A wild display by Dock Ellis, who hit the first three consecutive batters in the first inning, tying a major league record, set the tempo as the Reds gained a 5-3 victory over the Pirates. After nicking Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen with pitched balls, Ellis walked Tony Perez to force in the Reds' first run. John Morlan relieved with a count of two balls and no strikes on Johnny Bench and got out of the jam when Bench popped up and Ken Griffey grounded into a double play.

The Pirates came back to take a 3-2 lead. Willie Stargell scored one run and batted in two with a single and double. The Reds then broke away with three runs in the fifth. Driessen doubled, Perez walked and Bench singled to load the bases. Griffey singled for a run, knocking out Morlan. Jim Sadowski, in relief, got Dave Concepcion on a pop fly, but walked Cesar Geronimo to force in the Reds' leading run. Terry Crowley followed with a sacrifice fly for an extra tally. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Game Played on Wednesday, May       1, 1974 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Reds         1  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  6  3
Pirates      2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 12  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               3   1   0   0     2   0   .333      Stennett 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Morgan 2b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .333      Clines cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .185
Driessen 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Oliver 1b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .326
  Kosco ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Stargell lf           3   1   2   2     1   1   .292
  Chaney 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zisk rf               3   0   2   1     1   0   .273
Perez 1b              3   1   0   1     2   2   .329      Sanguillen c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Bench c               5   1   1   0     0   1   .212      Hebner 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .368
Griffey rf            3   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Taveras ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .415
  Foster ph,rf        1   0   0   0     1   1   .259        Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   1   0     0   0   .421
Concepcion ss         5   0   1   0     0   1   .274        Mendoza pr,ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Geronimo cf           3   0   1   1     2   2   .242        Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Gullett p             0   1   0   0     2   0   .375        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Crowley ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .182      Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  C. Carroll p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Morlan p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sadowski p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Parker ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .318
                                                            Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Popovich ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               32   5   6   4    10  10             Totals               37   3  12   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance:  8,195
Left on Base: Reds 14, Pirates 9
DP: Reds 2, Pirates 1
Errors: Driessen, Perez, Geronimo, Stennett
Doubles: Driessen (4), Morgan (4), Concepcion (10), Oliver (4), Stargell (2)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Crowley (2)
GIDP: Griffey (1), Taveras (2), Oliver (3)
Hit by Pitch: Rose (2,by Ellis), Morgan (2,by Ellis), Driessen (1,by Ellis)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett                 4     7   3   2   0   2   0  18   2.93
C. Carroll W(2-0)       3.1   3   0   0   2   1   0  15   4.11
Hall                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.00
Borbon SV(4)            1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.35
Totals                  9    12   3   2   2   3   0  39

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis                   0     0   1   1   1   0   0   4   4.91
Morlan L(0-1)           4     3   4   3   5   6   0  20   3.07
Sadowski                2     0   0   0   2   1   0   8   3.38
Hernandez               2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.77
Giusti                  1     1   0   0   2   2   0   6   5.68
Totals                  9     6   5   4  10  10   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Ellis 3 (4)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose was hit by a pitch; Morgan was hit by a pitch
[Rose to second]; Driessen was hit by a pitch [Rose to third,
Morgan to second]; Perez walked [Rose scored, Morgan to third,
Driessen to second]; MORLAN REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Bench
popped to third; Griffey grounded into a double play (third to
catcher to first) [Morgan out at home]; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Clines struck out; Oliver doubled; Stargell singled to center
[Oliver scored, Stargell to second (error by Geronimo)]; Zisk
singled [Stargell scored (unearned)]; Sanguillen out on an
unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates 2.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion struck out; Geronimo struck out; Gullett
walked; Rose walked [Gullett to second]; Morgan reached on an
error by Stennett [Gullett scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rose to
third, Morgan to first]; Morgan stole second; Driessen grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Pirates 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Hebner singled to right; Taveras grounded into a
double play (second to first to shortstop) [Hebner out at
second]; Morlan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Pirates 2.

REDS 3RD: Perez struck out; Bench popped to third in foul
territory; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Pirates 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Stennett flied out to right; Clines singled to
center [Clines to second (error by Perez)]; Oliver grounded out
(pitcher to first); Stargell doubled [Clines scored]; Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
2, Pirates 3.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion popped to catcher in foul territory;
Geronimo struck out; Gullett walked; Rose walked [Gullett to
second]; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); Taveras singled to
center; Morlan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Pirates 3.

REDS 5TH: Driessen doubled to left; Perez walked; Bench singled
to left [Driessen to third, Perez to second]; Griffey singled to
right [Driessen scored, Perez to third, Bench to second];
SADOWSKI REPLACED MORLAN (PITCHING); Concepcion flied out to
center; Geronimo walked [Perez scored, Bench to third, Griffey
to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR GULLETT; Crowley hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Bench scored]; Rose grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Stennett
grounded out (third to first); Clines reached on an error by
Driessen [Clines out at second (second to first)]; Gene
Clines turned toward 2B and was tagged out; Oliver grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

REDS 6TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Driessen grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Morgan to third]; Perez struck out;
Bench grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell walked; Zisk walked [Stargell to second];
Sanguillen flied out to center; Hebner flied out to left;
KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Kirkpatrick singled to first
[Stargell to third, Zisk to second]; MENDOZA RAN FOR
KIRKPATRICK; PARKER BATTED FOR SADOWSKI; Parker popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

REDS 7TH: MENDOZA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); FOSTER BATTED FOR GRIFFEY; Foster
struck out; Concepcion lined to third; Geronimo singled to left;
C. Carroll flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Stennett flied
out to left; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

REDS 8TH: Rose flied out to right; Morgan doubled; KOSCO BATTED
FOR DRIESSEN; Kosco flied out to center; Perez flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: CHANEY REPLACED KOSCO (PLAYING 3B); Stargell struck
out; Zisk singled to pitcher; Sanguillen singled to shortstop
[Zisk to second]; HALL REPLACED C. CARROLL (PITCHING); Hebner
popped to first in foul territory; BORBON REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); ROBERTSON BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Robertson popped to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

REDS 9TH: GIUSTI REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); POPOVICH
REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING SS); Bench struck out; Foster
walked; Concepcion doubled to right [Foster to third]; Geronimo
was walked intentionally; Borbon struck out; Rose grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 9TH: Popovich flied out to center; Stennett singled to
right; Clines singled to right [Stennett to second]; Oliver
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Clines out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 3.