The Giants' streak of four straight victories since the start of the season was stopped by the Reds, 6-3. Tony Perez homered with a man on base for the Reds in the first inning, but the Giants forged ahead before a single by Pete Rose and double by Dan Driessen tied the score in the third. Cesar Geronimo tripled in the sixth and with two out scored the tie-breaking run on a single by Joe Morgan. The Reds iced the decision with their final pair in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     9, 1974 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         2  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   6 15  0
Giants       2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               6   0   3   0     0   1   .423      Bonds rf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .250
Morgan 2b             4   2   1   1     1   1   .333      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Driessen 3b,1b        5   0   3   1     0   1   .350      Maddox cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .381
Perez 1b              4   1   1   2     1   0   .294      Matthews lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .278
  Chaney 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ontiveros 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Bench c               3   1   1   0     2   1   .222      Kingman 3b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .333
Rettenmund rf         5   1   3   0     0   1   .444      Phillips 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .308
Concepcion ss         4   0   1   0     0   2   .300      Rudolph c             3   0   1   1     0   0   .143
Geronimo cf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .125        Willoughby pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Billingham p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Rader c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bradley p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Borbon p            1   0   1   1     0   0   .500        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  15   6     4   8             Totals               32   3  10   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  8,426
Left on Base: Reds 13, Giants 4
DP: Reds 2, Giants 1
Errors: Kingman
Doubles: Driessen (2), Maddox (1)
Triples: Geronimo (1)
Home Runs: Perez (3)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (1)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (1), Maddox (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Concepcion (1), Speier (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Geronimo (1)
GIDP: Perez (1), Ontiveros (1), Rudolph (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(1-0)       6     8   3   3   1   4   0  23   5.73
Borbon SV(1)            3     2   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   4   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley L(1-1)          6.1   9   4   4   4   8   1  33   3.07
Williams                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Sosa                    2     5   2   2   0   0   0  10   4.50
Totals                  9    15   6   6   4   8   1  46

Balks: Billingham (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


REDS 1ST: Rose popped to shortstop; Morgan walked; Driessen
grounded out (second to first) [Morgan to second]; Perez homered
[Morgan scored]; Bench popped to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled; Speier flied out to right; Bonds
stole second; Maddox doubled to left [Bonds scored]; Matthews
singled to right [Maddox scored]; Ontiveros grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Matthews out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

REDS 2ND: Rettenmund struck out; Concepcion struck out; Geronimo
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman walked; Phillips singled to right [Kingman
to third]; Rudolph forced Phillips (shortstop to second)
[Kingman scored]; Billingham balked [Rudolph to second]; On a
bunt Bradley struck out; Bonds grounded out (catcher to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 3RD: Billingham grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
singled; Morgan forced Rose (second to shortstop); Driessen
doubled [Morgan scored]; Perez walked; Bench walked [Driessen to
third, Perez to second]; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (second to first); Maddox struck
out; Matthews singled; Ontiveros flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 3.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion struck out; Geronimo popped to second;
Billingham reached on an error by Kingman [Billingham to first];
Rose singled [Billingham to second]; Morgan was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman struck out; Phillips singled to shortstop;
Rudolph grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Phillips out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 3.

REDS 5TH: Driessen was called out on strikes; Perez flied out to
center; Bench walked; Rettenmund singled [Bench to second];
Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Bradley struck out; Bonds singled to third; Bonds
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 3.

REDS 6TH: Geronimo tripled to left; Billingham struck out; Rose
was called out on strikes; Morgan singled to right [Geronimo
scored]; Driessen singled [Morgan to third]; Perez popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Maddox singled; Maddox was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Matthews flied out to right; Ontiveros
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

REDS 7TH: Bench struck out; Rettenmund singled; WILLIAMS
REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Concepcion singled [Rettenmund to
second]; Geronimo grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rettenmund to
third, Concepcion to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM;
Crowley flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants
3.

GIANTS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Kingman flied
out to center; Phillips flied out to left; Rudolph singled to
second; WILLOUGHBY RAN FOR RUDOLPH; GOODSON BATTED FOR WILLIAMS;
Goodson popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

REDS 8TH: RADER REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED
GOODSON (PITCHING); Rose singled; Morgan flied out to right;
Driessen singled [Rose to third]; Perez grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Driessen out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: DRIESSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CHANEY
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Bonds singled; Speier out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Bonds to second]; Maddox lined
to second; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 4, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: Bench singled to left; On a bunt Rettenmund singled
[Bench to second]; Concepcion out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Bench to third, Rettenmund to second]; Geronimo hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Bench scored, Rettenmund to third];
Borbon singled to third [Rettenmund scored]; Rose flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Kingman
flied out to center; Phillips flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 3.