The revived Reds piled up six runs in the fourth inning and gained their fourth straight victory and fifth in the last six games by defeating the Giants, 7-5. The loss was the slumping Giants' fourth in a row and sixth in their last seven games. For the eighth time this season and 22nd time in his career, Bobby Bonds led off a game with a homer for the Giants.

The Reds began their outburst in the fourth with a single by Dan Driessen and one-out homer by Tony Perez. After Bobby Tolan struck out, Hal King also hit for the circuit. A triple by Dave Concepcion and successive singles by Don Gullett, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Driessen completed the rally. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Wednesday, June      20, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    6  0  0    0  0  1  -   7 13  0
Giants       1  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .310      Bonds rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .329
Morgan 2b             5   1   3   1     0   0   .313      Fuentes 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .305
Driessen 3b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .421      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .324
  Menke 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .203      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Bench rf,c            4   0   0   0     1   0   .243      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .307
Perez 1b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .287      Speier ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .268
Tolan cf,rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .213      Kingman 3b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .215
King c                3   1   1   1     1   0   .333      Rader c               4   0   0   1     0   0   .221
  Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .165      Sosa p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .276        Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Gullett p             1   1   1   1     1   0   .167        Arnold ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .333
  Gagliano ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .216        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .332
  Tomlin p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Blanco ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               37   7  13   6     3   3             Totals               35   5   8   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  8,255
Left on Base: Reds 6, Giants 4
DP: Reds 0, Giants 2
Errors: Kingman
Doubles: Kingman (6), Speier (10)
Triples: Concepcion (2)
Home Runs: Perez (12), King (1), Bonds (18), Fuentes (3)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (29)
GIDP: Rose 2 (8)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(7-5)          5     7   5   5   1   0   2  23   4.06
Borbon                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.62
Tomlin SV(1)            3.1   0   0   0   0   3   0  10   1.59
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   4   2  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sosa L(4-1)             3.2   8   6   6   2   2   2  20   3.21
Carrithers              0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   6.00
Williams                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.23
Moffitt                 3     3   1   0   1   1   0  12   2.41
Totals                  9    13   7   6   3   3   2  40

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


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

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds homered; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to
first); Maddox popped to second; McCovey singled to shortstop;
Matthews forced McCovey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 2ND: Perez lined to first; Tolan struck out; King walked;
Concepcion forced King (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier flied out to right; Kingman popped to first
in foul territory; Rader grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

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

GIANTS 3RD: Sosa grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
singled to left; Fuentes singled to left [Bonds to second];
Maddox popped to second; McCovey popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Driessen singled to shortstop; Bench grounded out
(third to first) [Driessen to second]; Perez homered [Driessen
scored]; Tolan struck out; King homered; Concepcion tripled to
right; Gullett singled to right [Concepcion scored]; Rose
singled to center [Gullett to third]; Morgan singled to second
[Gullett scored, Rose to second]; CARRITHERS REPLACED SOSA
(PITCHING); Driessen singled [Rose scored, Morgan to second];
Bench flied out to left; 6 R, 8 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews singled to center; Speier walked [Matthews
to second]; Kingman doubled to left [Matthews scored, Speier to
third]; Rader grounded out (second to first) [Speier scored,
Kingman to third]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Arnold grounded
out (second to first) [Kingman scored]; Bonds flied out to
right; Johnny Bench caught ball over the top of the
fence; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 4.

REDS 5TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Perez grounded
out (third to first); Tolan flied out to right; King grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes homered; Maddox flied out to left; McCovey
lined to second; Matthews flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); GAGLIANO
BATTED FOR GULLETT; Gagliano singled; Rose grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gagliano out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Speier doubled
to right; Kingman struck out; Rader grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Speier to third]; GOODSON BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; TOMLIN
REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Goodson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

REDS 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Morgan singled to
right; Morgan stole second; Driessen flied out to left; Morgan
stole third; Bench walked; Perez struck out; Tolan forced Bench
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes flied out to
left; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

REDS 8TH: King flied out to left; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tomlin grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); Matthews
grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 5.

REDS 9TH: Rose singled to center; Morgan singled to right [Rose
to second]; Driessen hit into a double play (catcher to third)
[Morgan scored (error by Kingman) (unearned) (no RBI), Driessen
out at third (second to catcher to shortstop), Rose out at
third]; Bench grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 5.

GIANTS 9TH: MENKE REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); GERONIMO
REPLACED KING (PLAYING CF); TOLAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Kingman flied out to
center; Rader popped to first in foul territory; BLANCO BATTED
FOR MOFFITT; Blanco struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7,
Giants 5.