The Reds swept a twin bill from the Giants, 5-0 and 14-13, when Fred Norman blanked the Californians on five hits in the nightcap after Tony Perez' two-run homer climaxed a five-run ninth inning uprising that accounted for the lidlifter. With the Giants leading, 13-9, following a six-run fifth inning outburst in the first game, Dan Driessen's one-out pinch-single was followed by a walk to Merv Rettenmund. Pete Rose singled for his fourth hit of the game, scoring Driessen and sending Rettenmund to third from where he scored on Joe Morgan's infield out. Johnny Bench singled, scoring Rose and setting the stage for Perez' game-winning wallop, his 17th homer of the season. Jack Billingham, last of the Reds' seven pitchers, was credited with the win, his 11th against seven losses.

In the afterpiece, Ken Griffey homered and Cesar Geronimo rapped two singles and a triple to lead the attack on rookie Ed Halicki, who was suffering his third straight loss while southpaw Norman was bettering his record to 10-9. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 14, San Francisco Giants 13 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, July      25, 1974 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       3  0  1    0  6  0    2  0  1  -  13 17  2
Reds         0  5  2    0  0  0    0  2  5  -  14 18  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Phillips 3b           6   0   0   1     0   2   .228      Rettenmund rf         4   2   0   0     2   2   .220
Speier ss             5   2   2   0     1   1   .253      Rose lf               5   1   4   1     1   0   .289
Maddox cf             4   3   2   1     2   0   .308      Morgan 2b             6   1   2   3     0   0   .302
  Kingman 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Bench 3b              6   3   3   3     0   0   .277
Bonds rf              5   2   3   2     1   0   .266      Perez 1b              6   3   2   2     0   1   .269
Matthews lf           5   3   2   0     1   0   .275      Concepcion ss         5   2   4   3     0   0   .281
Goodson 1b            3   1   2   3     0   0   .313      Foster cf             4   0   0   1     1   1   .250
  Sosa p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .091      Plummer c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .253
  Moffitt p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .385        Geronimo ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .306
Fuentes 2b            5   1   4   3     0   0   .219      Kirby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .085
Rader c               4   0   1   0     1   1   .284        Baney p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Caldwell p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .139        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Bradley p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Bryant p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .050        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomasson ph,1b,cf  2   1   1   1     1   1   .223        C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Griffey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .165
                                                            Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .049
                                                            Driessen ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .272

Totals               44  13  17  11     7   7             Totals               46  14  18  14     4   5

Time of Game: 3:20
Left on Base: Giants 11, Reds 10
DP: Giants 0, Reds 0
Errors: Phillips, Speier, Plummer, C. Carroll
Doubles: Matthews (14), Concepcion (17), Plummer (5)
Triples: Matthews (4)
Home Runs: Bonds (13), Concepcion (7), Bench (18), Perez (17)
Stolen Bases: Speier (2), Maddox (9), Concepcion 2 (17), Foster (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                1.1   3   4   2   0   0   0   8   3.24
Bradley                 0.2   4   3   3   1   0   1   7   5.09
Bryant                  2     2   0   0   1   1   0  10   6.78
Sosa                    3.1   4   2   2   1   3   1  15   2.53
Moffitt L(4-4)          1.1   5   5   5   1   1   1  10   3.22
Totals                  8.2  18  14  11*  4   5   3  50

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby                   0.2   2   3   3   4   1   0   8   3.17
Baney                   1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.65
Borbon                  2.1   6   4   4   0   0   0  13   3.07
McEnaney                0.1   1   3   0   2   0   0   4   5.79
C. Carroll              0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.95
Hall                    2     5   2   2   1   4   0  12   4.31
Billingham W(11-7)      2     1   1   1   0   2   1   7   3.47
Totals                  9    17  13  10   7   7   1  51

Wild Pitches: Sosa (2), Kirby (6), Hall (5)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Paul Runge


