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.