Johnny Bench collected four straight hits and Tony Perez drove in four runs as the Reds built up an 11-3 score against the Cubs before the game was suspended after eight innings because of darkness. The final inning was played before the next day's regularly scheduled game.

The rain that caused a delay of one hour after seven innings, and the Reds' extended batting sprees were factors in cutting the action short of a completed contest. The Reds were ahead, 5-1, before the rain fell. After the game resumed, the Cincy crew fell on Bob Locker for five runs in the eighth. Bench hit his second double of the game during the stanza and Perez batted in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      14, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         0  3  1    1  0  0    1  5  0  -  11 14  1
Cubs         0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   2   1     2   0   .308      Kessinger ss          4   0   1   1     1   0   .261
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      LaCock lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .246
  C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Madlock 3b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .349
Griffey rf            5   0   1   0     1   0   .324      Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Morgan 2b             2   2   0   0     3   0   .342      Morales rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .280
  Flynn ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Thornton 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .326
Bench c,1b            5   2   5   1     1   0   .305      Mitterwald c          3   1   0   0     1   1   .286
Perez 1b              4   2   2   4     0   0   .259      Trillo 2b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .263
  Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Stone p               2   0   1   0     0   1   .217
Geronimo cf           5   3   3   0     1   1   .297        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Concepcion ss         5   1   0   1     0   1   .287        Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rettenmund 3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Dunn ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .258        Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kirby p               3   0   1   1     0   1   .200        Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Norman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .381
  Chaney ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               41  11  14   8     8   8             Totals               33   3   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 28,134
Left on Base: Reds 13, Cubs 7
DP: Reds 2, Cubs 1
Errors: Bench, Kessinger 2
Doubles: Bench 2 (22), Geronimo (13), Stone (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (3)
GIDP: Geronimo (6), LaCock (8), Monday (5)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (1,by Watt)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby W(4-3)            5     4   1   1   2   2   0  20   4.80
Norman                  2     1   0   0   2   0   0   8   4.87
Borbon                  1     3   2   2   0   1   0   6   3.86
C. Carroll              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.29
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   4   0  37

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(5-1)            5.2   8   5   5   6   6   0  31   2.31
Watt                    1     2   1   1   0   1   0   6  13.50
Frailing                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.41
Locker                  2     4   5   3   2   1   0  13   4.88
Totals                  9    14  11   9   8   8   0  51

Hit by Pitch: Watt (1)
Wild Pitches: Norman (2), Borbon (3), Stone (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Art Williams


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; On a bunt Griffey grounded out
(pitcher to first); Morgan grounded out (second to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger lined to second; LaCock grounded out (first
unassisted); Madlock popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Cubs 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench doubled to left; Perez singled to center [Bench
scored]; Geronimo singled to third [Perez to second]; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first) [Perez to third, Geronimo to
second]; Stone threw a wild pitch [Perez scored, Geronimo to
third]; Foster was called out on strikes; Kirby singled to left
[Geronimo scored]; Rose walked [Kirby to second]; Griffey
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Monday popped to shortstop; Morales flied out to left;
Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 0.

REDS 3RD: Morgan walked; Bench singled to right [Morgan to
third]; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morgan scored];
Geronimo struck out; Concepcion forced Bench (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Mitterwald struck out; Trillo flied out to left; Stone
doubled to right; Kessinger walked; LaCock popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 0.

REDS 4TH: Foster struck out; Kirby grounded out (third to
first); Rose singled to right; Griffey singled to right [Rose to
third]; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Bench walked [Rose
scored, Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Perez popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock singled to left; Monday flied out to left;
Morales popped to third; Thornton forced Madlock (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 0.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo walked; Concepcion struck out; Foster struck
out; Kirby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Mitterwald walked; Trillo singled to center
[Mitterwald to second]; Mitterwald was picked off second but was
safe on an error by Bench [Mitterwald to third]; Stone struck
out; Kessinger singled to right [Mitterwald scored, Trillo to
third]; LaCock grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
5, Cubs 1.

REDS 6TH: Rose lined to shortstop; Griffey walked; Morgan flied
out to right; Bench singled to right [Griffey to third]; WATT
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Perez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: NORMAN REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Madlock singled to
center; Monday grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Madlock out at second]; Morales flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 1.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo doubled to left; Concepcion grounded out
(third to first) [Geronimo to third]; Foster was hit by a pitch;
Norman struck out; On a bunt Rose singled [Geronimo scored,
Foster to second]; FRAILING REPLACED WATT (PITCHING); Griffey
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6,
Cubs 1.

CUBS 7TH: Thornton walked; Mitterwald forced Thornton (third to
second); Norman threw a wild pitch [Mitterwald to second];
Trillo walked; DUNN BATTED FOR FRAILING; Dunn popped to second;
Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 6, Cubs 1.

REDS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED DUNN (PITCHING); Morgan walked;
Rain delay; Bench doubled to left [Morgan to third]; Perez
singled to center [Morgan scored, Bench scored]; Geronimo
singled to shortstop [Perez to third]; Concepcion reached on an
error by Kessinger [Perez scored (RBI), Geronimo to second,
Concepcion to first]; Foster grounded out (third to first)
[Geronimo to third, Concepcion to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Crowley struck out; Rose was walked intentionally;
Griffey reached on an error by Kessinger [Geronimo scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Concepcion scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rose
to second, Griffey to first]; FLYNN BATTED FOR MORGAN; Flynn
grounded out (second to first); 5 R (3 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 11, Cubs 1.

CUBS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); FLYNN STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PLUMMER
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING C ); RETTENMUND REPLACED CONCEPCION
(PLAYING 3B); CHANEY REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING SS); LaCock
singled to left; On a bunt Madlock singled to third [LaCock to
second]; On a bunt Monday grounded out (third to first) [LaCock
to third, Madlock to second]; Morales singled to pitcher [LaCock
scored, Madlock to third]; Borbon threw a wild pitch [Madlock
scored, Morales to second]; Thornton struck out; Mitterwald
popped to first; Game suspended because of darkness and
completed next day; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11, Cubs 3.

REDS 9TH: Bench singled to center; Plummer forced Bench
(shortstop to second); Geronimo grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Plummer out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Trillo struck
out; HARRIS BATTED FOR LOCKER; Harris grounded out (second to
first); Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Cubs 3.