Will McEnaney, pitching in relief in both games, picked up credit for his ninth and 10th saves of the season as the Reds defeated the Mets in a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3 and 4-1. The Reds started the scoring in the opener with a homer by Tony Perez in the second inning, but the Mets took a 2-1 lead before the Reds broke away with three runs in the sixth. After a single by Johnny Bench, double by Perez and sacrifice fly by George Foster tied the score, Perez beat the throw home on a grounder by Merv Rettenmund. Doug Flynn walked and Fred Norman was safe on an error by Jon Matlack to load the bases. Pete Rose then singled to drive in the deciding run. Rusty Staub homered for the Mets in the seventh.

In the nightcap, the Reds put the game away with three runs in the first inning on a double by Rose, pass to Ken Griffey and homer by Bench. Dan Driessen also hit for the circuit to account for the Reds' last run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 4, New York Mets 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, July 11, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Mets 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 5 1 Reds 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 4 8 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clines cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .174 Rose 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .313 Unser ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Millan 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .283 Bench lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .297 Jones lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Perez 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .254 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 1 0 2 .231 Foster cf,rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .299 Torre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Rettenmund rf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .226 Phillips pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Staub rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .270 Plummer c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Heidemann ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216 Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .224 Grote c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .280 Norman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .037 Matlack p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .057 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 3 3 7 Totals 30 4 8 4 3 5 Time of Game: 2:25 Left on Base: Mets 4, Reds 7 DP: Mets 2, Reds 2 Errors: Matlack, Norman Doubles: Heidemann (3), Millan (20), Perez (13) Home Runs: Staub (10), Perez (13) Sacrifice Hits: Norman (2) Sacrifice Flies: Foster (2) GIDP: Torre (14), Staub (11), Concepcion (13), Foster (11) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(10-7) 8 8 4 3 3 5 1 35 3.54 Totals 8 8 4 3 3 5 1 35 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman W(5-3) 6.2 4 3 3 3 4 1 27 4.48 Eastwick 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 4.58 McEnaney SV(9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.35 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 7 1 34 Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor METS 1ST: Clines popped to second; Millan singled to left; Jones forced Millan (third to second); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Concepcion grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rose out at second]; Bench popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. METS 2ND: Torre grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded out (second to first); Heidemann doubled to left; Grote was walked intentionally; Matlack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Perez homered; Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund walked; On a bunt Plummer made an out to catcher; Bill Plummer called for interference; Flynn forced Rettenmund (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Reds 1. METS 3RD: Clines walked; Millan doubled to left [Clines to third]; Jones grounded out (first unassisted) [Clines scored, Millan to third]; Kingman reached on an error by Norman [Millan scored (RBI), Kingman to first]; Torre grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second]; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose was called out on strikes; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. METS 4TH: Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Heidemann grounded out (second to first); Grote struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Perez grounded out (third to first); Foster singled to center; Rettenmund singled to left [Foster to second]; Plummer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. METS 5TH: Matlack grounded out (first to pitcher); Clines popped to first; Millan lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: Flynn singled to second; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Flynn to second]; Rose grounded out (second to first) [Flynn to third]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. METS 6TH: Jones flied out to center; Kingman grounded out (third to first); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: Bench singled to left; Perez doubled to left [Bench to third]; Foster hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bench scored, Perez to third]; Rettenmund reached on a fielder's choice [Perez scored]; Plummer grounded out (third to first) [Rettenmund to second]; Flynn was walked intentionally; Norman reached on an error by Matlack [Rettenmund to third, Flynn to second, Norman to first]; Rose singled to first [Rettenmund scored (unearned), Flynn to third, Norman to second]; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 2, Reds 4. METS 7TH: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GERONIMO REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING CF); Staub homered; Heidemann grounded out (catcher to first); Grote flied out to right; Matlack walked; EASTWICK REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); UNSER BATTED FOR CLINES; Unser flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Reds 4. REDS 7TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Bench walked; Perez flied out to right; Foster grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bench out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Reds 4. METS 8TH: Millan struck out; Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Reds 4. REDS 8TH: Geronimo struck out; Plummer struck out; Flynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Reds 4. METS 9TH: Torre singled to right; PHILLIPS RAN FOR TORRE; MCENANEY REPLACED EASTWICK (PITCHING); Staub grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Phillips out at second]; Heidemann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Reds 4.

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