A grand-slam homer by pinch-hitter Hal King climaxed a seven-run outburst in the sixth inning as the Reds defeated the Expos, 11-6. Six Expos' pitchers set a club record of 15 walks. The Reds passed 10 and the two-club total of 25 walks set a new N. L. record.

With the score tied, 4-4, the Reds opened the sixth by loading the bases on two walks and an error on a bunt by Denis Menke. Johnny Bench hit a sacrifice fly. After another pass filled the sacks again, Bobby Tolan hit a two-run single. A walk reloaded the bases for the third time and King, batting for Ed Sprague, followed with his grand slam off Pat Jarvis. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, Montreal Expos 6
Game Played on Monday, July      9, 1973 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Reds         3  0  1    0  0  7    0  0  0  -  11 10  1
Expos        0  2  1    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   6 10  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               2   2   1   0     4   0   .317      Hunt 2b               4   1   1   2     2   0   .313
Morgan 2b             3   2   2   2     3   0   .304      Mashore lf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Driessen 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .311        Day ph,lf,cf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .316
  Menke ph,3b         1   1   0   0     1   1   .188        M. Scott p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bench c               4   1   2   3     1   0   .246      Bailey 3b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .302
Perez 1b              5   1   2   0     1   0   .290      Breeden 1b            4   1   2   1     1   1   .303
Tolan cf,rf           5   1   1   2     1   1   .209      Woods cf              1   0   0   0     2   0   .232
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     1   1   .277        Fairly ph,lf        1   1   1   0     1   0   .307
Stahl rf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Singleton rf          4   0   1   1     1   1   .287
  Kosco ph,rf         0   1   0   0     2   0   .100      Boccabella c          5   0   1   0     0   1   .253
  Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .146      Frias ss              4   1   2   2     1   0   .207
Hall p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .067      Stoneman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Renko ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .275
  Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sprague p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Humphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .156
  King ph             1   1   1   4     0   0   .214        Gilbert p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Carroll p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Jarvis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Jorgensen ph,cf     2   0   1   0     0   0   .237

Totals               34  11  10  11    15   4             Totals               35   6  10   6    10   8

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance: 27,324
Left on Base: Reds 13, Expos 13
DP: Reds 2, Expos 1
Errors: Concepcion, Jarvis
Doubles: Bench (10), Hunt (10), Breeden (6), Jorgensen (7), Bailey (13)
Home Runs: Morgan (11), Bench (16), King (3)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (17)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Menke (3), Mashore (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (6)
GIDP: Tolan (6), Bailey (10), Boccabella (12)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall                    3     3   4   4   7   6   0  19   4.14
Borbon                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.09
Sprague W(1-3)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.71
Carroll SV(6)           4     6   2   2   2   1   0  18   4.42
Totals                  9    10   6   6  10   8   0  46

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stoneman                2     4   3   3   2   1   1  12   6.29
Walker                  1     1   1   1   2   1   1   6   3.53
Gilbert L(1-2)          2     1   2   2   5   1   0  11   4.62
Jarvis                  0.2   3   5   0   4   0   1  10   3.32
Strohmayer              2.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   8   5.19
M. Scott                1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4   5.65
Totals                  9    10  11   6  15   4   3  51

Wild Pitches: Walker (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo


REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Morgan homered [Rose scored]; Driessen
singled; Bench doubled [Driessen scored]; Perez grounded out
(third to first); Tolan grounded out (second to first);
Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hunt walked; Mashore grounded out (third to first)
[Hunt to second]; Bailey struck out; Breeden walked; Woods
walked [Hunt to third, Breeden to second]; Singleton struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

REDS 2ND: Stahl grounded out (pitcher to first); Hall struck
out; Rose singled; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Driessen
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Boccabella grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias
walked; RENKO BATTED FOR STONEMAN; Renko walked [Frias to
second]; Hunt doubled [Frias scored, Renko scored]; Mashore
struck out; Bailey struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Expos 2.

REDS 3RD: WALKER REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Bench homered; Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan struck out; Concepcion
walked; Concepcion stole second; Stahl was walked intentionally;
Walker threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to third, Stahl to
second]; Hall flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4,
Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Breeden doubled to left; Woods walked; Singleton
forced Woods (third to second) [Breeden to third]; Boccabella
was called out on strikes; Frias singled to center [Breeden
scored, Singleton to second]; HUMPHREY BATTED FOR WALKER;
Humphrey was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
4, Expos 3.

REDS 4TH: GILBERT REPLACED HUMPHREY (PITCHING); Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked; Morgan was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Driessen grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Hunt walked; BORBON REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Mashore
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hunt to second];
Bailey grounded out (pitcher to first); Breeden singled [Hunt
scored]; Woods reached on an error by Concepcion [Breeden to
second, Woods to first]; Singleton walked [Breeden to third,
Woods to second]; Boccabella forced Singleton (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 4, Expos 4.

REDS 5TH: Bench flied to left in foul territory; Perez singled
to center; Tolan walked [Perez to second]; Concepcion struck
out; KOSCO BATTED FOR STAHL; Kosco walked [Perez to third, Tolan
to second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR BORBON; Gagliano lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 4, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: KOSCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SPRAGUE REPLACED
GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Frias grounded out (second to first);
Gilbert struck out; Hunt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Expos 4.

REDS 6TH: Rose walked; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; MENKE
BATTED FOR DRIESSEN; JARVIS REPLACED GILBERT (PITCHING); Menke
reached on an error by Jarvis on a sacrifice bunt [Rose to
third, Morgan to second, Menke to first]; Bench hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Rose scored]; Perez walked [Morgan to third,
Menke to second]; Tolan singled to right [Morgan scored, Menke
scored (unearned), Perez to second]; Concepcion grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Perez to third, Tolan to second]; Kosco was
walked intentionally; KING BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; King homered
(unearned) [Perez scored (unearned), Tolan scored (unearned),
Kosco scored (unearned)]; Rose walked; Morgan singled to center
[Rose to second]; Menke walked [Rose to third, Morgan to
second]; STROHMAYER REPLACED JARVIS (PITCHING); Bench forced
Menke (third to second); 7 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 11,
Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: GERONIMO REPLACED KOSCO (PLAYING CF); TOLAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CARROLL REPLACED KING (PITCHING); MENKE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DAY BATTED FOR MASHORE; Day walked;
Bailey grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Day out at second]; Breeden struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 11, Expos 4.

REDS 7TH: DAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tolan popped to shortstop; Concepcion
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: FAIRLY BATTED FOR WOODS; Fairly singled; Singleton
flied out to left; Boccabella grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Expos 4.

REDS 8TH: FAIRLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Geronimo made an out to second; Carroll
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose walked; Morgan flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Frias grounded out (shortstop to first); JORGENSEN
BATTED FOR STROHMAYER; Jorgensen doubled; Hunt grounded out
(third to first); Day flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 11, Expos 4.

REDS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); M. SCOTT
REPLACED DAY (PITCHING); Menke struck out; Bench walked; Perez
singled [Bench to second]; Tolan grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11, Expos 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Bailey doubled; Breeden grounded out (pitcher to
first); Fairly walked; Singleton singled [Bailey scored, Fairly
to second]; Boccabella singled [Fairly to third, Singleton to
second]; Frias singled [Fairly scored, Singleton to third,
Boccabella to second]; Jorgensen popped to third in foul
territory; Hunt popped to first; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 11,
Expos 6.