Bobby Tolan and Tony Perez hit homers and Johnny Bench had a two-run double to spearhead the Reds to a 6-3 triumph over the Giants. Jack Billingham, although needing relief help from Dave Tomlin and Clay Carroll, got his 11th victory of the season. The Giants resurrected Juan Marichal from the bullpen, but the veteran righthander had to leave the game in the fourth inning after suffering a pulled hamstring running out a run-scoring single. He yielded three runs in three innings of work.

The start of the game was delayed two hours and 25 minutes because of rain but when it finally got underway, Bobby Bonds promptly walloped a homer. It was the ninth time this year that the Giants' righthander had led off a game with a circuit swat. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      3, 1973 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
Reds         2  0  1    2  0  0    0  1  x  -   6 11  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     1   2   .314      Rose lf               3   2   2   1     1   0   .313
Fuentes 2b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .292      Morgan 2b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .300
  Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Driessen 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .306
Maddox cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .322        Menke 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .232      Bench c               4   0   1   2     0   0   .237
  Blanco pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez 1b              4   1   1   1     0   2   .288
Goodson 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .335      Tolan rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .201
Matthews lf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .327      Concepcion ss         4   1   2   0     0   0   .270
Speier ss             1   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Phillips ss         2   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Billingham p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .021
Rader c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .235        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Marichal p            2   0   1   1     0   0   .206        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Carrithers pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .444
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               35   3   9   3     5   5             Totals               33   6  11   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 26,269
Left on Base: Giants 12, Reds 5
DP: Giants 0, Reds 1
Errors: McCovey, Driessen
Doubles: Matthews 2 (15), Maddox (16), Bench (8), Concepcion (11), Morgan (18)
Home Runs: Bonds (23), Tolan (6), Perez (15)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (16), Rose (2)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (8), Concepcion (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Willoughby (2)
GIDP: McCovey (2)
Hit by Pitch: Fuentes (2,by Billingham)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal                3     5   3   3   1   2   0  14   4.00
Willoughby L(4-5)       4     4   2   2   1   2   1  17   4.80
Williams                1     2   1   1   0   0   1   4   6.86
Totals                  8    11   6   6   2   4   2  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(11-5)      6     8   3   3   3   2   1  30   3.54
Tomlin                  2.2   1   0   0   2   3   0  11   3.00
Carroll SV(5)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.35
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   5   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Billingham (9)
Wild Pitches: Billingham (7)

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


GIANTS 1ST: 2:25 rain delay before start of game; Bonds
homered; Fuentes walked; Maddox flied out to center; McCovey
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Fuentes out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Morgan singled to shortstop
[Rose to second]; Driessen popped to second; Bench doubled to
center [Rose scored, Morgan scored]; Perez flied out to center;
Tolan flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds
2.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson lined to right; Matthews struck out; Speier
walked; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion doubled to left; Concepcion was picked off
second (pitcher to shortstop); Geronimo flied out to left;
Billingham grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Marichal lined to second; Bonds walked; Fuentes was
hit by a pitch [Bonds to second]; Maddox forced Bonds (third
unassisted) [Fuentes to second]; McCovey flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Rose walked; Morgan doubled to center [Rose scored];
Driessen was called out on strikes; Bench lined to left; Perez
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson singled to center; Matthews doubled [Goodson
to third]; Speier popped to pitcher; Chris Speier ejected by
HP umpire Jerry Dale; Rader singled to second [Goodson
scored, Matthews to third]; Marichal singled to center [Matthews
scored, Rader to second]; CARRITHERS RAN FOR MARICHAL; Bonds
popped to second; Fuentes reached on an error by Driessen [Rader
to third, Carrithers to second, Fuentes to first]; Maddox forced
Fuentes (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 3.

REDS 4TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED CARRITHERS (PITCHING); PHILLIPS
REPLACED SPEIER (PLAYING SS); Tolan homered; Concepcion singled
to shortstop; Concepcion stole second; Geronimo grounded out
(second to first) [Concepcion to third]; Billingham grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rose singled to left [Concepcion scored];
Rose stole second; Morgan popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

GIANTS 5TH: McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews doubled to right;
Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Driessen grounded out (pitcher to first); Bench flied
out to center; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
3, Reds 5.

GIANTS 6TH: Rader singled to second; Willoughby out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Rader to second]; Billingham
threw a wild pitch [Rader to third]; Bonds was called out on
strikes; Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Tolan lined to first; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Geronimo reached on an error by McCovey
[Geronimo to second]; Billingham struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Maddox doubled to left; TOMLIN REPLACED BILLINGHAM
(PITCHING); McCovey popped to second; Goodson grounded out
(third to first) [Maddox to third]; Matthews lined to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: Rose flied out to left; On a bunt Morgan singled;
Morgan was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Driessen walked; Bench grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

GIANTS 8TH: MENKE REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); Phillips
struck out; Rader walked; ARNOLD BATTED FOR WILLOUGHBY; Arnold
popped to catcher in foul territory; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Perez homered;
Tolan singled to left; Concepcion forced Tolan (shortstop to
second); Concepcion was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Geronimo flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 6.

GIANTS 9TH: KINGMAN BATTED FOR FUENTES; Kingman grounded out
(third to first); Maddox struck out; McCovey walked; BLANCO RAN
FOR MCCOVEY; Goodson singled to center [Blanco to third];
CARROLL REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Matthews forced Goodson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 6.