTED FOR
STROHMAYER; Breeden grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Bailey out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6,
Expos 1.