A single by Pete Rose for the 2,500th hit of his major league career capped the Reds' scoring in a 3-1 victory over the Pirates, who suffered their sixth straight defeat and 17th in the last 22 games. As result of the setback, the Pirates' once formidable lead in the East Division was reduced to one-half game over the Phillies, two over the Cardinals and 3½ over the Mets. The Reds won although Johnny Bench, George Foster and Tony Perez did not play and Dave Concepcion was out of action with an injured wrist.

The Reds nicked loser Bruce Kison for an unearned run to start the scoring in the sixth inning. Ken Griffey bunted, reached second on a wild throw by Duffy Dyer and crossed the plate on a single by Dan Driessen. Darrel Chaney singled in the seventh, stole second and scored on a single by Bill Plummer. After advancing an extra base on the throw home, Plummer also scored on Rose's milestone single. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Game Played on Sunday, August    17, 1975 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  x  -   3  6  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           3   0   1   1     0   1   .263      Rose 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .323
Kirkpatrick 1b        3   0   1   0     1   0   .257      Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .310
Oliver cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .320
Parker rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .320      Driessen lf,1b        4   0   1   1     0   0   .278
Hebner 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .271
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Crowley 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Zisk lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Rettenmund lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Dyer c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .202      Chaney ss             2   1   1   0     1   0   .223
  Sanguillen ph,c     0   0   0   0     1   0   .327      Plummer c             3   1   1   1     0   0   .191
Reynolds ss           3   1   0   0     0   0   .263      Darcy p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .032
Kison p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .102        C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brett p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .250        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .071

Totals               29   1   4   1     3   5             Totals               30   3   6   3     2   3

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance: 50,121
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Reds 5
DP: Pirates 0, Reds 1
Errors: Dyer
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (4)
Stolen Bases: Chaney (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Stennett (5)
GIDP: Kirkpatrick (4)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison L(9-10)           6.2   6   3   2   2   2   0  28   3.52
Brett                   1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.84
Totals                  8     6   3   2   2   3   0  32

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darcy W(9-5)            7.1   3   1   1   3   4   0  27   3.55
C. Carroll              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.76
McEnaney                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.74
Eastwick SV(14)         0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.06
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   5   0  33

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to first; Kirkpatrick grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stennett out
at second]; Oliver walked; Parker lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
grounded out (second to first); Morgan popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Hebner was called out on strikes; Zisk struck out;
Dyer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen flied out to left; Geronimo was called out on
strikes; Crowley singled to right; Chaney walked [Crowley to
second]; Plummer popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Reds 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); Kison
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Darcy grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Rose
grounded out (catcher to first); Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Kirkpatrick doubled to left; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Parker lined to left; Hebner flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Morgan walked; Driessen flied out to left; Geronimo
grounded out (first unassisted) [Morgan to second]; Crowley
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Reds 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Dyer grounded
out (pitcher to first); Reynolds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Chaney grounded out (second to first); Plummer flied
out to right; Darcy popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Kison grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett
grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick walked; Oliver
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Griffey singled to catcher [Griffey to second (error by Dyer)];
Morgan popped to first; Driessen singled to center [Griffey
scored (unearned)]; Geronimo flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Parker grounded out (first unassisted); Hebner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: Crowley flied out to center; Chaney singled to left;
Chaney stole second; Plummer singled to right [Chaney scored,
Plummer to second (on throw to home)]; Darcy grounded out
(second to first) [Plummer to third]; Rose singled to center
[Plummer scored]; BRETT REPLACED KISON (PITCHING); Griffey
forced Rose (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Reds 3.

PIRATES 8TH: DRIESSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); RETTENMUND
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING LF); SANGUILLEN BATTED FOR DYER;
Sanguillen walked; Reynolds forced Sanguillen (first to
shortstop); Brett singled to left [Reynolds to third]; C.
CARROLL REPLACED DARCY (PITCHING); Stennett hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Reynolds scored]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 3.

REDS 8TH: SANGUILLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Morgan flied
out to center; Driessen popped to shortstop; Geronimo struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 3.

PIRATES 9TH: MCENANEY REPLACED C. CARROLL (PITCHING); Oliver
flied out to right; Parker singled to left; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR
HEBNER; EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Robertson struck
out; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Reds 3.