Two homers by Tony Perez, one of them with a man on base, powered the Reds to a 4-1 victory over the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       15, 1973 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
Reds         1  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  x  -   4  3  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .333      Rose lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .310
Mota lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .375      Morgan 2b             4   1   0   0     0   2   .333
Davis cf              4   1   0   0     0   1   .296      Bench c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .233
Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Perez 1b              3   2   2   3     0   0   .286
Cey 3b                3   0   2   1     1   0   .269      Tolan cf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .254
Paciorek rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .175      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Buckner 1b            4   0   3   0     0   0   .259      Scheinblum rf         2   0   0   0     1   0   .179
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250        Geronimo rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Osteen p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .059      Menke 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Garvey ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Gullett p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .125
  Crawford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  John p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .195

Totals               34   1   9   1     2   7             Totals               26   4   3   3     4   6

Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 11,731
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Reds 2
DP: Dodgers 1, Reds 1
Errors: Lopes
Doubles: Buckner (4)
Home Runs: Perez 2 (5)
GIDP: Ferguson (1), Rose (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(3-3)           6     3   4   3   3   5   2  23   3.98
John                    2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.00
Totals                  8     3   4   3   4   6   2  30

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(4-2)          6.1   6   1   1   2   4   0  26   3.02
Borbon SV(5)            2.2   3   0   0   0   3   0  10   0.90
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   7   0  36

Wild Pitches: Osteen (4)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Shag Crawford


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Mota grounded out (third to
first); Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Morgan forced Rose (first to
shortstop); Bench grounded out (pitcher to first) [Morgan to
second]; Perez reached on an error by Lopes [Morgan scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Perez out at second (right to shortstop)];
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson flied out to right; Cey walked; Paciorek
flied out to center; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); Scheinblum flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to center; Osteen struck out;
Lopes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Menke struck out; Gullett walked; Rose grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Gullett out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota flied out to right; Davis flied out to center;
Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Morgan flied out to right; Bench grounded out (third
to first); Perez homered; Tolan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey singled to left; Paciorek struck out; Buckner
singled to left [Cey to second]; Russell grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Cey to third, Buckner to second]; Osteen lined to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scheinblum walked; Menke grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Scheinblum to second]; Osteen threw a wild pitch [Scheinblum to
third]; Gullett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Reds 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Mota singled
to second; Davis forced Mota (second to shortstop); Ferguson
walked [Davis to second]; Cey singled to left [Davis scored,
Ferguson to third, Cey out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Rose grounded out (third to first); Morgan was called
out on strikes; Bench walked; Perez homered [Bench scored];
Tolan struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
singled to center; Russell singled to left [Buckner to second];
GARVEY BATTED FOR OSTEEN; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING);
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR GARVEY; Crawford forced Russell (first to
shortstop) [Buckner to third]; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: JOHN REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Concepcion grounded
out (pitcher to first); Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to
first); Menke flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Reds 4.

DODGERS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING RF); Mota
singled to shortstop; Davis struck out; Ferguson grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Mota out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: Borbon grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose walked;
Morgan was called out on strikes; Bench grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Cey grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
singled to right; Buckner doubled to left [Paciorek to third];
Russell flied out to right; LACY BATTED FOR JOHN; Lacy struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 4.