Pinch-hitter George Foster beat out a slow roller down the third-base line to score Cesar Geronimo from third with two out, giving the Reds a 2-1 nod over the Dodgers in a 14-inning duel witnessed by the largest opening-day crowd in Cincinnati history. The Dodgers had taken a 1-0 lead in the fourth on walks to Jim Wynn and Joe Ferguson and single by Steve Garvey. The Reds tied the score in the sixth on singles by Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez' long fly to right and Dave Concepcion's RBI single.

Concepcion singled to open the Cincinnati 14th and took second on a passed ball. Geronimo walked, Ken Griffey moved the runners up with a sacrifice, but Darrel Chaney bounced back to L. A. reliever Charlie Hough and Concepcion was tagged out in a rundown between third and home, Geronimo taking third. Foster, swinging for reliever and winner Pat Darcy, then hit a roller to third. Ron Cey was unable to throw him out as Geronimo crossed the plate. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Game Played on Monday, April 7, 1975 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Dodgers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 5 0 2 0 1 0 .400 Rose lf 5 1 2 0 1 0 .400 Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0 1 1 .400 Mota ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bench c 5 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Paciorek lf,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perez 1b 6 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Wynn cf 5 1 1 0 1 1 .200 Concepcion ss 6 0 2 1 0 1 .333 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Geronimo cf 5 1 0 0 1 2 .000 Ferguson rf,lf 5 0 1 0 1 0 .200 Griffey rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .200 Garvey 1b 6 0 3 1 0 0 .500 Vukovich 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Cey 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Chaney ph,3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Yeager c 6 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Gullett p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Russell ss 5 0 0 0 1 0 .000 C. Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutton p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crawford ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rettenmund ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Darcy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foster ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Totals 47 1 8 1 5 5 Totals 48 2 9 2 4 9 Time of Game: 3:23 Attendance: 52,526 Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Reds 11 DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 2 Errors: Concepcion Doubles: Garvey (1), Vukovich (1), Morgan (1) Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (2) Sacrifice Hits: Marshall (1), Rettenmund (1), Griffey (1) GIDP: Cey (1), Russell (1) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton 7 5 1 1 1 5 0 27 1.29 Marshall 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 19 0.00 Hough L(0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 5.40 Totals 13.2 9 2 2 4 9 0 54 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett 9.2 5 1 1 5 4 0 37 0.93 C. Carroll 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Borbon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Darcy W(1-0) 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 Totals 14 8 1 1 5 5 0 53 Passed Balls: Yeager (1) Wild Pitches: Sutton (1) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Buckner flied out to center; Wynn singled to center; Ferguson singled to third [Wynn out at third (third to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Morgan stole third; Bench struck out; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey popped to second; Cey flied out to center; Yeager popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (first to pitcher); Geronimo struck out; Griffey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. DODGERS 3RD: Russell popped to catcher in foul territory; Sutton popped to second; Lopes singled to left; Buckner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Vukovich grounded out (pitcher to first); Gullett grounded out (second to first); Rose singled to right; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Rose to second]; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. DODGERS 4TH: Wynn walked; Ferguson walked [Wynn to second]; Garvey singled to right [Wynn scored, Ferguson to second]; Cey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ferguson to third, Garvey out at second]; Yeager struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez struck out; Concepcion flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. DODGERS 5TH: Russell flied out to center; Sutton walked; Lopes popped to second; Buckner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Geronimo flied out to right; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Vukovich doubled to left; Gullett flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. DODGERS 6TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Ferguson lined to third; Garvey singled to center; Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Rose singled to center; Morgan singled to right [Rose to second]; Bench popped to shortstop in foul territory; Perez flied out to right [Rose to third]; Concepcion singled to left [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Geronimo flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 7TH: Yeager struck out; Russell popped to shortstop in foul territory; Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Vukovich grounded out (third to first); Gullett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 8TH: Lopes lined to third; Buckner popped to shortstop; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Rose flied out to left; Morgan grounded out (second to first); Bench walked; Perez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 9TH: Ferguson flied out to left; Garvey grounded out (second to first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 9TH: Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); Geronimo was called out on strikes; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 10TH: Yeager flied out to left; Russell walked; Marshall out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Russell to second]; Lopes was walked intentionally; MOTA BATTED FOR BUCKNER; C. CARROLL REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 10TH: PACIOREK REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING LF); CHANEY BATTED FOR VUKOVICH; Chaney flied out to right; CROWLEY BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Crowley popped to third; Rose walked; Morgan doubled to left [Rose to third]; Bench grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 11TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Wynn made an out to first; Ferguson flied out to center; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 11TH: Perez popped to second; Concepcion struck out (catcher to first); Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 12TH: Cey popped to first in foul territory; Yeager popped to third in foul territory; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 12TH: Griffey singled to first; On a bunt Chaney popped to catcher in foul territory; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR BORBON; Rettenmund out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Griffey to second]; Rose flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 13TH: DARCY REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); CRAWFORD BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Crawford lined to shortstop; Lopes singled to right; Paciorek popped to first in foul territory; Wynn reached on an error by Concepcion [Lopes to third, Wynn to first]; Ferguson lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 13TH: PACIOREK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); HOUGH REPLACED WYNN (PITCHING); FERGUSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Morgan flied out to right; Bench lined to third; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. DODGERS 14TH: Garvey doubled to right; Cey singled to left [Garvey to third]; Yeager struck out; Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 1. REDS 14TH: Concepcion singled to left; Yeager allowed a passed ball [Concepcion to second]; Geronimo walked; Griffey out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Concepcion to third, Geronimo to second]; Chaney reached on a fielder's choice [Concepcion out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to pitcher), Geronimo to third, Chaney to second]; FOSTER BATTED FOR DARCY; Foster singled to third [Geronimo scored, Chaney stayed at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Reds 2.

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