The Giants scored five runs in a first-inning kayo of Jack Billingham but then had to play 10 innings before Gary Thomasson singled and Ed Goodson homered to defeat the Reds, 8-6. Billingham, attempting to become the first 20-game winner in the N. L. this season, started his own downfall by walking Bobby Bonds and Tito Fuentes. Thomasson went out, but Gary Matthews tripled, Goodson singled and Steve Ontiveros doubled to bring Pat Darcy to the mound for the Reds. The Giants added a fifth run before the inning ended on an error by Darrel Chaney.

However, Chaney started the Reds on their road to a comeback with a homer in the second. The Reds' final two runs that tied the score at 6-6 in the ninth came on a triple by Ken Griffey, single by Chaney and double by Terry Crowley, but Pedro Borbon drew the defeat on Goodson's homer in the 10th. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 8, Cincinnati Reds 6

Game Played on Saturday, September 21, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Reds         0  1  2    0  0  0    1  0  2    0  -   6 10  1
Giants       5  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   8 11  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .285      Bonds cf              4   1   0   0     1   2   .261
Geronimo cf           5   1   0   0     0   2   .293      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     1   1   .255
Bench c               4   1   1   0     1   0   .276      Thomasson rf          5   1   2   0     0   2   .246
Perez 1b              4   0   1   1     1   1   .269      Matthews lf           5   1   1   2     0   1   .286
Driessen 3b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .281      Goodson 1b            5   3   3   3     0   0   .278
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ontiveros 3b          4   1   3   1     0   0   .263
Concepcion ss         5   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .243
Griffey rf            5   2   2   0     0   1   .221      Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Chaney 2b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .211      Barr p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Billingham p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .075        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Darcy p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  King ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morgan ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .297
  C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
  Crowley ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .248
  Armbrister pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .174

Totals               39   6  10   5     3   5             Totals               39   8  11   6     2  10

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  5,455
Left on Base: Reds 7, Giants 4
DP: Reds 1, Giants 0
Errors: Chaney, Matthews
Doubles: Crowley (12), Ontiveros (14), Goodson (15)
Triples: Griffey (4), Matthews (6)
Home Runs: Chaney (2), Goodson (6)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (39)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (5)
GIDP: Speier (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              0.1   3   5   4   2   1   0   6   3.67
Darcy                   2.2   4   1   1   0   3   0  11   2.19
Eastwick                3     0   0   0   0   4   0   9   1.29
C. Carroll              2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.17
Borbon L(10-7)          1.2   2   2   2   0   1   1   7   3.31
Totals                  9.2  11   8   7   2  10   1  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    8.1  10   6   5   1   4   1  36   2.74
Lavelle                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   0.82
Sosa                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.18
Metzger W(1-0)          1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   1.69
Totals                 10    10   6   5   3   5   1  43

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


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Geronimo struck out; Bench
walked [Rose to second]; Perez flied out to right; Driessen
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Fuentes walked;
Thomasson struck out; Matthews tripled [Bonds scored, Fuentes
scored]; Goodson singled to second [Matthews scored]; Ontiveros
doubled to left [Goodson scored]; DARCY REPLACED BILLINGHAM
(PITCHING); Speier struck out; Rader singled to second
[Ontiveros scored (error by Chaney) (unearned), Rader to
second]; Barr made an out to second; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 5.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
struck out; Chaney homered; Darcy grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 5.

GIANTS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Fuentes struck out; Thomasson
singled to shortstop; Matthews forced Thomasson (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 5.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to right; Geronimo forced Rose (second to
shortstop); Bench singled [Geronimo to second]; Perez singled to
left [Geronimo scored, Bench scored (error by Matthews)
(unearned), Perez to second]; Driessen flied out to right;
Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Goodson doubled to left; Ontiveros singled to third
[Goodson to third]; Speier grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Goodson scored (no RBI), Ontiveros out at
second]; Rader flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
3, Giants 6.

REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Chaney
grounded out (second to first); KING BATTED FOR DARCY; King
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 6.

GIANTS 4TH: EASTWICK REPLACED KING (PITCHING); Barr grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 6.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo was
called out on strikes; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Matthews struck
out; Goodson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 6.

REDS 6TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen
flied out to center; Concepcion made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
struck out; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 6.

REDS 7TH: Griffey singled to shortstop; Chaney singled to right
[Griffey to third]; MORGAN BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Morgan hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Griffey scored]; Rose flied out to
left; Geronimo flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Giants 6.

GIANTS 7TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Barr flied
out to center; Bonds struck out; Fuentes singled; Thomasson
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 6.

REDS 8TH: Bench lined to shortstop; Perez struck out; Driessen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4,
Giants 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Matthews made an out to shortstop; Goodson grounded
out (third to first); Ontiveros singled to center; Speier flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 6.

REDS 9TH: Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Griffey
tripled; Chaney singled to third [Griffey scored]; CROWLEY
BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Crowley doubled to left [Chaney scored];
LAVELLE REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); ARMBRISTER RAN FOR CROWLEY;
Rose was walked intentionally; Geronimo forced Rose (first to
shortstop) [Armbrister to third]; SOSA REPLACED LAVELLE
(PITCHING); Bench flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 6, Giants 6.

GIANTS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Rader flied
out to right; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR SOSA; Phillips struck out;
Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants
6.

REDS 10TH: METZGER REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); Perez walked;
Driessen struck out; Concepcion popped to first in foul
territory; Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 6.

GIANTS 10TH: KNIGHT REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); Fuentes
flied out to center; Thomasson singled; Matthews flied out to
right; Goodson homered [Thomasson scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 6, Giants 8.

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