With Cesar Geronimo providing three key hits, the Reds broke away in the last four innings to defeat the Giants, 6-3. Geronimo doubled in the sixth to spark a two-run rally that tied the score at 3-3. Then in the seventh, Dan Driessen walked, took second on a throwing error by Ed Halicki and scored the tie-breaking tally on a single by Geronimo. The Reds iced their victory in the ninth, scoring two runs with hits that included a single by Geronimo. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    5, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  1    0  0  2    1  0  2  -   6 13  0
Giants       0  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   0   2   0     0   2   .320      Joshua cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .320
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Thomas 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .277
Griffey rf            5   2   3   0     0   0   .299      Murcer rf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .302
Driessen 1b           4   2   2   1     1   0   .264      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .281
Foster lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Montanez 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .293
Geronimo cf           5   1   3   2     0   0   .270      Rader c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .301
Concepcion ss         5   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .275
Chaney 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .197      Robinson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .032
Plummer c             2   0   0   1     1   1   .189        Miller ph,ss        0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
Kirby p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Halicki p             3   0   1   1     0   0   .143
  Crowley ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .286        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  McEnaney p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  13   5     3   5             Totals               33   3   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  8,812
Left on Base: Reds 9, Giants 9
DP: Reds 1, Giants 1
Errors: Thomas, Ontiveros, Halicki
Doubles: Foster (18), Geronimo (19), Crowley (4), Griffey (11)
Triples: Joshua (8)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (8), Driessen (9), Concepcion (24)
Sacrifice Flies: Plummer (2), Thomas (1)
GIDP: Driessen (7), Rader (8)
Hit by Pitch: Murcer (2,by Kirby)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby                   5     7   3   3   2   3   0  24   4.48
Borbon W(7-3)           1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.00
McEnaney SV(11)         2.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   8   1.78
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   4   0  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(5-9)          7    10   4   3   3   2   0  33   4.04
Williams                1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.40
Heaverlo                1     3   2   1   0   1   0   6   2.48
Totals                  9    13   6   4   3   5   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Kirby (4)
Wild Pitches: Kirby 2 (6), Halicki (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey singled to second; Driessen
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Griffey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

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

REDS 2ND: Foster doubled to left; Geronimo grounded out (third
to first); Concepcion popped to third in foul territory; Chaney
was walked intentionally; Plummer walked [Foster to third,
Chaney to second]; Kirby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews singled to left; Montanez walked [Matthews
to second]; Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Matthews to third, Montanez out at second];
Kirby threw a wild pitch [Matthews scored]; Ontiveros walked;
Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to center; Griffey forced Rose (first to
shortstop); Griffey stole second; Driessen singled to right
[Griffey scored]; Driessen stole second; Foster flied out to
left; Geronimo grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Halicki grounded out (third to first); Joshua
tripled to right; Thomas hit a sacrifice fly to center [Joshua
scored]; Murcer was hit by a pitch; Kirby threw a wild pitch
[Murcer to second]; Matthews was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion reached on an error by Ontiveros
[Concepcion to first]; Halicki threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to
second]; Chaney flied out to left; Plummer flied out to right
[Concepcion to third]; Kirby grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Rader
singled to right; Ontiveros singled to right [Rader to second];
Robinson forced Ontiveros (shortstop to second) [Rader to
third]; Halicki singled to center [Rader scored, Robinson to
third]; Joshua forced Halicki (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

REDS 5TH: Rose singled to center; Griffey popped to shortstop;
Driessen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rose to second];
Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants
3.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomas singled to right; Murcer singled to right
[Thomas to second]; Matthews popped to second; Montanez struck
out; Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

REDS 6TH: Geronimo doubled; Concepcion singled to center
[Geronimo to third]; Concepcion stole second; Chaney popped to
center; Plummer hit a sacrifice fly to left [Geronimo scored];
CROWLEY BATTED FOR KIRBY; Crowley doubled to center [Concepcion
scored]; Rose flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Ontiveros popped
to shortstop; Robinson grounded out (second to first); Halicki
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 3.

REDS 7TH: Griffey singled to left; Griffey was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Driessen walked; Foster popped to second;
Driessen was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Halicki [Driessen to second]; Geronimo singled to left [Driessen
scored (unearned), Geronimo to second (on throw to home)];
Concepcion popped to third; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Joshua singled to center; Thomas forced Joshua
(pitcher to shortstop); Murcer walked [Thomas to second];
Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first) [Thomas to third,
Murcer to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4,
Giants 3.

REDS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Chaney was
called out on strikes; Plummer struck out; McEnaney flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Rader grounded out (first to pitcher); Ontiveros
flied out to center; MILLER BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Miller walked;
BROWN BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Brown grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HEAVERLO REPLACED
BROWN (PITCHING); Rose struck out; Griffey doubled to left;
Driessen singled to second [Griffey scored (error by Thomas),
Driessen to second]; Foster grounded out (third to first);
Geronimo singled to left [Driessen scored (unearned)];
Concepcion popped to shortstop; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Joshua was called
out on strikes; Thomas flied out to left; Murcer flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 3.