The Reds won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 2-1, in a duel between Jack Billingham and Tom Seaver, but the Mets came back with a rush to capture the nightcap, 7-5. The Reds scored both their runs off Seaver in the third inning. Darrel Chaney doubled and crossed the plate when Pete Rose singled. Rose rounded first on his hit and was thrown out trying to get back to the bag. However, Joe Morgan followed with a homer to produce what proved to be the winning run. Billingham, who gained his 13th victory on Friday the 13th, yielded only two hits, both in the fourth when the Mets scored on a single by Wayne Garrett and double by Cleon Jones.

In the nightcap, the Mets bunched five hits with an error and sacrifice fly for four runs in the first inning, routing Jim McGlothlin. After the Mets added a tally on a homer by Jones in the second, Garrett knocked in the two deciding runs with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Mets 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, July      13, 1973 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  1
Reds         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .234      Rose lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .317
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .304
Jones cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Driessen 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .315
Staub rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Menke 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Milner 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Bench c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .249
Kranepool lf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Hodges c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Tolan cf,rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Stahl rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Seaver p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .152        Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Chaney ss             3   1   1   0     0   2   .167
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Billingham p          3   0   0   0     0   0   .019

Totals               29   1   2   1     1   4             Totals               29   2   6   2     0   6

Time of Game: 1:37
Left on Base: Mets 2, Reds 3
DP: Mets 1, Reds 0
Errors: Garrett
Doubles: Jones (4), Chaney (1)
Triples: Perez (1)
Home Runs: Morgan (12)
GIDP: Driessen (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(9-5)           7     6   2   2   0   6   1  26   2.08
McGraw                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.85
Totals                  8     6   2   2   0   6   1  29

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(13-5)      9     2   1   1   1   4   0  30   3.20
Totals                  9     2   1   1   1   4   0  30

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


METS 1ST: Garrett was called out on strikes; Millan grounded out
(third to first); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Morgan popped to second;
Driessen grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rose
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Milner flied to
left; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Perez tripled to right; Tolan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stahl flied to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

METS 3RD: Hodges flied to left; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); Seaver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Chaney doubled to center; Billingham grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rose singled to right [Rose out at first
(right to first), Chaney scored]; Morgan homered; Driessen
grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Reds 2.

METS 4TH: Garrett singled to center; Millan flied to left; Jones
doubled to center [Garrett scored]; Staub grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Jones to third]; Milner flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Bench popped to shortstop; Perez reached on an error
by Garrett; Tolan lined to right; Stahl flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

METS 5TH: Kranepool struck out; Hodges flied to center;
Harrelson walked; Seaver forced Harrelson (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Chaney was called out on strikes; Billingham grounded
out (second to first); Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

METS 6TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Millan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Morgan struck out; Driessen struck out; Bench singled
to left; Perez forced Bench (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

METS 7TH: Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); Milner grounded
out (second to first); Kranepool grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Tolan popped to second; Stahl struck out; Chaney
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

METS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED STAHL (PLAYING CF); TOLAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Hodges popped to third in foul
territory; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); BOSWELL
BATTED FOR SEAVER; Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Billingham
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose flied to center; Morgan
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.

METS 9TH: MENKE REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); Garrett was
called out on strikes; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first);
Jones flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 2.