Ken Griffey led off the tenth inning with a homer to snap a 3-3 tie and Johnny Bench followed with another homer one out later as the Reds broke their six-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Expos in a nationally televised game. Expo errors had given the Reds three unearned runs in the fifth frame, but the home team came back to tie the score.

Tim Foli singled and scored on Gary Carter's double in the fifth. Pete Mackanin hit his first major league homer in the sixth and Jose Morales slammed a pinch-hit homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       17, 1975 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Reds         0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0    2  -   5  7  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  1  1    1  0  0    0  -   3 12  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b,lf            5   0   2   1     0   1   .306      Mangual cf            5   0   2   0     1   2   .310
Griffey rf            2   1   1   2     3   0   .356      Foli ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Morgan 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .348      Carter rf             4   0   1   1     1   1   .244
Bench c               5   1   1   1     0   0   .258      Bailey lf             3   0   3   0     1   0   .222
Driessen lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .227        Jorgensen ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Vukovich 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Parrish 3b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .305
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .161      Breeden 1b            3   0   0   0     2   0   .222
  Flynn 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .161      Mackanin 2b           4   1   2   1     1   0   .333
Perez 1b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .203      Foote c               5   0   1   0     0   1   .135
Concepcion ss         4   1   0   0     0   1   .288        White pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Geronimo cf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .308      Rogers p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Norman p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Morales ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .500
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .438        Montague p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Scott ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .224
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   5   7   5     3   7             Totals               39   3  12   3     6   8

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 18,142
Left on Base: Reds 7, Expos 14
DP: Reds 0, Expos 0
Errors: Foli, Bailey, Parrish
Doubles: Rose (11), Carter (6)
Home Runs: Griffey (1), Bench (6), Mackanin (1), Morales (1)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (1), Bailey (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli 2 (5)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  8     8   3   3   5   7   2  36   4.41
Borbon                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.71
McEnaney W(1-0)         1.2   3   0   0   0   1   0   8   1.59
Totals                 10    12   3   3   6   8   2  47

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers                  7     4   3   1   3   7   0  30   3.15
Montague L(0-1)         3     3   2   2   0   0   2  12   1.84
Totals                 10     7   5   3   3   7   2  42

Balks: Rogers (1)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey walked;
Griffey stole second; Morgan grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Griffey to third]; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Mangual struck out; Foli flied out to center; Carter
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen flied out to center; Perez flied out to
right; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Bailey singled; On a bunt Parrish popped to catcher
in foul territory; Breeden walked [Bailey to second]; Mackanin
popped to catcher; Foote flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Norman struck
out; Rose struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Rogers grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Mangual singled; On a bunt Foli popped to catcher in foul
territory; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 4TH: Griffey walked; Rogers balked [Griffey to second];
Morgan struck out; Bench grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Griffey to third]; Driessen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey singled to third; Bailey stole second; Parrish
struck out; Breeden walked; Mackanin popped to first; Foote
popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Expos 0.

REDS 5TH: Perez singled to right; Concepcion reached on an error
by Parrish [Perez to second]; Geronimo singled to left [Perez
scored (unearned), Concepcion to third (error by Bailey)];
Norman was called out on strikes; Rose doubled [Concepcion
scored, Geronimo to third]; Griffey reached on an error by Foli
[Geronimo scored (unearned) (RBI), Griffey to first]; Morgan
forced Griffey (first to shortstop) [Rose to third]; Bench
popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Rogers struck out; On a bunt Mangual grounded out
(pitcher to first); Foli singled to right; Carter doubled to
left [Foli scored]; Bailey singled to right [Carter out at home
(right to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 1.

REDS 6TH: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Perez
grounded out (third to first); Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 1.

EXPOS 6TH: ROSE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); VUKOVICH
REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); Parrish struck out; Breeden
grounded out (third to first); Mackanin homered; Foote grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 2.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo struck out; Norman grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rose singled to center; Griffey walked [Rose to second];
Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 3, Expos 2.

EXPOS 7TH: MORALES BATTED FOR ROGERS; Morales homered; Mangual
walked; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Mangual to second]; Carter grounded out (third to first);
Bailey was walked intentionally; Parrish forced Bailey
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 3.

REDS 8TH: MONTAGUE REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Bench flied out
to center; Ball caught over fence at the 420 mark;
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR VUKOVICH; Rettenmund popped to shortstop;
Perez singled to center; Concepcion lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: FLYNN REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING 3B); Breeden
popped to first; Mackanin walked; Foote struck out; Montague
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 3.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo popped to shortstop; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Crowley flied out to right; Rose grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Mangual singled
to left; Foli out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Mangual to second]; Carter was walked intentionally; JORGENSEN
BATTED FOR BAILEY; MCENANEY REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING);
Jorgensen forced Carter (second unassisted) [Mangual to third];
Parrish forced Jorgensen (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 3, Expos 3.

REDS 10TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Griffey
homered; Morgan flied out to right; Bench homered; Flynn
grounded out (third to first); Perez popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Expos 3.

EXPOS 10TH: Breeden flied out to left; Mackanin singled to
shortstop; Foote singled to left [Mackanin to second]; WHITE RAN
FOR FOOTE; SCOTT BATTED FOR MONTAGUE; Scott singled to right
[Mackanin to third, White to second]; Mangual was called out on
strikes; Foli popped to second; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 5,
Expos 3.