The Reds ended their home season with a 7-3 victory over the Giants to keep alive their hopes of finishing in a tie with the Dodgers for the West Division title. A Fan Appreciation Day crowd of 50,342 at the game boosted the Reds' attendance to a club record total of 2,164,307. The Giants took a 2-0 lead against Clay Kirby before Pete Rose's 45th double of the season helped the Reds go ahead with three runs in the third. Then in the sixth, Rose and Joe Morgan walked and Johnny Bench homered to clinch the outcome. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 29, 1974 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  2
Reds         0  0  3    0  0  3    0  1  x  -   7 11  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomasson rf          4   0   2   0     1   0   .246      Rose lf               4   2   2   1     1   0   .283
Fuentes 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .295
Bonds cf              5   1   1   0     0   2   .257        Kennedy 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Matthews lf           5   0   1   1     0   3   .288      Bench c               5   2   3   3     0   0   .282
Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   4   .225      Perez 1b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .267
Arnold 3b             3   2   1   0     1   0   .241      Driessen 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .283
Phillips ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .217        Knight 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Rader c               3   0   1   1     1   0   .283      Concepcion ss         4   0   1   1     0   1   .282
D'Acquisto p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .113      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Ontiveros ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .266      Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .283
  Barr pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Kirby p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .095
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Borbon p            1   1   1   0     0   0   .192
  Speier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Bryant p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .129

Totals               36   3   8   3     4  12             Totals               37   7  11   6     4   7

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 50,342
Left on Base: Giants 10, Reds 10
DP: Giants 0, Reds 0
Errors: Fuentes, Arnold, Driessen, Concepcion
Doubles: Matthews (27), Driessen (23), Rose (45)
Triples: Phillips (1), Rose (7)
Home Runs: Bench (33)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (41)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(12-14)     6     9   6   5   3   6   1  31   3.77
Morris                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.66
Bryant                  1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   5.61
Totals                  8    11   7   6   4   7   1  41

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby W(12-9)           7.2   7   3   2   4  11   0  35   3.28
Borbon                  1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.21
Totals                  9     8   3   2   4  12   0  40

Passed Balls: Rader (8)
Wild Pitches: D'Acquisto 2 (9)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson walked; Fuentes forced Thomasson (second
to shortstop) [Fuentes to second (error by Concepcion)]; Bonds
struck out; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Morgan flied out to center;
Bench singled to second; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Arnold singled to center;
Phillips grounded out (pitcher to first) [Arnold to second];
Rader singled to right [Arnold scored]; D'Acquisto was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen doubled to left; Concepcion struck out;
Griffey struck out; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Kirby was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Thomasson popped to shortstop; Fuentes struck out;
Bonds reached on an error by Driessen [Bonds to first]; Bonds
stole second; Matthews doubled to left [Bonds scored
(unearned)]; Kingman struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose doubled to left; Morgan flied out to center;
Bench singled to left [Rose to third]; D'Acquisto threw a wild
pitch [Bench to second]; Perez reached on an error by Fuentes
[Rose scored (RBI), Bench scored (no RBI), Perez to first];
Driessen singled to right [Perez to third]; Concepcion singled
to left [Perez scored (unearned), Driessen to second]; Griffey
flied out to center; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 3
R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Arnold grounded out (second to first); Phillips
singled to right; Rader grounded out (second to first) [Phillips
to second]; D'Acquisto struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Reds 3.

REDS 4TH: Kirby was called out on strikes; Rose grounded out
(third to first); Morgan singled to center; Bench flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson flied out to left; Fuentes flied out to
left; Bonds singled to third; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 3.

REDS 5TH: Perez singled to center; Driessen popped to shortstop;
Concepcion popped to second; Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Kingman struck out; Arnold flied out to right;
Phillips grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: Geronimo struck out; Kirby struck out; Rose walked;
Rader allowed a passed ball [Rose to second]; Morgan was walked
intentionally; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Rose to third,
Morgan to second]; Bench homered [Rose scored, Morgan scored];
Perez flied out to right; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds
6.

GIANTS 7TH: Rader grounded out (first unassisted); ONTIVEROS
BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Ontiveros walked; BARR RAN FOR ONTIVEROS;
Thomasson singled to right [Barr to second]; Fuentes flied out
to center; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2,
Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: MORRIS REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Driessen grounded out
(first unassisted); Concepcion reached on an error by Arnold
[Concepcion to first]; Griffey forced Concepcion (second to
shortstop); Geronimo forced Griffey (shortstop unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 6.

GIANTS 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); Matthews was
called out on strikes; Kingman struck out; Arnold walked;
Phillips tripled to right [Arnold scored]; Rader walked; SPEIER
BATTED FOR MORRIS; BORBON REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Speier
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: BRYANT REPLACED SPEIER (PITCHING); Borbon singled to
left; Rose tripled to right [Borbon scored]; Morgan struck out;
Bench grounded out (second to first); Perez was walked
intentionally; Knight flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 7.

GIANTS 9TH: KENNEDY REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Thomasson
singled to center; Fuentes forced Thomasson (third to second);
Bonds flied out to left; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 7.