Dave Concepcion scored from third base on a grounder by Johnny Bench in the 10th inning to give the Reds a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. Each club scored twice in the first inning before the Reds went ahead with a double by Merv Rettenmund and single by Clay Kirby in the fourth. Rick Monday knotted the count with a homer in the eighth.

Concepcion singled to start the tenth and stopped at second on a single by Joe Morgan. Burt Hooton, pitching in relief for the Cubs, uncorked a wild pitch, allowing the runners to advance. Bench then hit a grounder on which Billy Grabarkewitz made a diving stop, but the second baseman was in no position to throw home and had to settle for retiring Bench at first as Concepcion scored. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      11, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4  9  2
Cubs         2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  -   3  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   1   1   0     1   1   .282      Kessinger ss          5   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Concepcion ss         4   1   2   0     1   0   .265      Monday cf             5   2   3   1     0   2   .302
Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .306      Morales rf            4   0   0   1     0   2   .256
Bench 3b,c            5   1   1   2     0   0   .260      Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .289
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Thornton 1b           3   0   2   1     1   0   .287
  Driessen 1b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .275      Madlock 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Foster cf,rf          5   0   1   1     0   0   .241      Grabarkewitz 2b       4   0   0   0     0   1   .135
Rettenmund rf         3   1   1   0     0   2   .230      Swisher c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .210
  Geronimo cf         2   0   1   0     0   1   .318      LaRoche p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Plummer c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .242        Todd p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
  Chaney 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .186        Hooton p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .061
Kirby p               3   0   1   1     0   0   .095
  Griffey ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .135
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231

Totals               38   4   9   4     5   7             Totals               37   3   8   3     1   7

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 17,200
Left on Base: Reds 9, Cubs 6
DP: Reds 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Concepcion, Plummer
Doubles: Rettenmund (5), Geronimo (10)
Home Runs: Monday (11)
Stolen Bases: Monday (6), Madlock (6)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (3)
GIDP: Madlock (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby                   8     8   3   3   1   5   1  33   3.17
Borbon W(7-5)           2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.50
Totals                 10     8   3   3   1   7   1  39

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaRoche                 3.1   6   3   3   4   2   0  19   3.27
Todd                    3.2   0   0   0   0   2   0  11   3.81
Hooton L(3-7)           3     3   1   1   1   3   0  13   4.40
Totals                 10     9   4   4   5   7   0  43

Wild Pitches: Hooton (5)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to shortstop; Concepcion walked [Rose to
second]; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Bench
singled to center [Rose scored, Concepcion to second];
Concepcion was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Perez
walked [Bench to second]; Foster singled to right [Bench scored,
Perez to third]; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to center; Monday singled to center
[Kessinger to third]; Morales lined out on a sacrifice fly to
left [Kessinger scored]; Williams singled to right [Monday to
third]; Thornton singled to left [Monday scored, Williams to
second]; Madlock popped to catcher in foul territory;
Grabarkewitz reached on an error by Concepcion [Williams to
third, Thornton to second]; Swisher forced Thornton (third
unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 2, Cubs 2.

REDS 2ND: Plummer flied out to center; Kirby flied out to left;
Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Cubs 2.

CUBS 2ND: LaRoche grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
flied out to center; Monday singled to center; Monday stole
second; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Cubs
2.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion singled to left; Morgan walked [Concepcion
to second]; Bench flied out to center [Concepcion to third,
Morgan to second]; Perez lined to second; Foster popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: Williams was called out on strikes; Thornton walked;
Madlock grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Cubs 2.

REDS 4TH: Rettenmund doubled to left; Plummer was called out on
strikes; Kirby singled to left [Rettenmund scored, Kirby to
second (on throw to home)]; Rose walked; TODD REPLACED LAROCHE
(PITCHING); Concepcion popped to first; Morgan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Grabarkewitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
Swisher popped to shortstop; Todd grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

REDS 5TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez grounded
out (second to first); Foster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger flied out to left; Monday was called out on
strikes; Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs
2.

REDS 6TH: Rettenmund struck out; Plummer grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kirby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Thornton
grounded out (second to first); Madlock singled to center;
Madlock stole second [Madlock to third (error by Plummer)];
Grabarkewitz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

REDS 7TH: Rose flied out to left; Concepcion popped to first;
Morgan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: Swisher popped to first in foul territory; WARD BATTED
FOR TODD; Ward popped to second; Kessinger lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

REDS 8TH: HOOTON REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); Bench popped to
first; Perez grounded out (third to first); Foster grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: DRIESSEN REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); FOSTER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GERONIMO REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING
CF); Monday homered; Morales flied out to left; Williams
grounded out (first unassisted); Thornton singled to left;
Madlock grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Cubs 3.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo doubled to center; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
PLUMMER; Crowley grounded out (second to first); GRIFFEY BATTED
FOR KIRBY; Griffey was called out on strikes; Rose was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); CHANEY REPLACED
CROWLEY (PLAYING 3B); BORBON REPLACED GRIFFEY (PITCHING);
Grabarkewitz flied out to right; Swisher struck out; Hooton
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
3, Cubs 3.

REDS 10TH: Concepcion singled to left; Morgan singled to right
[Concepcion to second]; Hooton threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to
third, Morgan to second]; Bench grounded out (second to first)
[Concepcion scored]; Driessen was walked intentionally; Foster
flied out to left; Geronimo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 10TH: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Monday was
called out on strikes; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 3.