The Mets broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth inning and went on to defeat the Reds, 6-2, on the combined seven-hit hurling of winner Jerry Koosman and reliever Bob Apodaca. Koosman touched off the big fifth inning with a single and later scored on Rusty Staub's two-run double. Joe Torre followed with his first homer of the season and doubled home Felix Millan with the fifth New York run in the seventh. Torre doubled again in the ninth and scored on Wayne Garrett's single.

A triple by Tony Perez and sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion got the Reds their first run in the sixth. Johnny Bench hit a solo homer in the eighth. Koosman walked the next two Cincinnati hitters and was replaced by Apodaca. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 6, Cincinnati Reds 2

Game Played on Tuesday, May 20, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Mets 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 - 6 13 0 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clines cf,lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .132 Rose 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .309 Millan 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .231 Griffey rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Milner 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .338 Staub rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .315 Bench c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .256 Torre 1b,3b 5 2 4 3 0 1 .237 Perez 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .214 Kingman lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .210 Concepcion ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .294 Unser cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .324 Foster lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Garrett 3b,2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .296 Grote c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Gullett p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Armbrister ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Koosman p 4 1 2 0 0 2 .261 Kirby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flynn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Driessen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Totals 40 6 13 6 3 6 Totals 31 2 7 2 7 3 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 16,845 Left on Base: Mets 10, Reds 10 DP: Mets 2, Reds 1 Errors: Concepcion Doubles: Harrelson (2), Staub (7), Millan (9), Torre 2 (6), Perez (8) Triples: Perez (2) Home Runs: Torre (1), Bench (7) Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (1) GIDP: Grote (1), Foster (5), Flynn (3) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(4-1) 7.2 7 2 2 5 3 1 33 4.02 Apodaca SV(3) 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 1.23 Totals 9 7 2 2 7 3 1 39 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett L(4-3) 5 8 4 4 0 4 1 24 2.42 Kirby 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 4.75 C. Carroll 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2.08 Eastwick 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 4.50 Totals 9 13 6 6 3 6 1 43 Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge METS 1ST: Clines struck out (catcher to first); Millan singled to right; Staub flied out to center; Torre singled to right [Millan to third]; Kingman popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose lined to right; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. METS 2ND: Garrett popped to first; Grote lined to right; Harrelson doubled to left; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to left; Perez doubled to center; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); Foster was walked intentionally; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. METS 3RD: Clines grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub singled to center; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Gullett struck out; Rose singled to third; Griffey forced Rose (second to shortstop); Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Bench flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. METS 4TH: Kingman popped to second; Garrett flied out to left; Grote flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Perez flied out to center; Concepcion singled to center; Foster grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. METS 5TH: Harrelson struck out; Koosman singled to center; Clines singled to left [Koosman to second]; Millan grounded out (first unassisted) [Koosman to third, Clines to second]; Staub doubled [Koosman scored, Clines scored]; Torre homered [Staub scored]; Kingman reached on an error by Concepcion [Kingman to second]; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR GULLETT; Armbrister walked; Rose singled to center [Armbrister to second]; Griffey flied out to left; Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Reds 0. METS 6TH: KIRBY REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Grote grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Harrelson flied out to center; Koosman singled to left; Clines flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Bench was called out on strikes; Perez tripled to left; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly to left [Perez scored]; Foster flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Reds 1. METS 7TH: Millan doubled to left; Staub walked; Torre doubled [Millan scored, Staub to third]; C. CARROLL REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Garrett was walked intentionally; Grote grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garrett out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: CLINES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); UNSER REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING CF); Geronimo singled to right; FLYNN BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Flynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Geronimo out at second]; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Reds 1. METS 8TH: EASTWICK REPLACED FLYNN (PITCHING); Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Koosman struck out; Clines grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (pitcher to first); Bench homered; Perez walked; Concepcion walked [Perez to second]; APODACA REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Foster forced Concepcion (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Reds 2. METS 9TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Felix Millan ejected by 1B umpire Bruce Froemming; Staub grounded out (second to first); Torre doubled to right; Unser walked; Garrett singled to right [Torre scored, Unser to third]; Grote forced Garrett (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Reds 2. REDS 9TH: MILNER REPLACED MILLAN (PLAYING 1B); TORRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); GARRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Geronimo flied out to center; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Driessen grounded out (second to first); Rose walked; Griffey walked [Rose to second]; Morgan lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Reds 2.

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