Mike Marshall made his 14th appearance in the Dodgers' last 15 games and not only was saved from defeat, but gained his 11th victory of the season when his teammates rallied for two runs in the ninth inning to edge the Reds, 3-2. Jack Billingham, who pitched the first seven stanzas for the Reds, allowed only four hits, but the Dodgers picked up a run in the fourth on singles by Jim Wynn and Willie Crawford, a pass to Ron Cey and sacrifice fly by Steve Yeager. The Reds tied the score in the seventh on a single by Johnny Bench, wild pitch by Andy Messersmith and single by Cesar Geronimo.

Marshall took over in the eighth and gave up a run on singles by Pete Rose and Tony Perez and a surprise safe bunt by Bench. The Dodgers then rallied against Pedro Borbon in the ninth with doubles by Steve Garvey and Crawford and a single by Bill Russell. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      4, 1974 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  9  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .235      Rose lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .282
Buckner lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .320      Griffey rf            5   0   0   0     0   3   .155
Wynn cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .292      Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .323
Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .322      Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Crawford rf           3   1   2   1     1   0   .298        Chaney pr,3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Cey 3b                2   0   0   0     2   1   .271      Bench c               4   1   3   1     0   0   .262
Yeager c              2   0   0   1     0   0   .308      Driessen 3b,1b        3   0   0   0     1   1   .277
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .364      Concepcion ss         4   0   2   0     0   1   .268
  Ferguson c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Geronimo cf           2   0   1   1     1   0   .315
Russell ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .269      Billingham p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .057
Messersmith p         3   0   1   0     0   2   .240        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Marshall p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Gagliano ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .143
                                                            Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .242

Totals               32   3   7   3     4   5             Totals               34   2   9   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 30,170
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Reds 9
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 3
Errors: Morgan, Driessen
Doubles: Garvey (20), Crawford (11)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (29)
Caught Stealing: Wynn (10), Concepcion (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Geronimo (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Yeager (2)
GIDP: Garvey (3), Buckner (7)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith             7     5   1   1   2   5   0  27   2.13
Marshall W(11-3)        2     4   1   1   1   2   0  11   2.18
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   7   0  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              7     4   1   1   3   4   0  27   3.48
Borbon L(6-5)           2     3   2   2   1   1   0  10   2.56
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   5   0  37

Wild Pitches: Messersmith (3)
Balks: Messersmith (2)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Doug Harvey


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to center; Buckner grounded out
(second to first) [Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third; Wynn
walked; Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Wynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey struck
out; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford flied out to center; Cey flied out to
center; Yeager reached on an error by Morgan [Yeager to first];
Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez lined to left; On a bunt Bench singled to third;
Driessen walked [Bench to second]; Concepcion was called out on
strikes; Geronimo walked [Bench to third, Driessen to second];
Billingham grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Messersmith struck out; Lopes struck out; Buckner
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Wynn singled to left; Garvey popped to shortstop;
Crawford singled to center [Wynn to third, Crawford to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Cey was walked intentionally; Yeager hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Wynn scored, Crawford to third]; On a
bunt Russell grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez lined to left; Bench grounded out (third to
first); Driessen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Reds 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Messersmith singled to right; Lopes forced
Messersmith (third to second); Buckner grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Lopes out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion singled to center; Messersmith balked
[Concepcion to second]; Geronimo grounded out (second to first)
[Concepcion to third]; Concepcion was caught stealing home
(catcher unassisted); Billingham singled to right; Rose grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Wynn reached on an error by Driessen [Wynn to
first]; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wynn to
second]; Crawford was walked intentionally; Cey struck out while
Wynn was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Griffey struck out; Morgan flied out to center; Perez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager popped to first; Russell grounded out
(second to first); Messersmith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: Bench singled to left; Messersmith threw a wild pitch
[Bench to second]; Driessen popped to third in foul territory;
Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Geronimo singled to
right [Bench scored]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; Crowley
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Reds 1.

DODGERS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Lopes flied out
to right; Buckner popped to shortstop; Wynn was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Rose singled
to right; On a bunt Griffey popped to third in foul territory;
Morgan flied out to left; Perez singled to center [Rose to
third]; CHANEY RAN FOR PEREZ; On a bunt Bench singled to pitcher
[Rose scored, Chaney to second]; Driessen grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

DODGERS 9TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DRIESSEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Garvey doubled to center;
Crawford doubled to left [Garvey scored]; Cey was walked
intentionally; MOTA BATTED FOR YEAGER; Mota forced Cey
(shortstop unassisted) [Crawford to third]; Russell singled to
right [Crawford scored, Mota to second]; Marshall flied out to
right; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: FERGUSON REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING C ); Concepcion
singled to center; Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Concepcion to second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR BORBON;
Gagliano walked; FOSTER RAN FOR GAGLIANO; Rose struck out;
Griffey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.