Although John Montefusco struck out 12 batters in eight innings, raising the rookie's season total to 202, the Reds were able to defeat the Giants, 6-3. Pete Rose scored his 100th run of the year for the Reds in the first and drove in one with a single in the second.

The Reds clinched their victory with three runs in the eighth on a double by Johnny Bench, triple by George Foster, a hit batsman and double by Doug Flynn. Montefusco was 25 strikeouts shy of the N. L. record for rookies set by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1911. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Friday, September 12, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         1  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   6  9  0
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  7  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   3   1     0   0   .316      Thomasson cf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .220
  Concepcion 3b       1   1   1   0     0   0   .255      Thomas 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .270
Griffey rf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .308      Murcer rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .295
Driessen 1b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .277      Matthews lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Bench c               4   1   1   0     0   1   .283      Montanez 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .288
  Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Miller 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Foster lf             3   1   1   1     2   1   .311        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Geronimo cf           4   1   0   0     0   1   .256      LeMaster ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .179
Chaney 2b             4   0   0   0     0   4   .226        Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Flynn ss              2   1   1   2     2   1   .257      Sadek c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Clark ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rader c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .309
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Montefusco p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .070
                                                            Alexander ph        0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               35   6   9   5     4  12             Totals               32   3   7   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  5,614
Left on Base: Reds 9, Giants 5
DP: Reds 2, Giants 0
Errors: Thomas
Doubles: Rose (42), Bench (39), Flynn (6), Driessen (6), Thomasson (11)
Triples: Foster (4)
Home Runs: Thomas (5)
Stolen Bases: Flynn (3), Geronimo (9), Concepcion 2 (29)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman 2 (7)
GIDP: Sadek (3)
Hit by Pitch: Geronimo (3,by Montefusco)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(10-4)          7     5   3   3   3   3   1  27   3.71
McEnaney                1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.76
Eastwick SV(19)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.72
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   3   1  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(13-9)      8     7   5   4   3  12   0  36   2.97
Lavelle                 1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   2.97
Totals                  9     9   6   5   4  12   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Montefusco (7)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Terry Tata


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Griffey flied to left in foul
territory; Driessen singled [Rose to third]; Bench popped to
third; Foster walked [Driessen to second]; Geronimo reached on
an error by Thomas [Rose scored (unearned) (no RBI), Driessen to
third, Foster to second]; Chaney struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson doubled to right; Thomas grounded out
(second to first) [Thomasson to third]; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Flynn walked; Flynn stole second; Norman out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Flynn to third]; Rose
singled to right [Flynn scored]; Griffey struck out; Driessen
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez singled to left; Miller flied out to right;
LeMaster singled to left [Montanez to second]; Sadek grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [LeMaster out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; Foster
struck out; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Montefusco struck out; Thomasson flied out to left;
Thomas homered; Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Chaney struck out; Flynn was called out on strikes;
Norman flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews popped to first; Montanez lined to first;
Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Rose doubled; Griffey was called out on strikes;
Driessen flied out to left; Bench struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); Sadek
struck out; Montefusco struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: Foster popped to first in foul territory; Geronimo
grounded out (second to first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson walked; Thomas lined into a double play
(second to first) [Thomasson out at first]; Murcer flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Flynn walked; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Flynn to second]; Rose grounded out (second to
first) [Flynn to third]; Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Matthews
flied out to center; Montanez singled to left; Miller flied out
to left; LeMaster popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 1.

REDS 8TH: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Bench doubled
to right; Foster tripled [Bench scored]; Geronimo was hit by a
pitch; Geronimo stole second; Chaney struck out; Flynn doubled
to left [Foster scored, Geronimo scored]; Norman struck out; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); CLARK BATTED
FOR SADEK; Clark walked; Debut game for Jack Clark;
ALEXANDER BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Alexander walked [Clark to
second]; Debut game for Gary Alexander; MCENANEY REPLACED
NORMAN (PITCHING); Thomasson flied out to center; Thomas flied
out to left; Murcer singled to right [Clark scored, Alexander to
third]; Matthews singled to left [Alexander scored, Murcer to
second]; Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: RADER REPLACED CLARK (PLAYING C ); LAVELLE REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Concepcion singled to third; On a bunt
Griffey made an out to pitcher; Concepcion stole second;
Concepcion stole third; Driessen doubled to left [Concepcion
scored]; Plummer popped to first; Foster was walked
intentionally; Geronimo grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); ONTIVEROS
BATTED FOR MILLER; Ontiveros flied out to left; JOSHUA BATTED
FOR LEMASTER; Joshua popped to third in foul territory; Rader
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Giants 3.