Jack Billingham scattered seven hits and pitched the Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies in a hard-luck defeat for Dick Ruthven, who was on the losing end of a shutout for the sixth time this season. All of the Reds' runs were unearned. In the sixth inning, with one out, Cesar Geronimo singled. Dan Driessen grounded to Dave Cash, who threw high to second in an attempted forceout. After Johnny Bench went out on an infield fly, Tony Perez singled to drive in both runners.

The Reds added their other tally off Gene Garber in the ninth. Perez walked, was safe attempting to steal second when Cash dropped the throw for his third error of the game, and scored on a single by Dave Concepcion. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    27, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  1  -   3  8  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Cash 2b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .301
Geronimo cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .309      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Driessen 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .300
  Kennedy 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Johnstone lf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .327
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perez 1b              3   1   1   2     1   1   .273      Hutton 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Concepcion ss         4   0   2   1     0   0   .280      Unser cf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .265
Foster rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .265      Anderson rf           3   0   0   0     1   3   .261
Chaney 2b,3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .188      Boone c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .243
Billingham p          4   0   0   0     0   3   .069      Ruthven p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .145
                                                            Luzinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robinson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .236

Totals               33   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               30   0   7   0     3   6

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 32,106
Left on Base: Reds 6, Phillies 7
DP: Reds 1, Phillies 2
Errors: Cash 3
Doubles: Perez (22), Johnstone (6)
Stolen Bases: Bench (4), Concepcion (29)
Caught Stealing: Perez (3), Bowa (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Unser (9)
GIDP: Driessen (5), Foster (6), Bowa (9)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(16-8)      9     7   0   0   3   6   0  34   3.31
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   6   0  34

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(6-11)         7     7   2   0   1   6   0  27   3.77
Richert                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.27
Garber                  1     1   1   0   2   1   0   6   4.53
Totals                  9     8   3   0   3   7   0  36

Wild Pitches: Ruthven (10)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Tom Gorman


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Geronimo singled to left [Rose
to second]; Driessen grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Rose to third, Geronimo out at second];
Bench grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa singled
to center; Bowa was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Schmidt flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
singled to third; Foster grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone walked; Hutton singled to left
[Johnstone to second]; Unser out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Johnstone to third, Hutton to second]; Anderson was
walked intentionally; Boone was called out on strikes; Ruthven
forced Anderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Reds 0, Phillies 0.

REDS 3RD: Chaney walked; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Chaney to
second]; On a bunt Billingham struck out; Rose grounded out
(shortstop to first); Geronimo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash walked; Bowa grounded into a double play
(second to first to shortstop) [Cash out at second]; Schmidt
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Phillies 0.

REDS 4TH: Driessen singled to right; Bench forced Driessen
(third to second); Perez struck out; Bench stole second [Bench
to third (error by Cash)]; Concepcion flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone flied out to left; Hutton grounded out
(first to pitcher); Unser singled to right; Anderson struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

REDS 5TH: Foster flied out to right; Chaney lined to second;
Billingham struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruthven
grounded out (third to first); Cash singled to left; Bowa forced
Cash (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 0.

REDS 6TH: Rose popped to shortstop; Geronimo singled to center;
Driessen reached on an error by Cash [Geronimo to second]; Bench
popped to second; Perez doubled to right [Geronimo scored
(unearned), Driessen scored (unearned)]; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt struck out; Johnstone doubled to right;
Hutton flied out to left; Unser singled to center [Johnstone out
at home (center to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

REDS 7TH: Foster singled to center; Foster was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Chaney was called out on strikes; Billingham
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Anderson struck out; Boone singled to center;
LUZINSKI BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Luzinski flied out to center; Cash
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 0.

REDS 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); Rose grounded
out (third to first); Geronimo flied out to left; Driessen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: CHANEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); KENNEDY
REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 2B); Bowa grounded out (second to
first); Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Johnstone struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 0.

REDS 9TH: ROBINSON REPLACED RICHERT (PLAYING LF); GARBER
REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Bench struck out; Perez walked;
Perez was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error
by Cash; assist by Boone); Concepcion singled to left [Perez
scored (unearned)]; Concepcion stole second; Foster was walked
intentionally; Chaney forced Foster (first to shortstop)
[Concepcion to third]; Billingham grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Hutton flied out to center; On a bunt Unser made
an out to first; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 3, Phillies 0.