Cesar Geronimo, who had gone hitless against St. Louis pitching in five previous games, smashed a homer with two men on base in the fourth inning to pace the Reds to a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals. Geronimo's drive followed singles by Tony Perez and George Foster. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Friday, August 29, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 Reds 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 x - 6 10 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Rose 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .318 McBride cf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .297 Griffey rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .313 Davis rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .297 Morgan 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .326 Simmons c 3 0 2 2 0 0 .328 Perez 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .287 Smith 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Bench c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .287 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Foster lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .307 Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Geronimo cf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .263 Tyson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Chaney ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .227 McGlothen p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .074 Nolan p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Gibson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 McEnaney p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fairly ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .315 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Totals 34 2 10 2 1 2 Totals 32 6 10 5 5 6 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 33,290 Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Reds 9 DP: Cardinals 1, Reds 3 Errors: Davis, Perez, Bench Doubles: Smith (23), McBride (7), Morgan (23) Home Runs: Geronimo (6) Stolen Bases: Smith (9), McBride (22), Morgan 2 (54), Griffey (12) Sacrifice Hits: Nolan (4) Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (4), Bench (7) GIDP: Brock (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(13-10) 4.2 6 6 6 3 3 1 24 3.88 Gibson 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.67 Curtis 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 11 3.52 Totals 8 10 6 6 5 6 1 39 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nolan W(12-8) 6.1 9 2 2 1 1 0 27 3.06 McEnaney SV(13) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 1.94 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 2 0 36 Wild Pitches: McGlothen (4) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Shag Crawford CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; McBride hit into a double play (third to first) [Brock out at second]; Davis singled to right; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded out (second to first); Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Perez singled to center [Morgan scored]; Bench forced Perez (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Smith doubled to right; Smith stole third; Sizemore popped to first in foul territory; Reitz lined into a double play (shortstop to third) [Smith out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo flied out to center; Chaney was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to second; McGlothen reached on an error by Perez [McGlothen to first]; Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McGlothen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Nolan grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey reached on an error by Davis [Griffey to first]; Griffey stole second; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 1. CARDINALS 4TH: McBride doubled to right; Davis flied out to center [McBride to third]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to right [McBride scored]; Smith grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Perez singled to center; Bench struck out; Foster singled to right [Perez to third]; Geronimo homered [Perez scored, Foster scored]; Chaney walked; Nolan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Chaney to second]; Rose flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 4. CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore popped to shortstop; Reitz singled to right; Tyson forced Reitz (shortstop to second); McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 4. REDS 5TH: Griffey singled to center; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Perez flied out to right [Griffey to third]; Morgan stole second; McGlothen threw a wild pitch [Griffey scored, Morgan to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morgan scored]; Foster singled to center; GIBSON REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Geronimo struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 6. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied out to left; On a bunt McBride singled; McBride stole second [McBride to third (error by Bench)]; Davis walked; Simmons singled to left [McBride scored, Davis to second]; Smith flied out to center; Sizemore flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6. REDS 6TH: Chaney flied out to left; Nolan grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz singled to left; Tyson forced Reitz (shortstop to second); FAIRLY BATTED FOR GIBSON; Fairly singled to right [Tyson to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Brock forced Fairly (first to shortstop) [Tyson to third]; McBride struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6. REDS 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); Griffey struck out; Morgan doubled to right; Perez walked; Bench grounded out (second to first) [Morgan to third, Perez to second]; Foster was walked intentionally; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 28 minute rain delay; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6. CARDINALS 8TH: Davis popped to second; Simmons singled to center; Smith flied out to right; Sizemore forced Simmons (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6. REDS 8TH: Chaney singled to first; On a bunt McEnaney hit into a double play (pitcher to second) [Chaney out at second]; Rose singled to second; Griffey singled to first [Rose to second]; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6. CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz flied out to center; Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR CURTIS; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 6.

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