The Reds exploded for 10 runs in the fourth inning in their biggest single outburst of the season and walloped the Dodgers, 13-2. With their victory, the Reds opened a gap of 19½ games over the second-place Dodgers in the West Division and reduced their magic number for clinching the title to five.

The Reds sent 16 men to bat in the big inning against Andy Messersmith and Charlie Hough and did their scoring on seven hits, four walks, a hit batsman and a wild pitch. Pete Rose and Joe Morgan rapped doubles and Tony Perez drove in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 13, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 3, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  9  3
Reds         2  0  0   10  0  1    0  0  x  -  13  9  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Rose 3b               3   2   1   1     1   0   .315
  Auerbach 2b         3   1   2   1     0   0   .225        Chaney 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Lacy lf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .315      Geronimo cf           3   2   1   0     3   1   .258
Wynn cf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Morgan 2b             2   2   1   2     2   0   .329
Garvey 1b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .313        Flynn 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  McMullen 1b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Perez 1b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .287
Crawford rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Driessen 1b         0   0   0   1     0   0   .274
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bench c               1   1   1   0     2   0   .287
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .158        Plummer c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .191
  Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Foster lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .308
  Alvarez ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Armbrister lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rettenmund rf         5   1   1   2     0   1   .258
Yeager c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Concepcion ss         2   2   0   0     3   0   .258
  Powell c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Nolan p               3   1   1   1     0   1   .153
Royster 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .333        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Russell ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  De Jesus ss         2   0   1   0     0   0   .193        C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Messersmith p         0   0   0   0     1   0   .163
  Hale rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .222

Totals               37   2   9   2     2   1             Totals               33  13   9   9    11   4

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 27,881
Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Reds 11
DP: Dodgers 1, Reds 1
Errors: Royster 2, Messersmith, Driessen, Concepcion
Doubles: Lacy (8), Auerbach (9), Garvey (32), Royster (1), Rose (41), Morgan (24), Rettenmund (5), Geronimo (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Nolan (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Driessen (2)
GIDP: Lopes (4)
Hit by Pitch: Rose (9,by Hough), Armbrister (1,by Hough)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(15-14)    3.2   6   9   7   6   2   0  24   2.48
Hough                   1.1   2   3   2   3   2   0  12   3.55
Wall                    2     1   1   1   1   0   0   8   2.16
Sells                   1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   6.97
Totals                  8     9  13  10  11   4   0  48

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(13-8)           7     6   2   2   2   1   0  29   3.04
McEnaney                1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.85
C. Carroll              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.74
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2   1   0  39

Passed Balls: Yeager (11)
Hit by Pitch: Hough 2 (7)
Wild Pitches: Hough (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Art Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to shortstop; Lacy doubled to center;
Wynn grounded out (third to first); Garvey lined to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose lined to center; Geronimo reached on an error by
Messersmith (assist by Garvey) [Geronimo to first]; Morgan
walked [Geronimo to second]; Perez grounded out (second to
first) [Geronimo to third, Morgan to second]; Bench walked;
Foster reached on an error by Royster [Geronimo scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Morgan scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to
second]; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H,
2 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford popped to center; Yeager grounded out
(shortstop to first); Royster walked; Russell forced Royster
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion popped to second; Nolan struck out; Rose
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Messersmith walked; Lopes grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Messersmith out at second];
Lacy reached on an error by Concepcion; Wynn flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: AUERBACH REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Geronimo walked;
Morgan flied out to right; Perez singled to left [Geronimo to
second]; Bench walked [Geronimo to third, Perez to second];
Foster lined into a double play (second unassisted) [Perez out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey lined to right; Crawford flied out to
center; Yeager flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Rettenmund flied to left in foul territory; Concepcion
walked; Nolan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Concepcion to second]; Rose doubled to center [Concepcion
scored]; Geronimo walked; Morgan doubled to right [Rose scored,
Geronimo to third]; Perez singled to center [Geronimo scored,
Morgan scored]; Bench singled to left [Perez to second]; Foster
singled to third [Perez scored (error by Royster) (no RBI),
Bench to second]; 39 minute rain delay; HOUGH REPLACED
CRAWFORD (PITCHING); HALE REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PLAYING RF);
Rettenmund doubled to left [Bench scored, Foster scored];
Concepcion walked; Nolan singled to second [Rettenmund scored,
Concepcion to third]; Rose was hit by a pitch [Nolan to second];
Hough threw a wild pitch [Concepcion scored]; Geronimo struck
out but Nolan advanced to third and Rose advanced to second and
Geronimo advanced to first on a passed ball; Morgan walked
[Nolan scored (unearned), Rose to third, Geronimo to second];
Perez flied out to left; 10 R (9 ER), 7 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 12.

DODGERS 5TH: FLYNN REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); PLUMMER
REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); ARMBRISTER REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING
LF); Royster grounded out (third to first); Russell flied out to
center; Hale flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 12.

REDS 5TH: DE JESUS REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); Plummer struck
out; Armbrister was hit by a pitch; Rettenmund flied out to
right; Concepcion walked [Armbrister to second]; Nolan forced
Concepcion (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 12.

DODGERS 6TH: DRIESSEN REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); Auerbach
doubled to center; Lacy flied out to right; Wynn grounded out
(third to first); Garvey doubled to left [Auerbach scored]; LEE
BATTED FOR HOUGH; Lee popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Reds 12.

REDS 6TH: WALL REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); POWELL REPLACED YEAGER
(PLAYING C ); Rose walked; Geronimo doubled to left [Rose to
third]; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Driessen hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Rose scored, Geronimo to third];
Plummer flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Reds 13.

DODGERS 7TH: CHANEY REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Powell popped to
catcher in foul territory; Royster doubled to left; De Jesus
singled to third [Royster stayed at second]; Hale struck out;
Auerbach singled to left [Royster scored, De Jesus to second];
Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 13.

REDS 7TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED GARVEY (PLAYING 1B); Armbrister
grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund flied out to center;
Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Reds 13.

DODGERS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Wynn singled to
center; McMullen singled to left [Wynn to second]; ALVAREZ
BATTED FOR WALL; Alvarez popped to third in foul territory;
Powell flied out to right; Royster flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 13.

REDS 8TH: SELLS REPLACED ALVAREZ (PITCHING); CROWLEY BATTED FOR
MCENANEY; Crowley flied out to left; Chaney flied out to right;
Geronimo walked; Flynn forced Geronimo (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 13.

DODGERS 9TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); De Jesus
flied out to center; Hale reached on an error by Driessen
(assist by Flynn) [Hale to first]; Auerbach popped to first in
foul territory; Lacy singled to center [Hale to second]; Wynn
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 13.