Making his first start of the season, Tom Hall gained his first victory when the Reds defeated the Pirates, 9-4, behind the batting of Johnny Bench and Tony Perez, who drove in seven runs between them. Hall pitched 5 1/3 innings before giving way to Pedro Borbon. Bench socked a three-run homer off Jerry Reuss in the first, and the Reds added a run on a single by Perez in the third.

The Pirates, after coming back with two in their half of the third on a double by Richie Hebner and three singles, tied the score in the fourth with two walks and a triple by Mario Mendoza. The Reds broke the tie and went ahead to stay with two runs in the fifth on a single by Pete Rose, pass to Joe Morgan, single by Bench and sacrifice fly by Perez. Bench doubled for his third hit of the game in the seventh and scored on a single by Perez, who also wound up with three hits. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Game Played on Saturday, July 13, 1974 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Reds         3  0  1    0  2  1    2  0  0  -   9 14  1
Pirates      0  0  2    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rettenmund rf         4   0   1   1     0   0   .235      Stennett 2b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .298
  Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Clines lf             5   0   2   1     0   1   .240
Rose lf               4   2   2   0     1   1   .285      Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Morgan 2b             3   3   1   0     2   2   .304      Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .317
Bench 3b              5   2   3   4     0   0   .271      Robertson 1b          3   1   0   0     1   1   .198
Perez 1b              3   0   3   3     0   0   .259      Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Driessen pr,1b      1   1   0   0     0   1   .274      Hebner 3b             2   2   2   0     2   0   .289
Foster cf,rf          5   0   2   0     0   1   .259      Mendoza ss            4   0   1   2     0   0   .252
Plummer c             5   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Reuss p               2   1   1   0     0   1   .238
Chaney ss             3   1   1   0     2   0   .196        Popovich ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Hall p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            1   0   1   1     0   0   .286        Morlan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   1   0     0   0   .240

Totals               37   9  14   9     5   6             Totals               35   4  11   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 15,386
Left on Base: Reds 8, Pirates 7
DP: Reds 4, Pirates 2
Errors: Driessen
Doubles: Bench (17), Hebner (13)
Triples: Mendoza (2), Oliver (7)
Home Runs: Bench (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Hall (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (4)
GIDP: Foster (2), Plummer (2), Clines 2 (9), Oliver (11), Mendoza (6)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall W(1-1)             5.1   8   4   4   3   2   0  25   4.33
Borbon SV(11)           3.2   3   0   0   0   3   0  13   2.38
Totals                  9    11   4   4   3   5   0  38

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(8-7)            6     9   7   7   4   3   1  30   3.88
Patterson               0.2   4   2   2   1   0   0   6   5.91
Morlan                  2.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.59
Totals                  9    14   9   9   5   6   1  44

Wild Pitches: Reuss (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); Rose
singled to center; Morgan singled to right [Rose to third];
Bench homered [Rose scored, Morgan scored]; the Pirates
claimed that Johnny Bench's home run hit top of the wall and
bounced back while 1B umpire Frank Pulli said it hit top of the
wall, caromed off the back wall before bouncing back onto the
field; Pirates Coach Don Leppert ejected by Pulli; Perez
singled to right; Foster grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Perez out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 3, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to center; Clines grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Stennett out at second];
Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 3, Pirates 0.

REDS 2ND: Plummer flied out to left; Chaney singled to left;
Hall struck out; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Chaney to second];
Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 3, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk popped to first in foul territory; Robertson
struck out; Sanguillen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 3, Pirates 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked;
Bench grounded out (first unassisted) [Morgan to second]; Perez
singled to left [Morgan scored, Perez to second (on throw to
home)]; Foster flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Hebner doubled to left; Mendoza flied out to
center; Reuss singled to left [Hebner to third]; Stennett
singled to center [Hebner scored, Reuss to second]; Clines
singled to center [Reuss scored, Stennett to second]; Oliver
popped to first; Zisk forced Clines (shortstop to second); 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Pirates 2.

REDS 4TH: Plummer grounded out (shortstop to first); Chaney
flied to left in foul territory; Hall grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Robertson walked; Sanguillen flied out to left;
Hebner walked [Robertson to second]; Mendoza tripled to right
[Robertson scored, Hebner scored]; Reuss struck out; Stennett
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Pirates 4.

REDS 5TH: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Rose singled
to right; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Bench singled to
center [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Perez hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Morgan scored]; Foster struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 6, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Clines singled to shortstop; Oliver grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Clines out at
second]; Zisk singled to left; Robertson flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Pirates 4.

REDS 6TH: Plummer flied out to right; Chaney walked; Hall out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Chaney to second];
Rettenmund singled to left [Chaney scored, Rettenmund to second
(on throw to home)]; Rose was walked intentionally; Morgan
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 7, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: GERONIMO REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING CF); FOSTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Sanguillen popped to first in
foul territory; Hebner walked; BORBON REPLACED HALL (PITCHING);
Mendoza flied out to right; POPOVICH BATTED FOR REUSS; Popovich
forced Hebner (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Pirates 4.

REDS 7TH: PATTERSON REPLACED POPOVICH (PITCHING); Bench doubled
to left; Perez singled to center [Bench scored]; DRIESSEN RAN
FOR PEREZ; Foster singled to left [Driessen to second]; Plummer
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Driessen to third, Foster out at second]; Chaney was walked
intentionally; Borbon singled to center [Driessen scored, Chaney
to second]; MORLAN REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); Geronimo flied
out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 7TH: DRIESSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Stennett
struck out; Clines struck out; Oliver tripled to right; Zisk
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Pirates 4.

REDS 8TH: Rose struck out; Morgan was called out on strikes;
Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 9, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 8TH: Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sanguillen reached on an error by Driessen [Sanguillen to
first]; Hebner singled to center [Sanguillen to second]; Mendoza
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hebner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Pirates 4.

REDS 9TH: Driessen was called out on strikes; Foster singled to
shortstop; Plummer flied out to center; Chaney grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 9TH: KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MORLAN; Kirkpatrick singled
to right; Stennett forced Kirkpatrick (first to shortstop)
[Stennett to first]; Clines grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Stennett out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Pirates 4.

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