After scoring their first three runs on homers, the Reds counted in the 10th inning on a walk to Pete Rose and singles by Tony Perez and Bill Plummer to defeat the Braves, 4-3, for their 100th victory of the season. George Foster and Dan Driessen hit the Reds' first two homers consecutively in the fourth to tie the score at 2-2. Perez followed with a round-tripper in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Thursday, September 18, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0    1  -   4  8  0
Braves       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  -   3 10  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .314      Baker cf,rf           4   1   1   0     1   1   .263
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Garr lf               1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Concepcion ss         5   0   0   0     0   0   .268        Office cf           2   0   2   0     1   0   .287
Morgan 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .321      Evans 3b,1b           5   0   1   1     0   2   .244
  Chaney 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Lum 1b                2   1   1   0     1   0   .228
Perez 1b              4   1   2   1     1   0   .284        Gilbreath ph,3b     2   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Bench c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .284      May rf,lf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .274
  Plummer c           3   0   1   1     0   1   .191        Gaston ph,lf        1   1   1   0     1   0   .242
Foster lf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .307      Williams c            4   0   1   0     1   0   .245
Driessen rf           2   1   1   1     1   1   .273      Perez 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .279
  Rettenmund rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Blanks ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Geronimo cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .253        Goodson ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .205
Kirby p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Belloir ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morton p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .156
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .067        Correll ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .215
  Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .261

Totals               38   4   8   4     4   5             Totals               38   3  10   3     5   6

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  3,123
Left on Base: Reds 8, Braves 11
DP: Reds 1, Braves 0
Doubles: Lum (8), Evans (20)
Triples: Geronimo (5)
Home Runs: Foster (23), Driessen (6), Perez (20)
Stolen Bases: Baker (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (3)
GIDP: Evans (10)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby                   6.2   5   2   2   4   3   0  29   4.68
McEnaney                0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   1.70
Eastwick                0.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   5   2.75
Borbon W(9-5)           2     3   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.07
Totals                 10    10   3   3   5   6   0  44

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton                  8     6   3   3   3   4   3  33   3.39
Torrealba L(0-1)        2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   1.59
Totals                 10     8   4   4   4   5   3  42

Passed Balls: Williams (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Shag Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); Morgan walked; Perez lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Baker struck out; Garr grounded out (shortstop to
first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves
0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to center; Williams allowed a passed
ball [Bench to second]; Foster struck out; Driessen walked;
Geronimo flied out to left; Kirby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum doubled to right; May singled to right [Lum
scored]; Williams walked [May to second]; Perez lined to center;
Blanks flied out to left; Morton popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to right; Concepcion grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Rose to second]; Morgan popped to third;
Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves
1.

BRAVES 3RD: Baker singled to left; Baker stole second; Garr out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Baker to third]; Evans
doubled to right [Baker scored]; Lum walked; May flied out to
right [Evans to third, Lum to second]; Williams popped to third
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 2.

REDS 4TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster
homered; Driessen homered; Geronimo tripled; Kirby grounded out
(third to first); Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); Perez flied out
to right; Blanks flied out to left; Morton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 2.

REDS 5TH: BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); OFFICE REPLACED
GARR (PLAYING CF); MAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded out
(second to first); Perez homered; Plummer grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
walked; Evans forced Office (second to shortstop); Lum grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves
2.

REDS 6TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Driessen was
called out on strikes; Geronimo popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: May popped to first in foul territory; Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 2.

REDS 7TH: Kirby was called out on strikes; Rose flied to left in
foul territory; Concepcion lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: CHANEY REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Blanks grounded
out (third to first); Morton struck out; Baker walked; Office
singled to second [Baker to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED KIRBY
(PITCHING); Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Braves 2.

REDS 8TH: Chaney flied out to center; Perez walked; Plummer
struck out; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING RF); GILBREATH
BATTED FOR LUM; Gilbreath struck out; GASTON BATTED FOR MAY;
EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Gaston walked; Williams
popped to first in foul territory; Perez singled to left [Gaston
to second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR BLANKS; Goodson singled to center
[Gaston scored, Perez to second]; CORRELL BATTED FOR MORTON;
Correll struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 3.

REDS 9TH: EVANS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GILBREATH STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GASTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
BELLOIR REPLACED GOODSON (PLAYING SS); TORREALBA REPLACED
CORRELL (PITCHING); Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first);
Geronimo grounded out (second to first); ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR
EASTWICK; Armbrister struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Braves 3.

BRAVES 9TH: BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Baker popped
to first in foul territory; Office singled to center; Evans
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Office out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 3.

REDS 10TH: Rose walked; Concepcion flied out to center; Chaney
popped to shortstop; Perez singled to center [Rose to third];
Plummer singled to right [Rose scored, Perez to third]; Foster
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 10TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Gilbreath
grounded out (second to first); Gaston singled to center;
Williams singled to left [Gaston to second]; Perez popped to
second; Belloir forced Williams (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 3.