Battering Steve Rogers for nine hits and eight runs in less than four innings, the Reds pounded out a 12-3 victory over the Expos. Cincinnati got enough to insure Fred Norman's sixth victory in the first when the club scored four times on singles by Pete Rose, who was thrown out stealing, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Dan Driessen and a double by Terry Crowley.

The Reds bunched five hits again in the fourth to add four more runs, then tacked on their final four in the next frame, three scoring on a double by Perez off rookie Terry Enyart. Norman yielded two runs in the second when the Expos bunched four hits, including doubles by Jim Cox and Barry Foote. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 12, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Monday, June      17, 1974 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Expos        0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3 10  2
Reds         4  0  0    4  4  0    0  0  x  -  12 16  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 3b               5   0   1   0     0   1   .241      Rose lf               4   2   3   2     1   0   .279
Foli ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Morgan 2b             3   3   1   0     2   0   .321
Davis cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .318        Plummer 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Enyart p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bench c               3   2   2   1     1   0   .299
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     1   0   .333        King ph,c           0   0   0   0     1   0   .143
Bailey lf             3   0   2   0     1   1   .270      Perez 1b              5   1   2   3     0   0   .293
Singleton rf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .294      Driessen 3b           4   1   3   3     0   0   .280
Breeden 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Chaney 3b,2b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
  DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Crowley rf            3   0   1   2     0   0   .269
  Frias ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .167        Foster rf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Cox 2b                3   2   1   0     1   1   .220      Geronimo cf           4   2   3   0     1   0   .336
Foote c               4   0   2   2     0   1   .246      Concepcion ss         5   1   1   1     0   1   .276
Rogers p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .139      Norman p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .130
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Woods cf            2   0   1   1     0   0   .185

Totals               35   3  10   3     3   4             Totals               37  12  16  12     6   3

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 18,001
Left on Base: Expos 8, Reds 8
DP: Expos 1, Reds 2
Errors: Enyart, Foote
Doubles: Cox (8), Foote (9), Crowley (6), Geronimo (5), Perez (10)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (29)
Caught Stealing: Rose (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (4)
GIDP: Rogers (2), Singleton (9), Crowley (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(7-7)           3.1   9   8   8   3   0   0  20   5.46
Taylor                  0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.47
Enyart                  1     3   4   1   2   1   0   8   9.00
DeMola                  3     2   0   0   1   2   0  12   3.77
Totals                  8    16  12   9   6   3   0  44

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(6-5)           9    10   3   3   3   4   0  38   2.35
Totals                  9    10   3   3   3   4   0  38

Wild Pitches: Rogers (3)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - John McSherry


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt struck out; Foli singled; Davis forced Foli
(first to shortstop) [Davis to first]; Bailey struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Rose was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Morgan walked; Morgan stole second;
Rogers threw a wild pitch [Morgan to third]; Bench singled to
left [Morgan scored]; Perez singled to center [Bench to second];
Driessen singled to left [Bench scored, Perez to second];
Crowley doubled [Perez scored, Driessen scored]; Geronimo
grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Crowley to third];
Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Reds 4.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton singled to third; Breeden flied out to
center; Cox doubled [Singleton to third]; Foote doubled
[Singleton scored, Cox scored]; Rogers flied out to right; Hunt
singled [Foote to third]; Foli forced Hunt (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 4.

REDS 2ND: Norman grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose walked;
Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Bench grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 4.

EXPOS 3RD: Davis popped to shortstop; Bailey singled to center;
Singleton forced Bailey (shortstop to second) [Singleton to
first]; Breeden popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Reds 4.

REDS 3RD: Perez flied out to right; Driessen singled to left;
Crowley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Driessen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Reds 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Cox walked; Foote struck out; Rogers grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cox out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 4.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo doubled; Concepcion singled to left [Geronimo
scored]; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Concepcion to second]; Rose singled to left [Concepcion
scored]; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; TAYLOR REPLACED ROGERS
(PITCHING); Bench singled [Rose to third, Morgan to second];
Perez popped to second; Driessen singled to right [Rose scored,
Morgan scored, Bench to second]; Crowley flied out to right; 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 8.

EXPOS 5TH: Hunt flied out to right; Foli grounded out (third to
first); Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Reds 8.

REDS 5TH: ENYART REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); WOODS REPLACED
TAYLOR (PLAYING CF); Geronimo walked; Debut game for Terry
Enyart; Geronimo was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Enyart [Geronimo to second]; Concepcion struck out;
Norman grounded out (second to first) [Geronimo to third]; Rose
singled to center [Geronimo scored]; Morgan singled to center
[Rose to third]; Bench walked [Morgan to second]; Foote dropped
a foul fly hit by Perez for an error; Perez doubled [Rose scored
(unearned), Morgan scored (unearned), Bench scored (unearned)];
Driessen flied out to center; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Reds 12.

EXPOS 6TH: CHANEY REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); FOSTER
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING RF); Bailey singled to center;
Singleton grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Bailey out at second]; Breeden grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 12.

REDS 6TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED ENYART (PLAYING 1B); DEMOLA
REPLACED BREEDEN (PITCHING); Foster grounded out (third to
first); Geronimo singled to left; Concepcion flied out to
center; Norman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
2, Reds 12.

EXPOS 7TH: Cox struck out; Foote flied out to left; Woods
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Reds 12.

REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied out
to right; KING BATTED FOR BENCH; King walked; Perez forced King
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 12.

EXPOS 8TH: PLUMMER REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 3B); KING STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); CHANEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Hunt
flied out to right; Foli flied out to right; Jorgensen walked;
Bailey walked [Jorgensen to second]; Singleton forced Bailey
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 12.

REDS 8TH: Chaney struck out; Foster struck out; Geronimo singled
to right; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 12.

EXPOS 9TH: FRIAS BATTED FOR DEMOLA; Frias singled to left; Cox
forced Frias (shortstop to second) [Cox to first]; Foote singled
to center [Cox to second]; Woods singled [Cox scored, Foote to
third]; Hunt flied out to left; Foli popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Reds 12.