The Reds' power asserted itself with a grand-slam homer by George Foster in the eighth inning and successive doubles by Pete Rose and Ken Griffey in the ninth to defeat the Giants, 7-5. Foster's smash off Randy Moffitt put the Reds ahead, 5-2, but the Giants tied the score with a three-run rally in their half of the eighth.

Rose and Griffey broke the tie with their doubles in the ninth. Joe Morgan then beat out an infield hit to Chris Speier and when the Giants' shortstop threw wildly to first, Griffey came home with an insurance run. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Monday, August    4, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  4  2  -   7  8  3
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  0  -   5  7  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   1   1   0     2   0   .319      Joshua cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .319
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Miller 2b,3b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Griffey rf            5   2   2   1     0   1   .294      Murcer rf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .302
Morgan 2b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .322      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .282
Driessen 1b           4   1   1   0     1   1   .257      Montanez 1b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .295
Foster lf             4   1   2   4     0   0   .290      Speier ss             4   1   0   0     0   0   .280
Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .265      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Robinson pr,2b      0   1   0   0     0   0   .036
Plummer c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .194        Adams ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .301
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Thomas 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                1   1   1   0     2   0   .221
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Rader ph,c          1   1   1   1     0   0   .302
  C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .061
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Brown ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .273
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Thomasson ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .224
                                                            Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .128

Totals               34   7   8   5     4   6             Totals               33   5   7   3     6   4

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 13,561
Left on Base: Reds 6, Giants 9
DP: Reds 0, Giants 1
Errors: Rose, Griffey, Morgan, Montanez, Speier
Doubles: Plummer (6), Rose (35), Griffey (10), Ontiveros (13), Murcer (24)
Home Runs: Foster (18)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (7), Driessen (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (3), Montefusco (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomasson (4)
Hit by Pitch: Plummer (1,by Montefusco)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  6.1   3   2   0   5   2   0  27   3.75
McEnaney                0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   1.85
Borbon                  0.2   3   3   1   0   0   0   5   3.06
C. Carroll W(6-5)       0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.79
Eastwick SV(11)         1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.43
Totals                  9     7   5   1   6   4   0  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              7     3   1   1   3   5   0  28   3.03
Lavelle                 0     1   3   2   1   0   0   3   2.83
Moffitt                 1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   3.88
Caldwell L(5-12)        1     3   2   1   0   0   0   5   5.28
Totals                  9     8   7   5   4   6   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Montefusco (4)
Wild Pitches: Montefusco (5)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Shag Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Griffey forced Rose (second to
shortstop); Griffey stole second; Morgan flied out to left;
Driessen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (first to pitcher); Miller flied
out to right; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster popped to first; Geronimo was called out on
strikes; Concepcion flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez
flied out to right; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Plummer doubled; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Plummer to third]; Montefusco threw a wild
pitch [Plummer scored]; Rose walked; Griffey was called out on
strikes; Morgan flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Ontiveros struck out; Hill walked; Montefusco out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Hill to second]; Joshua
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Driessen singled to second; Foster singled to center
[Driessen to third]; Geronimo struck out; Concepcion reached on
a fielder's choice [Driessen out at home (third to catcher),
Foster to second]; Plummer flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Miller flied out to right; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); Matthews walked; Montanez singled to
shortstop [Matthews to second]; Speier forced Montanez
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Norman flied out to left; Rose flied out to center;
Griffey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Ontiveros flied out to left; Hill singled to left;
Montefusco popped to third in foul territory; Joshua walked
[Hill to second]; Miller grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 6TH: Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Driessen
walked; Driessen stole second; Foster popped to second; Geronimo
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Murcer flied out to right; Matthews popped to first
in foul territory; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion popped to second; Plummer was hit by a
pitch; On a bunt Norman forced Plummer (first to shortstop);
Rose forced Norman (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier flied out to center; Ontiveros doubled to
right; ROBINSON RAN FOR ONTIVEROS; Hill walked; BROWN BATTED FOR
MONTEFUSCO; MCENANEY REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Brown walked
(walk was charged to Norman) [Robinson to third, Hill to
second]; Joshua struck out; Miller reached on an error by Morgan
[Robinson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hill scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Brown to third]; Murcer walked [Miller to second]; BORBON
REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Matthews forced Miller (third
unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

REDS 8TH: MILLER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ROBINSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LAVELLE REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Griffey
singled to second; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Driessen
reached on an error by Montanez [Griffey to third, Morgan to
second]; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Foster homered
[Griffey scored (unearned), Morgan scored, Driessen scored];
Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion struck
out; Plummer grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (3 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Montanez singled to right; Speier reached on an
error by Rose [Montanez to second, Speier to first]; ADAMS
BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Adams singled [Montanez scored, Speier to
third]; RADER BATTED FOR HILL; Rader singled to right [Speier
scored (unearned), Adams out at home (center to shortstop to
catcher), Rader to third (error by Griffey)]; C. CARROLL
REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); THOMASSON BATTED FOR MOFFITT;
Thomasson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rader scored
(unearned)]; Joshua grounded out (second to first); 3 R (1 ER),
3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 5.

REDS 9TH: THOMAS REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING 2B); RADER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); CALDWELL REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING);
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR C. CARROLL; Rettenmund flied out to
center; Rose doubled; Griffey doubled to left [Rose scored];
Morgan singled to shortstop [Griffey scored (error by Speier)
(unearned), Morgan to second]; Driessen lined into a double play
(second unassisted) [Morgan out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 5.

GIANTS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); FLYNN REPLACED
RETTENMUND (PLAYING 3B); Miller struck out; Murcer doubled;
Matthews grounded out (second to first) [Murcer to third];
Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Giants 5.