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After a shaky start, Jack Billingham steadied and pitched the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Dodgers, who went down to their fourth straight defeat and sixth in seven games. Billingham gave up a run in the first inning and loaded the bases with one away in the second, but worked his way out of that trouble. Cincinnati Reds 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2Game Played on Thursday, April 12, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger StadiumReds 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 5 12 1 Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose lf 4 3 2 0 1 0 .423 Lacy 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .250 Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .320 Buckner 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Tolan rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .400 Davis cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .250 Bench c 5 0 1 1 0 2 .211 Crawford rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .143 Perez 1b 5 0 3 0 0 1 .391 Ferguson c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .208 Geronimo cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .192 Joshua lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .429 Chaney ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .059 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Menke 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Russell ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .346 Billingham p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Messersmith p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Rau p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .385 Totals 38 5 12 3 3 11 Totals 34 2 9 2 4 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 14,056 Left on Base: Reds 10, Dodgers 9 DP: Reds 2, Dodgers 1 Errors: Perez, Russell Doubles: Morgan (2), Rose (2), Tolan (1), Davis (2) Stolen Bases: Rose (1) Caught Stealing: Joshua (1) GIDP: Bench (2), Cey (1), Buckner (1) Hit by Pitch: Menke (1,by Messersmith) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham W(1-0) 9 9 2 2 4 3 0 38 3.00 Totals 9 9 2 2 4 3 0 38 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Messersmith L(0-1) 8.2 12 5 4 3 10 0 41 2.30 Rau 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 12 5 4 3 11 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Messersmith (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ken Burkhart REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan flied out to right; Tolan singled to right; Bench struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lacy singled to center; Buckner grounded out (second to first) [Lacy to second]; Davis walked; Crawford singled to center [Lacy scored, Davis to third]; Ferguson walked [Crawford to second]; Joshua popped to first in foul territory; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 0, Dodgers 1. REDS 2ND: Perez struck out; Geronimo flied out to center; Chaney walked; Menke walked [Chaney to second]; Billingham grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 2ND: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Messersmith singled to right; Lacy popped to second; Buckner singled to left [Messersmith to third]; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Dodgers 1. REDS 3RD: Rose walked; