Johnny Bench belted a homer, double and sacrifice fly, driving in five runs, to pace the Reds' 17-hit attack in a 10-2 victory over the Mets, who went down to their fifth straight defeat. Bench cracked his homer with two men on base in third inning. Lee May also homered for the Reds and Tony Perez whacked a two-run triple. The Mets' eight hits off Wayne Simpson included a boundary belt by Ken Boswell. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 10, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      7, 1970 (Day game) at Crosley Field
Mets         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  0
Reds         0  1  3    4  0  0    1  1  x  -  10 17  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               4   0   0   1     0   0   .241      Rose rf               3   3   3   0     2   0   .299
Harrelson ss          3   0   2   0     1   0   .279        Stewart rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .213      Tolan cf              5   2   3   1     0   0   .324
Shamsky 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .318        Bravo cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Marshall rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .314      Perez 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .367
Boswell 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .271        Ward 3b             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Garrett 3b            2   1   1   0     2   0   .208      Bench c               4   1   2   5     0   1   .281
Grote c               3   0   1   0     0   2   .162      May 1b                5   1   2   1     0   0   .304
Gentry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .038      Carbo lf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .313
  Cardwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Helms 2b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .206
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Chaney pr,2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Koonce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Woodward ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .222
  Swoboda ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Simpson p             3   1   0   0     1   2   .061
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               29   2   8   2     4   4             Totals               36  10  17  10     4   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 24,813
Left on Base: Mets 5, Reds 7
DP: Mets 1, Reds 4
Doubles: Helms (8), Bench (15), Rose (10)
Triples: Perez (1)
Home Runs: Boswell (3), May (15), Bench (18)
Stolen Bases: Jones (5)
Caught Stealing: Helms (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Gentry (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1)
GIDP: Jones 2 (9), Boswell 2 (5), Perez (10)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry L(5-4)           3.2  10   7   7   2   2   2  20   3.48
Cardwell                0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   5.89
Koonce                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.27
McGraw                  2     4   2   2   1   2   0  11   5.20
Totals                  8    17  10  10   4   5   2  41

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson W(8-1)          9     8   2   2   4   4   1  34   2.43
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   4   1  34

Umpires: HP - Al Barlick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Dick Stello


METS 1ST: Agee popped to first; Harrelson singled to center;
Jones grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Tolan singled to right [Rose to
third, Tolan out at second (right to shortstop to second to
first to shortstop)]; Perez grounded out (third to first); Bench
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Reds 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky popped to shortstop; Marshall singled to left;
Boswell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Marshall out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: May homered; Carbo was called out on strikes; Helms
doubled to center; Woodward grounded out (second to first)
[Helms to third]; Helms was out trying to advance to home
(catcher to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 1.

METS 3RD: Garrett singled to first; Grote singled to left
[Garrett to third]; Gentry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Grote to second]; Agee grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Garrett scored]; Harrelson singled to center [Grote out
at home (center to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Simpson struck out; Rose singled to center; Tolan
singled to left [Rose to second]; Perez flied to center; Bench
homered [Rose scored, Tolan scored]; May singled to left; Carbo
popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 4.

METS 4TH: Jones singled to left; Jones stole second; Shamsky
popped to shortstop; Marshall walked; Boswell grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Marshall out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 4.

REDS 4TH: Helms singled to center; Helms was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Woodward lined to third; Simpson
walked; Rose walked [Simpson to second]; Tolan singled to center
[Rose to second, Simpson scored]; CARDWELL REPLACED GENTRY
(PITCHING); Perez tripled to right [Tolan scored, Rose scored];
Bench doubled to left [Perez scored]; May flied to center; 4 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 8.

METS 5TH: Garrett walked; Grote was called out on strikes;
KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR CARDWELL; Kranepool forced Garrett
(shortstop to second); Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 8.

REDS 5TH: KOONCE REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Carbo was called
out on strikes; Helms flied to right; Woodward singled to left;
Simpson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Reds 8.

METS 6TH: Harrelson grounded out (first to pitcher); Jones was
called out on strikes; Shamsky grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 8.

REDS 6TH: Rose walked; Tolan forced Rose (first to shortstop);
Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Tolan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 8.

METS 7TH: WARD REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Marshall flied to
right; Boswell singled to right; Garrett walked [Boswell to
second]; Grote struck out; SWOBODA BATTED FOR KOONCE; Swoboda
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 8.

REDS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED SWOBODA (PITCHING); Bench was called
out on strikes; May grounded out (third to first); Carbo singled
to center; Helms singled to center [Carbo to second]; CHANEY RAN
FOR HELMS; Woodward singled to left [Chaney to third, Carbo
scored]; Simpson struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds
9.

METS 8TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Agee popped to
third; Harrelson walked; Jones grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 9.

REDS 8TH: Rose doubled to center; Tolan grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Rose to third]; Ward walked; Bench hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Rose scored]; May forced Ward (shortstop to second);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 10.

METS 9TH: STEWART REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING RF); BRAVO REPLACED
TOLAN (PLAYING CF); Shamsky flied to right; Marshall grounded
out (first to pitcher); Boswell homered; Garrett popped to third
in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Reds 10.