GIANTS 1ST: Phillips popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Speier was called out on strikes; Maddox walked; Kirby threw a
wild pitch [Maddox to second]; Bonds walked; Matthews walked
[Maddox to third, Bonds to second]; Goodson singled to right
[Maddox scored, Bonds scored, Matthews to third]; Fuentes
singled to center [Matthews scored, Goodson to second]; Rader
walked [Goodson to third, Fuentes to second]; BANEY REPLACED
KIRBY (PITCHING); Caldwell lined to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
grounded out (first unassisted); Morgan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Phillips popped to third; Speier singled to second;
Maddox forced Speier (second to shortstop); Bonds grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to right; Perez reached on an error by
Speier [Bench to second, Perez to first]; Concepcion doubled to
left [Bench scored, Perez to third]; Foster grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Perez scored (unearned)]; Concepcion stole
third; Plummer doubled to left [Concepcion scored]; BRADLEY
REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); CROWLEY BATTED FOR BANEY; Crowley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund walked; Rose
singled to first [Plummer to third, Rettenmund to second];
Morgan singled to right [Plummer scored (unearned), Rettenmund
scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Rose to second];
Bench popped to second; 5 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 5.

GIANTS 3RD: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Matthews tripled
to right; Goodson grounded out (third to first); Fuentes singled
to left [Matthews scored]; Rader popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bradley popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: Perez singled to right; Concepcion homered [Perez
scored]; BRYANT REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Foster walked;
Foster stole second; Plummer grounded out (third to first)
[Foster to third]; Borbon grounded out (second to first);
Rettenmund lined to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds
7.

GIANTS 4TH: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Speier
lined to right; Maddox singled to second; Bonds flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 7.

REDS 4TH: Rose singled to right; Morgan singled to right [Rose
to second]; Bench flied out to right; Perez struck out;
Concepcion reached on an error by Phillips [Rose to third,
Morgan to second, Concepcion to first]; Foster popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 7.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews doubled to right; Goodson singled to right
[Matthews scored]; Fuentes singled to left [Goodson to second];
Rader popped to third; THOMASSON BATTED FOR BRYANT; MCENANEY
REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Thomasson singled to right [Goodson
scored, Fuentes to third]; Phillips grounded out (second to
first) [Fuentes scored, Thomasson to second]; Speier walked;
Maddox walked [Thomasson to third, Speier to second]; C. CARROLL
REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Plummer dropped a foul fly hit by
Bonds for an error; Bonds singled to pitcher [Thomasson scored
(unearned), Speier scored (error by C. Carroll) (unearned),
Maddox scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Matthews grounded out (third
to first); 6 R (3 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 10, Reds 7.

REDS 5TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); THOMASSON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Plummer singled to right; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR
C. CARROLL; Gagliano lined to third; Phil Gagliano ejected by
unknown umpire; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; Rose
walked [Plummer to second]; Morgan grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 10, Reds 7.

GIANTS 6TH: HALL REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Sosa struck out;
Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader singled to
right; Thomasson walked [Rader to second]; Hall threw a wild
pitch [Rader to third]; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 10, Reds 7.

REDS 6TH: Bench flied out to center; Perez grounded out (second
to first); Concepcion singled to center; Foster struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 10, Reds 7.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier singled to right; Speier stole second; Maddox
singled to center [Speier scored]; Bonds singled to center
[Maddox to second]; Matthews popped to second; Maddox stole
third; Sosa was called out on strikes; Fuentes singled to center
[Maddox scored, Bonds to second]; Rader struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 12, Reds 7.

REDS 7TH: Plummer flied out to center; GRIFFEY BATTED FOR HALL;
Griffey grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 12, Reds 7.

GIANTS 8TH: BILLINGHAM REPLACED GRIFFEY (PITCHING); Thomasson
struck out; Phillips struck out; Speier grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 12, Reds 7.

REDS 8TH: Rose singled to center; Morgan forced Rose (first to
shortstop); Sosa threw a wild pitch [Morgan to second]; Bench
homered [Morgan scored]; MOFFITT REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Perez
lined to right; Concepcion singled to left; Concepcion stole
second; Foster grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 12, Reds 9.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
homered; Matthews grounded out (second to first); Moffitt popped
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 13, Reds 9.

REDS 9TH: KINGMAN REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING 1B); THOMASSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); GERONIMO BATTED FOR PLUMMER;
Geronimo was called out on strikes; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR
BILLINGHAM; Driessen singled to center; Rettenmund walked
[Driessen to second]; Rose singled to center [Driessen scored,
Rettenmund to third, Rose to second (on throw)]; Morgan grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Rettenmund scored, Rose to third]; Bench
singled to first [Rose scored]; Perez homered [Bench scored]; 5
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 13, Reds 14.