Catching up with Mike Marshall, the Reds scored two runs off the relief ace in a ninth-inning rally to defeat the Dodgers, 4-3. Bill Buckner hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers, who had a 3-0 lead until Ed Armbrister delivered a pinch-double for the Reds in the sixth and scored on a single by Joe Morgan. Marshall replaced Andy Messersmith in the seventh after a walk to Tony Perez and double by Cesar Geronimo. Marshall walked Ken Griffey on four pitches and yielded a sacrifice fly by Darrel Chaney before retiring the side.

In the ninth, Griffey touched off the Reds' rally with a triple and scored the tying run on a single by Chaney. Doug Flynn sacrificed. Dave Concepcion, who was sidelined with a pulled groin muscle, then came off the bench as a pinch-hitter for Pedro Borbon and singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Wednesday, April     9, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  2  -   4 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Rose lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Buckner lf            5   2   1   2     0   0   .111      Morgan 2b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .556
Wynn cf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .333      Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     2   2   .125      Perez 1b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .400      Geronimo cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .222
Crawford rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Griffey rf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .375
Cey 3b                3   0   1   0     1   0   .222      Chaney ss,3b          3   1   1   2     0   1   .167
Russell ss            3   0   0   0     1   2   .000      Vukovich 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Messersmith p         3   0   1   0     0   1   .333        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Flynn ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Billingham p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Armbrister ph       1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Concepcion ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .429

Totals               33   3   7   3     7   6             Totals               31   4  10   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 15,554
Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Reds 7
DP: Dodgers 3, Reds 1
Errors: Cey, Bench
Doubles: Wynn (1), Lopes (1), Armbrister (1), Geronimo (1)
Triples: Griffey (1)
Home Runs: Buckner (1)
Stolen Bases: Garvey (1), Morgan (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Flynn (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Chaney (1)
GIDP: Messersmith (1), Griffey (1), Chaney (1), Crowley (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith             6     6   2   2   1   2   0  23   3.00
Marshall L(0-1)         2.1   4   2   2   2   0   0  13   2.45
Totals                  8.1  10   4   4   3   2   0  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              6     5   3   3   5   4   1  27   4.50
C. Carroll              2     1   0   0   2   2   0   9   0.00
Borbon W(1-0)           1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   3   7   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Buckner forced Lopes (third to
second); Wynn doubled to left [Buckner to third]; Ferguson was
walked intentionally; Garvey forced Ferguson (second to
shortstop) [Buckner scored, Wynn to third]; Crawford walked
[Garvey to second]; Cey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Morgan popped to second;
Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell flied out to left; Messersmith struck out;
Lopes doubled to right; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Geronimo
singled to right; Griffey grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Geronimo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson
was called out on strikes; Garvey grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Chaney struck out; Vukovich lined to right; Billingham
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Cey
popped to second; Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Morgan singled
to second; Morgan stole second; Bench flied out to right; Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Messersmith singled to center; Lopes forced
Messersmith (shortstop to second); Buckner homered [Lopes
scored]; Wynn flied out to left; Ferguson walked; Garvey
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo flied out to center; Griffey singled to
right; Chaney grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Griffey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Reds 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Crawford was called out on strikes; Cey singled to
left; Russell walked [Cey to second]; Messersmith grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Russell out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Vukovich flied out to center; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR
BILLINGHAM; Armbrister doubled to left; Rose grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Armbrister to third]; Morgan singled to
right [Armbrister scored]; Bench forced Morgan (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

DODGERS 7TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner popped to second;
Wynn walked; Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: Perez walked; Geronimo doubled to left [Perez to
third]; MARSHALL REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Griffey
walked; Chaney hit a sacrifice fly to center [Perez scored];
CROWLEY BATTED FOR VUKOVICH; Crowley grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Griffey out at second]; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

DODGERS 8TH: CHANEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); FLYNN
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING SS); Garvey singled to third; Debut
game for Doug Flynn; Garvey stole second [Garvey to third
(error by Bench)]; Crawford flied out to center; Cey walked;
Russell struck out; Marshall forced Cey (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: RETTENMUND BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Rettenmund grounded
out (third to first); Rose walked; Morgan singled to right [Rose
to third]; Bench reached on an error by Cey [Morgan to second,
Bench to first]; Perez popped to right; Geronimo grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

DODGERS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Lopes flied
out to right; Buckner grounded out (second to first); Wynn
singled to left; Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: Griffey tripled to center; Chaney singled to center
[Griffey scored]; Flynn out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Chaney to second]; CONCEPCION BATTED FOR BORBON;
Concepcion singled to center [Chaney scored]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 4.