The Reds tied an N. L. record when six different players hit homers in an 8-5 victory over the Cubs. Joe Morgan started the slugging in the first inning, Tony Perez and Cesar Geronimo connected for the circuit in the second, Dan Driessen and Johnny Bench rapped round-trippers in the third and George Foster completed the bombardment with a three-run drive in the sixth.

There had been eight previous occasions in the N. L. with one club having homers by six different players in a nine-inning game. The major league mark is seven by the Orioles on May 17, 1967. The Cubs had homers by Rick Monday and Jose Cardenal and the two-team total of eight was one short of the major league record. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Tuesday, July      9, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         1  2  2    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   8  9  0
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  1  -   5 13  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Kessinger ss          5   0   2   0     0   0   .263
Driessen 3b,1b        5   1   2   1     0   1   .276      Monday cf             3   2   1   1     1   0   .292
Morgan 2b             4   1   1   1     1   1   .310      Cardenal rf           4   1   2   2     0   1   .292
Bench c               3   2   2   1     1   1   .259      Williams lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .289
Perez 1b              4   1   1   1     0   2   .258      Madlock 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .305
  Chaney 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Mitterwald c          4   1   3   1     0   0   .225
Geronimo cf           4   2   2   1     0   1   .318      Rosello 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Griffey rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
  Foster ph,rf        3   1   1   3     0   0   .242        Fanzone 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Billingham p          2   0   0   0     1   1   .054      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .115
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .231        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tyrone ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                            LaRoche ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Burris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Alexander ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Hooton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
                                                            Morales ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .251

Totals               36   8   9   8     3   9             Totals               36   5  13   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 19,015
Left on Base: Reds 4, Cubs 5
DP: Reds 3, Cubs 0
Doubles: Mitterwald (6)
Home Runs: Morgan (11), Perez (15), Geronimo (4), Driessen (3), Bench (16), Foster (3), Monday (10), Cardenal (7)
GIDP: Madlock (6), Tyrone (1), Cardenal (10)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(9-6)       5.2   8   4   4   0   3   2  23   3.62
Borbon SV(10)           3.1   5   1   1   1   0   0  14   2.57
Totals                  9    13   5   5   1   3   2  37

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(3-3)            2.1   5   5   5   1   1   5  13   5.02
Todd                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.11
Frailing                2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.57
Pina                    1.1   4   3   3   2   2   1  10   3.07
Burris                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.84
Hooton                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.44
Totals                  9     9   8   8   3   9   6  39

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Sudol


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Driessen flied
out to left; Morgan homered; Bench was called out on strikes; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
grounded out (third to first); Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez homered; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to
first); Geronimo homered; Griffey flied out to left; Billingham
walked; Rose flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Williams singled to left; Madlock grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Williams out at second];
Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs
0.

REDS 3RD: Driessen homered; Morgan flied out to left; Bench
homered; TODD REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Perez was called out on
strikes; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Mitterwald singled to center; Rosello lined to
shortstop; TYRONE BATTED FOR TODD; Tyrone grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Mitterwald out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 0.

REDS 4TH: FRAILING REPLACED TYRONE (PITCHING); Geronimo was
called out on strikes; FOSTER BATTED FOR GRIFFEY; Foster
grounded out (shortstop to first); Billingham grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Kessinger grounded
out (pitcher to first); Monday homered; Cardenal singled to
left; Williams singled to right [Cardenal to third]; Madlock was
called out on strikes; Thornton struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 1.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Driessen struck
out; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Rosello
grounded out (shortstop to first); LAROCHE BATTED FOR FRAILING;
LaRoche grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 5, Cubs 1.

REDS 6TH: PINA REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Bench singled to
shortstop; Perez flied out to right; Concepcion struck out;
Geronimo singled to left [Bench to second]; Foster homered
[Bench scored, Geronimo scored]; Billingham was called out on
strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Kessinger singled to right; Monday forced Kessinger
(third to second); Cardenal homered [Monday scored]; Williams
grounded out (first unassisted); Madlock singled to left; BORBON
REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Thornton singled to center
[Madlock to second]; Mitterwald singled to third [Madlock
scored, Thornton to second]; WARD BATTED FOR ROSELLO; Ward flied
to left in foul territory; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 4.

REDS 7TH: FANZONE REPLACED WARD (PLAYING 2B); Rose grounded out
(second to first); Driessen singled to right; Morgan walked
[Driessen to second]; Bench walked [Driessen to third, Morgan to
second]; BURRIS REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Perez was called out
on strikes; Concepcion forced Bench (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: ALEXANDER BATTED FOR BURRIS; Alexander popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Kessinger singled to left; Monday
walked [Kessinger to second]; Cardenal grounded into a double
play (third to first) [Kessinger out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 4.

REDS 8TH: HOOTON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Geronimo popped
to shortstop; Foster grounded out (third to first); Borbon
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: DRIESSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CHANEY
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Williams flied out to center;
Madlock flied out to center; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 4.

REDS 9TH: Rose flied out to left; Driessen flied out to left;
Morgan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 9TH: Mitterwald doubled to left; Fanzone grounded out
(shortstop to first); MORALES BATTED FOR HOOTON; Morales singled
to center [Mitterwald scored, Morales out at second (center to
catcher to second)]; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 5.