| Dan Driessen batted in five runs in the most productive game of his rookie season to lead the Reds to a 6-4 victory over the Cardinals, whose lead in the East Division was sliced to 1½ lengths when the Pirates defeated the Braves. Driessen drove in two runs with a single in the first inning and then, coming up with the bases loaded in the second, cleared the sacks with a double. [The Sporting News] |
Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Saturday, August 25, 1973 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cardinals 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Reds 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 6 9 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Rose lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .345 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .271 Morgan 2b 3 2 1 0 1 2 .294 Agee cf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .243 Driessen 3b,1b 4 0 2 5 0 0 .314 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Perez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .312 Torre 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .298 Menke 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .231 Bench c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .256 Carbo rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Griffey rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Tyson ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .239 Geronimo cf 3 0 0 1 0 3 .177 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .164 H. Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gullett p 3 1 1 0 0 2 .180 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Melendez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .261 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Totals 35 4 9 4 1 6 Totals 32 6 9 6 2 10 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 50,072 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Reds 5 DP: Cardinals 0, Reds 1 Doubles: Sizemore (16), Agee 2 (8), Melendez (14), Driessen (12), Griffey (1) Stolen Bases: Morgan (54) Sacrifice Flies: Geronimo (3) GIDP: Sizemore (9) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(13-10) 2 6 5 5 1 2 0 13 3.30 Murphy 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 4.01 Hrabosky 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 10 1.99 Pena 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 3.32 Totals 8 9 6 6 2 10 0 35 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett W(15-8) 9 9 4 4 1 6 0 36 3.55 Totals 9 9 4 4 1 6 0 36 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ken Burkhart CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore doubled to left; Agee doubled to right [Sizemore scored]; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Agee to third]; Torre struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Morgan singled to right [Rose to third]; Morgan stole second; Driessen singled to left [Rose scored, Morgan scored]; Perez forced Driessen (third to second); Bench grounded out (first unassisted) [Perez to second]; Griffey grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Ken Griffey; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo grounded out (second to first); Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 2. REDS 2ND: Geronimo struck out; Chaney grounded out (second to first); Gullett singled to right; Rose singled to right [Gullett to second]; Morgan walked [Gullett to third, Rose to second]; Driessen doubled to right [Gullett scored, Rose scored, Morgan scored]; Perez was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 5. CARDINALS 3RD: H. CRUZ BATTED FOR WISE; H. Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock walked; Sizemore grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 5. REDS 3RD: MURPHY REPLACED H. CRUZ (PITCHING); Bench walked; Griffey doubled to left [Bench to third]; Geronimo hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bench scored]; Chaney flied out to left; Gullett was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 6. CARDINALS 4TH: Agee singled to shortstop; Simmons singled to left [Agee to second]; Torre forced Simmons (shortstop to second) [Agee to third]; Reitz singled to right [Agee scored, Torre to second]; Carbo flied out to left; Tyson singled to right [Torre scored, Reitz to third]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR MURPHY; Melendez doubled to left [Reitz scored, Tyson to third]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. REDS 4TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Rose flied out to right; Morgan struck out; Driessen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Agee doubled to left; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Agee to third]; Torre popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. REDS 5TH: Perez grounded out (third to first); Bench struck out; Griffey singled to second; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. REDS 6TH: Chaney flied out to center; Gullett was called out on strikes; Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. CARDINALS 7TH: HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Heintzelman struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. REDS 7TH: PENA REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Morgan was called out on strikes; Driessen grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez singled to right; Bench struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. CARDINALS 8TH: MENKE REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); DRIESSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Agee struck out; Simmons grounded out (third to first); Torre singled to right; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. REDS 8TH: Griffey grounded out (catcher to first); Geronimo struck out; Chaney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 6. CARDINALS 9TH: Carbo flied out to center; Tyson struck out; MCCARVER BATTED FOR PENA; McCarver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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