Mike Marshall made his 93rd appearance of the season, breaking his own major league record, and pitched two hitless innings in relief as the Dodgers defeated the Reds, 7-4, to take a 3½-game lead in the West Division race. The Dodgers bunched two-out singles by Jim Wynn, Steve Garvey and Willie Crawford for a run in the first inning and added a pair in the fourth on a homer by Joe Ferguson, single by Bill Russell, sacrifice by Doug Rau and double by Davey Lopes. The Reds came back with a homer by Tony Perez in their half and tied the score in the fifth when Cesar Geronimo singled and Dan Driessen hit a homer.

The Dodgers retaliated with three runs in the sixth. Singles by Ron Cey and Ferguson and a sacrifice by Russell led to an intentional pass for Von Joshua. Lopes forced Joshua, Cey scoring. Bill Buckner then provided the clinching hit with a double that drove in two runs. Ferguson singled in the eighth for his third hit of the game, stole second, continued to third on an error by Dave Concepcion and scored on a sacrifice fly by Manny Mota.

Pete Rose led off the Reds' eighth with a homer. When Charlie Hough, on the mound in relief of Rau, walked Joe Morgan, Marshall entered the game. The relief ace retired Johnny Bench on a liner to right and induced Perez to bounce into a double play. Marshall then finished the game with a flourish, striking out the side in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Cincinnati Reds 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 8, 1974 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    2  0  3    0  1  0  -   7 14  1
Reds         0  0  0    1  2  0    0  1  0  -   4  5  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   2   2     0   0   .273      Rose lf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .281
Buckner lf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .312      Morgan 2b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .295
  Hale pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .270
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Concepcion ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Wynn cf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .279      Foster rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Garvey 1b             5   0   3   0     0   0   .327      Geronimo cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .303
Crawford rf           5   0   1   1     0   2   .297      Driessen 3b           3   1   1   2     0   0   .288
Cey 3b                5   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .063
Ferguson c            4   3   3   1     0   1   .243        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Russell ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .269        Griffey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Rau p                 0   0   0   0     1   0   .150        Baney p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Joshua ph,lf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .255        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mota ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .292
  Paciorek lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               37   7  14   7     2   4             Totals               31   4   5   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 51,465
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Reds 3
DP: Dodgers 2, Reds 1
Errors: Russell, Concepcion
Doubles: Lopes (22), Buckner (23)
Home Runs: Ferguson (15), Perez (23), Driessen (6), Rose (3)
Stolen Bases: Ferguson (2), Concepcion (32)
Sacrifice Hits: Rau (7), Russell (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Mota (4)
GIDP: Crawford (8), Bench (10), Perez (13)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(13-7)             5     4   3   3   2   2   2  21   3.42
Hough                   2     1   1   1   1   1   1   8   3.80
Marshall                2     0   0   0   0   3   0   5   2.29
Totals                  9     5   4   4   3   6   3  34

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(18-9)      5.1  10   6   6   2   2   1  27   3.31
Borbon                  1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.99
Baney                   0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   4.50
McEnaney                1.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.09
Totals                  9    14   7   7   2   4   1  42

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn singled to center;
Garvey singled to right [Wynn to second]; Crawford singled to
center [Wynn scored, Garvey to second]; Cey flied out to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose reached on an error by Russell [Rose to first];
Morgan flied out to center; Bench grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Rose out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Russell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rau walked; Lopes flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez popped to first in foul territory; Concepcion
singled to center; Concepcion stole second; Foster popped to
second; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Wynn
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Garvey singled to center;
Crawford flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Driessen grounded out (shortstop to first); Billingham
struck out; Rose walked; Morgan forced Rose (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey struck out; Ferguson homered; Russell singled
to center; Rau out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Russell to second]; Lopes doubled to left [Russell scored];
Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 3, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench lined to third; Perez homered; Concepcion popped
to second; Foster flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
singled to left; Crawford grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo singled to center; Driessen homered [Geronimo
scored]; Billingham was called out on strikes; Rose flied out to
right; Morgan walked; Bench forced Morgan (third to second); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey singled to center; Ferguson singled to left
[Cey to second]; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Cey to third, Ferguson to second]; JOSHUA BATTED FOR
RAU; Joshua was walked intentionally; BORBON REPLACED BILLINGHAM
(PITCHING); Lopes forced Joshua (third to second) [Cey scored,
Ferguson to third]; Buckner doubled to right [Ferguson scored,
Lopes scored]; HALE RAN FOR BUCKNER; Wynn flied out to
center; Debut game for John Hale; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: HOUGH REPLACED HALE (PITCHING); JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING LF); Perez struck out; Concepcion flied out to center;
Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Reds 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey flied out to center; Crawford struck out;
Cey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Reds 3.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); GRIFFEY BATTED FOR
BORBON; Griffey popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Reds 3.

DODGERS 8TH: BANEY REPLACED GRIFFEY (PITCHING); Ferguson singled
to left; Ferguson stole second [Ferguson to third (error by
Concepcion)]; Russell flied out to right; MCENANEY REPLACED
BANEY (PITCHING); MOTA BATTED FOR JOSHUA; Mota hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Ferguson scored]; Lopes singled to left; Hough
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
7, Reds 3.

REDS 8TH: PACIOREK REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING LF); Rose homered;
Morgan walked; MARSHALL REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Bench flied
out to right; Perez grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Morgan out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Reds 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Wynn singled to shortstop; Garvey forced Wynn
(shortstop to second); Crawford struck out; Cey flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Reds 4.

REDS 9TH: Concepcion struck out; Foster struck out; Geronimo
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Reds 4.