Joe Morgan singled off first baseman Pat Bourque's glove to score Darrel Chaney in the ninth inning and give the Reds a 6-5 victory over the Cubs. Cesar Geronimo opened the inning with a double and Chaney was passed intentionally. Attempting to sacrifice, Dave Concepcion forced Geronimo at third before Morgan followed with his game-winning hit Cincinnati Reds 6, Chicago Cubs 5Game Played on Monday, May 28, 1973 (Day game) at Riverfront StadiumCubs 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 2 Reds 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hiser cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Beckert 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .294 Morgan 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .308 Williams lf 4 1 2 3 0 1 .295 Rose lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .310 Santo 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Bench c 2 1 0 1 1 1 .236 Cardenal rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .303 Perez 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .273 Bourque 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .333 Tolan cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Hundley c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .222 Menke 3b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .202 Kessinger ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Geronimo rf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .184 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Billingham p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .033 Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Locklear ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Hooton p 2 1 0 0 0 1 .208 Hall p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Popovich ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .204 Chaney ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .140 Totals 33 5 9 5 4 4 Totals 31 6 9 5 5 8 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 15,453 Left on Base: Cubs 6, Reds 7 DP: Cubs 0, Reds 1 Errors: Beckert, Williams Doubles: Williams (6), Hundley (5), Bourque (2), Perez (10), Geronimo 2 (5), Morgan (10) Home Runs: Bourque (1), Williams (6) Caught Stealing: Tolan (5) Sacrifice Hits: Hiser (2), Tolan (4) Sacrifice Flies: Bench (4) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton 5 5 5 4 4 3 0 23 4.57 Gura 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 3.04 Locker L(5-2) 1.1 3 1 1 1 2 0 8 1.82 Totals 8.1 9 6 5 5 8 0 38 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 5 7 5 5 1 3 2 22 2.96 Nelson 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.08 Hall W(5-2) 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 4.01 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 4 2 38 Wild Pitches: Billingham (4) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt CUBS 1ST: Hiser flied out to left; Beckert struck out; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked; Rose singled to right [Morgan to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to right [Morgan scored]; Perez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 2ND: Santo walked; Cardenal lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Santo out at first]; Bourque flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: On a bunt Tolan singled to first; Tolan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Menke grounded out (second to first); Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 3RD: Hundley singled to left; Kessinger singled to left [Hundley to second]; On a bunt Hooton forced Hundley (pitcher to third) [Kessinger to second]; Hiser struck out; Beckert singled to center [Kessinger scored, Hooton to second]; Billingham threw a wild pitch [Hooton to third, Beckert to second]; Williams doubled to right [Hooton scored, Beckert scored]; Santo grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Billingham was called out on strikes; Concepcion flied out to right; Morgan popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 1. CUBS 4TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Bourque homered; Hundley doubled to center; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted) [Hundley to third]; Hooton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 4, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Bench walked; Perez doubled to center [Bench scored]; Tolan grounded out (second to first) [Perez to third]; Menke walked; Geronimo doubled to left [Perez scored, Menke scored, Geronimo out at third (left to third to second)]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4, Reds 4. CUBS 5TH: Hiser grounded out (first unassisted); Beckert grounded out (third to first); Williams homered; Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 4. REDS 5TH: LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; Locklear singled to left [Locklear to second (error by Williams)]; Concepcion flied out to left; Morgan flied out to left; Rose reached on an error by Beckert [Locklear scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rose to first]; Bench grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. CUBS 6TH: NELSON REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Cardenal walked; Cardenal was picked off first (pitcher to first); Bourque walked; Hundley flied out to left; Kessinger forced Bourque (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. REDS 6TH: Perez walked; GURA REPLACED KESSINGER (PITCHING); POPOVICH REPLACED HOOTON (PLAYING SS); Tolan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Perez to second]; Menke struck out; Geronimo grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. CUBS 7TH: HALL REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); Popovich singled to second; Hiser out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Popovich to second]; Beckert flied out to right; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. REDS 7TH: Hall was called out on strikes; Concepcion flied out to center; 65 minute rain delay; Morgan doubled to left; Rose was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. CUBS 8TH: Santo popped to third in foul territory; Cardenal made an out to third; Bourque doubled to right; Hundley was walked intentionally; HICKMAN BATTED FOR GURA; Hickman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. REDS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); Bench was called out on strikes; Perez singled to right; Tolan flied out to right; Menke struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. CUBS 9TH: Popovich grounded out (shortstop to first); Hiser flied out to center; Beckert popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 5. REDS 9TH: Geronimo doubled to right; CHANEY BATTED FOR HALL; Chaney was walked intentionally; On a bunt Concepcion forced Geronimo (pitcher to shortstop) [Chaney to second]; Morgan singled to right [Chaney scored, Concepcion to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 6. |
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