With only 10 games left on the Cincinnati schedule, the Reds fell 3½ lengths behind the Dodgers in the West Division after losing to the Giants, 4-3. The Reds collected only four hits off Mike Caldwell, but scored one run on a homer by Johnny Bench in the fourth inning and twice more on two walks and a double by Tony Perez in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead.

The Giants tied the score against Clay Kirby in the seventh when Ed Goodson singled, Steve Ontiveros doubled, Chris Speier grounded out and Dave Rader hit a sacrifice fly. Then in the eighth, Tito Fuentes beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored the winning run on a single by Gary Thomasson. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Friday, September 20, 1974 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  4  1
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    2  1  x  -   4  6  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Bonds cf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .263
Concepcion ss         2   1   0   0     2   1   .273      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .256
Bench 3b              3   2   1   1     1   0   .276      Thomasson rf          4   0   2   1     0   1   .243
Perez 1b              4   0   2   2     0   0   .269      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Foster cf,rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .267      Goodson 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Rettenmund rf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Ontiveros 3b          3   2   2   0     0   0   .257
  Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Speier ss             2   0   0   1     1   0   .245
Plummer c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Rader c               2   0   0   1     0   0   .286
Chaney 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .194      Caldwell p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Kirby p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .087

Totals               29   3   4   3     4   6             Totals               29   4   6   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  3,924
Left on Base: Reds 3, Giants 4
DP: Reds 0, Giants 1
Errors: Concepcion
Doubles: Foster (18), Perez (26), Thomasson (13), Ontiveros (13)
Home Runs: Bench (31)
Stolen Bases: Foster (3), Fuentes (7)
Caught Stealing: Foster (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Rader (2)
GIDP: Foster (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby L(10-9)           8     6   4   3   1   4   0  32   3.38
Totals                  8     6   4   3   1   4   0  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(14-4)        9     4   3   3   4   6   1  33   3.02
Totals                  9     4   3   3   4   6   1  33

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Dick Stello


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
walked; Bench grounded out (third to first) [Concepcion to
third]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thomasson doubled to right; Matthews grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster doubled to left; Rettenmund grounded out
(pitcher to first); Foster stole third; Foster was caught
stealing home (catcher unassisted); Plummer struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros
singled to right; Speier walked [Ontiveros to second]; Rader
reached on an error by Concepcion [Ontiveros scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Speier to second, Rader to first]; Caldwell out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Speier to third, Rader to
second]; Bonds flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: Chaney struck out; Kirby struck out; Rose flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes flied to left in foul territory; Thomasson
grounded out (second to first); Matthews flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion struck out; Bench homered; Perez singled;
Foster grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Perez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson flied to left in foul territory; Ontiveros
lined to left; Speier popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Plummer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chaney flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader grounded out (first unassisted); Caldwell
popped to second; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: Kirby grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose was called
out on strikes; Concepcion walked; Bench walked [Concepcion to
second]; Perez doubled to left [Concepcion scored, Bench
scored]; Foster walked; Rettenmund popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GERONIMO
REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING CF); Fuentes grounded out (second
to first); Thomasson struck out; Matthews flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Plummer grounded out (second to first); Chaney flied
out to center; Kirby was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson singled; Ontiveros doubled to right [Goodson
to third]; Speier grounded out (second to first) [Goodson
scored, Ontiveros to third]; Rader hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Ontiveros scored]; Caldwell grounded out (shortstop to first);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 3.

REDS 8TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
flied out to left; Bench grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Bonds struck out; Fuentes singled to second; Fuentes
stole second; Thomasson singled to left [Fuentes scored];
Matthews grounded out (second to first) [Thomasson to second];
Goodson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Giants 4.

REDS 9TH: Perez flied out to center; Foster flied out to right;
Geronimo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 4.