Mike Marshall appeared in his 13th straight game and saved the Dodgers' 4-1 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, but the relief ace was not used in the nightcap which saw the Reds win, 6-0, to end a string of seven straight losses to the L. A. club. The Dodgers began the scoring in the lidlifter with a run in the first inning on a double by Davey Lopes and single by Jim Wynn. Singles by Steve Garvey and Willie Crawford, together with a sacrifice fly by Joe Ferguson, added a run in the fourth before Ron Cey provided the deciding blow by hitting a homer with a man on base in the sixth. Tony Perez homered for the Reds in the seventh to account for their run off Tommy John. In the ninth, after Pete Rose singled and Joe Morgan was safe on an error by Lopes, Marshall relieved with one out and saved John's 12th victory by striking out Johnny Bench and getting Perez to ground into a forceout at second base.

Don Gullett pitched the shutout for the Reds in nightcap, allowing only four hits. The Reds had homers by Rose and Morgan. The largest crowd ever to watch the Dodgers play in Cincinnati, 51,909, turned out for the doubleheader. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, July 3, 1974 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Dodgers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .239 Rose lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .281 Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .326 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Wynn cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .295 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .324 Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .324 Bench c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .257 Crawford rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .293 Perez 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .271 Cey 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .273 Rettenmund rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Ferguson c 2 0 0 1 1 1 .261 Foster cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Driessen 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .280 John p 3 0 1 0 1 0 .109 Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184 C. Carroll p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Griffey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .161 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kosco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Baney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 8 4 2 3 Totals 32 1 5 1 0 6 Time of Game: 1:59 Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Reds 4 DP: Dodgers 1, Reds 1 Errors: Lopes Doubles: Lopes (9), Crawford (10) Home Runs: Cey (11), Perez (14) Stolen Bases: Lopes (28), Concepcion (11) Caught Stealing: Wynn (9) Sacrifice Hits: Lopes (5) Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (2) GIDP: Rettenmund (6) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John W(12-2) 8.1 5 1 1 0 5 1 30 2.48 Marshall SV(11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.13 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 6 1 32 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA C. Carroll L(5-2) 6 7 4 4 2 2 1 26 2.89 McEnaney 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Baney 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7.00 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 3 1 36 Wild Pitches: C. Carroll (3) Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Nick Colosi DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to right; Buckner grounded out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Wynn singled to center [Lopes scored]; Garvey struck out while Wynn was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose lined to center; Concepcion lined to shortstop; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. DODGERS 2ND: Crawford flied out to left; Cey lined to center; Ferguson walked; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Perez singled to center; Rettenmund grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. DODGERS 3RD: John walked; Lopes out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [John to second]; C. Carroll threw a wild pitch [John to third]; Buckner grounded out (second to first); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Foster popped to third; Driessen grounded out (pitcher to first); C. Carroll was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey singled to center; Crawford singled to right [Garvey to third]; Cey popped to right; Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garvey scored]; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Rose singled to center; Concepcion forced Rose (third to second); Concepcion stole second; Morgan flied out to center; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Reds 0. DODGERS 5TH: John singled to center; Lopes forced John (shortstop to second); Lopes stole second; Buckner flied out to left; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Perez singled to center; Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first) [Perez to second]; Foster struck out; Driessen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Reds 0. DODGERS 6TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford doubled; Cey homered [Crawford scored]; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: GRIFFEY BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 0. DODGERS 7TH: MCENANEY REPLACED GRIFFEY (PITCHING); John popped to second; Debut game for Will McEnaney; Lopes popped to first; Buckner popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 0. REDS 7TH: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez homered; Rettenmund popped to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 1. DODGERS 8TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Garvey grounded out (first unassisted); Crawford singled to pitcher; Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: Foster flied out to right; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR DRIESSEN; Gagliano grounded out (second to first); KOSCO BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Kosco popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 1. DODGERS 9TH: CHANEY REPLACED GAGLIANO (PLAYING 3B); BANEY REPLACED KOSCO (PITCHING); Ferguson struck out; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); John flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 1. REDS 9TH: Rose singled to right; Concepcion struck out; Morgan reached on an error by Lopes [Rose to second, Morgan to first]; MARSHALL REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Bench struck out; Perez forced Morgan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 4, Reds 1.

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