A three-run homer by Dave Concepcion in the seventh inning broke a 6-6 tie and led to the Reds' 13-6 victory over the Giants. The Reds earlier in the game had back-to-back homers by Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench in the second inning off John Montefusco.

Ed Halicki, who relieved Montefusco, hit the first homer of his major league career and Dave Kingman also rapped a round-tripper before Concepcion smashed the deadlock with his circuit clout off Gary Lavelle after a walk to Bench and single by Tony Perez. The Reds then iced their victory with four runs in the eighth on the combination of a triple by Pete Rose, double by Ray Knight, singles by Perez and Ken Griffey and two walks. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 13, San Francisco Giants 6
Game Played on Saturday, September 28, 1974 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  1  3    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   6 12  0
Reds         2  3  0    1  0  0    3  4  x  -  13 15  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomasson rf          5   0   1   1     0   0   .243      Rose lf               4   3   3   1     1   0   .282
Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Morgan 2b             5   2   2   2     0   1   .296
Bonds cf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .258        Kennedy 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Matthews lf           4   2   2   0     1   1   .289      Bench c               3   3   2   2     2   1   .280
Kingman 1b            5   1   2   2     0   1   .228        Plummer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Arnold ss             4   2   3   1     0   0   .240      Perez 1b              4   2   2   1     1   0   .267
Miller 3b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .279      Driessen 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Rudolph c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .259        Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .283        Knight 3b           1   1   1   2     0   0   .125
Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Concepcion ss         4   1   3   4     1   0   .282
  Halicki p           1   1   1   1     0   0   .273      Griffey rf            4   0   1   1     1   2   .255
  Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Geronimo cf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .285
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Norman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .131
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067        Borbon p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .160
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        C. Carroll p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
                                                            Baney p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  12   6     2   5             Totals               39  13  15  13     6   7

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 28,158
Left on Base: Giants 8, Reds 8
DP: Giants 0, Reds 0
Doubles: Arnold (7), Rose (44), Perez (28), Knight (1)
Triples: Rose (6)
Home Runs: Kingman (18), Halicki (1), Morgan (22), Bench (32), Concepcion (14)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion 2 (41), Geronimo (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Miller (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              2     6   5   5   1   1   2  13   4.66
Halicki                 2.1   3   1   1   1   1   0  11   4.08
Lavelle L(0-3)          2.2   2   3   3   2   3   1  12   2.20
Sosa                    0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1   3.24
Morris                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.79
Metzger                 0.2   3   3   3   2   1   0   7   3.75
Totals                  8    15  13  13   6   7   3  45

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  3     8   5   5   2   4   2  19   3.19
Borbon                  3.2   2   1   1   0   1   0  13   3.24
C. Carroll W(12-5)      1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.15
Baney                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.28
Totals                  9    12   6   6   2   5   2  41

Wild Pitches: Norman (4)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson grounded out (catcher unassisted); Fuentes
singled to center; Bonds walked [Fuentes to second]; Matthews
struck out; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Morgan singled to right [Rose to third];
Bench singled to center [Rose scored, Morgan to second]; Perez
flied out to left; Driessen forced Bench (first to shortstop)
[Morgan to third]; Concepcion singled to right [Morgan scored,
Driessen to third]; Concepcion stole second; Griffey struck out;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Arnold singled to left; Miller singled to right
[Arnold to second]; Rudolph singled to shortstop [Arnold to
third, Miller to second]; Montefusco struck out; Thomasson
forced Rudolph (second to shortstop) [Arnold scored, Miller to
third]; Fuentes flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
1, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); Norman
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose singled to center; Morgan
homered [Rose scored]; Bench homered; Perez flied out to right;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds was called out on strikes; Matthews walked;
Kingman homered [Matthews scored]; Arnold doubled to right;
Norman threw a wild pitch [Arnold to third]; Miller hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Arnold scored]; Rudolph flied out to
center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: HALICKI REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Driessen flied
out to center; Concepcion popped to second; Griffey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Halicki homered; Thomasson singled to center; BORBON
REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Thomasson to second]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to
first); Matthews grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo singled to center; Geronimo stole second; On
a bunt Borbon made an out to first; Rose doubled to left
[Geronimo scored]; Morgan flied out to left; Bench struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Arnold
grounded out (first to pitcher); Miller flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 6.

REDS 5TH: Perez walked; Driessen popped to third in foul
territory; Concepcion singled to center [Perez to third];
LAVELLE REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Concepcion stole second;
Griffey struck out; Geronimo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Lavelle
struck out; Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: Borbon grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose grounded
out (pitcher to first); Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 6.

GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Bonds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews singled to
shortstop; Kingman singled to left [Matthews to second]; C.
CARROLL REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Arnold singled to center
[Matthews scored, Kingman to third]; Miller grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: Bench walked; Perez singled to right [Bench to third];
ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR DRIESSEN; Armbrister struck out;
Concepcion homered [Bench scored, Perez scored]; Griffey walked;
Geronimo popped to third; C. Carroll struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 9.

GIANTS 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PLAYING 3B); RADER
BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; Rader lined to left; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR
LAVELLE; Ontiveros grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Thomasson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6,
Reds 9.

REDS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SOSA REPLACED
ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Rose tripled; 12 minute rain delay;
MORRIS REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Morgan struck out; METZGER
REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Bench was walked intentionally;
Perez doubled to left [Rose scored, Bench to third]; Knight
doubled [Bench scored, Perez scored]; Concepcion walked; Griffey
singled to center [Knight scored, Concepcion to second]; 27
minute rain delay; Geronimo struck out; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
C. CARROLL; Crowley popped to catcher in foul territory; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 13.

GIANTS 9TH: KENNEDY REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); PLUMMER
REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); BANEY REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING);
Fuentes flied out to left; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to
first); Matthews singled to center; Kingman flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 13.