Bill Bonham, who doubled and scored what proved to be the Cubs' winning run, defeated the Reds, 3-2, with relief help from Oscar Zamora. The Cubs took a 2-1 lead in the second inning with a homer by Jose Cardenal, triple by Bill Madlock and sacrifice fly by Billy Grabarkewitz. The Reds tied the score in the fourth. Johnny Bench singled, took third on a single by Tony Perez and crossed the plate while the Cubs were executing a double play on a grounder by Dan Driessen.

Bonham hit his double in the fifth and crossed the plate on another two-bagger by Rick Monday. Zamora replaced Bonham with one out in the seventh and retired two batters, including Bench on a fly with the bases loaded. The Reds tagged Zamora for five hits in the last two innings, but failed to break through against the 29-year-old reliever. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      18, 1974 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cubs         0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  2
Reds         1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Geronimo cf           4   0   2   0     1   1   .313
Monday cf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .304      Rose lf               5   1   3   0     0   1   .288
Morales lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .305
Cardenal rf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .304      Bench c               5   1   3   1     0   0   .272
Thornton 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .291      Perez 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Madlock 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .287        Chaney pr,3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Grabarkewitz 2b       3   0   0   1     0   0   .183        Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Rosello 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Driessen 3b,1b        4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Swisher c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .210      Concepcion ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .272
Bonham p              3   1   1   0     0   0   .133      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .147
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .100
                                                            Gagliano ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .133
                                                            Gullett pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .255
                                                            Baney p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               32   3  10   3     2   1             Totals               36   2  12   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 28,459
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Reds 12
DP: Cubs 1, Reds 2
Errors: Kessinger, Bonham
Doubles: Bonham (1), Monday (14), Rose (21), Bench (19)
Triples: Madlock (2)
Home Runs: Cardenal (8)
Caught Stealing: Kessinger (4), Geronimo (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (5), Zamora (3), Morgan (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Grabarkewitz (1)
GIDP: Morales (8), Driessen (4)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(9-11)          6.1   7   2   2   3   3   0  28   4.18
Zamora SV(6)            2.2   5   0   0   1   1   0  13   1.57
Totals                  9    12   2   2   4   4   0  41

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(9-9)           7     9   3   3   1   1   1  29   2.78
Baney                   1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   6.23
C. Carroll              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.52
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   1   1  37

Wild Pitches: Bonham (10)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Andy Olsen


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

REDS 1ST: Geronimo struck out; Rose singled to right; Morgan out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rose to second]; Bench
singled to left [Rose scored]; Bonham threw a wild pitch [Bench
to second]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Reds 1.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal homered; Thornton grounded out (third to
first); Madlock tripled to center; Grabarkewitz hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Madlock scored]; Swisher singled to shortstop;
Bonham grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 2, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Driessen struck out; Concepcion reached on an error by
Kessinger [Concepcion to first]; Griffey flied out to left;
Norman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 1.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger flied out to right; Monday singled to right;
Morales grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Monday out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo flied out to left; Rose grounded out
(shortstop to first); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 1.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal singled to pitcher; Thornton flied out to
center [Cardenal to second]; Madlock singled to left [Cardenal
to third]; Grabarkewitz reached on a fielder's choice [Cardenal
out at home (third to catcher to third), Madlock to second];
Swisher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 2, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench singled to left; Perez singled to right [Bench
to third]; Driessen grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Bench scored (no RBI), Perez out at second]; Concepcion
singled to pitcher; Griffey grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 2.

CUBS 5TH: Bonham doubled to left; Kessinger out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Bonham to third]; Monday doubled to left
[Bonham scored]; Morales flied out to center; Cardenal grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Norman walked; Geronimo was credited with a single
when a runner was hit by the batted ball to first [Norman out at
second (first unassisted)]; Rose doubled [Geronimo to third];
Morgan popped to second; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

CUBS 6TH: Thornton walked; Madlock flied out to right;
Grabarkewitz popped to second; Swisher grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen
grounded out (second to first); Concepcion grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

CUBS 7TH: Bonham popped to first in foul territory; Kessinger
singled to center; Monday struck out while Kessinger was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Griffey was called out on strikes; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Gagliano walked; GULLETT RAN FOR GAGLIANO; Gullett was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Bonham [Gullett to
second]; Geronimo walked; ZAMORA REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Rose was called out on strikes; Morgan walked [Gullett to third,
Geronimo to second]; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

CUBS 8TH: BANEY REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Morales flied out
to right; Cardenal grounded out (third to first); Thornton
walked; Madlock popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: Perez singled to left; CHANEY RAN FOR PEREZ; Driessen
flied out to right; Concepcion singled to left [Chaney to
second]; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first) [Chaney to
third, Concepcion to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BANEY; Crowley
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Reds 2.

CUBS 9TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DRIESSEN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); C. CARROLL REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING);
Grabarkewitz grounded out (second to first); Swisher singled to
right; Zamora out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Swisher to second]; Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: ROSELLO REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PLAYING 2B); Geronimo
singled to second; Geronimo was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Rose singled to right; Morgan lined to right;
Bench doubled to left [Rose to third]; FOSTER BATTED FOR CHANEY;
Foster popped to shortstop; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds
2.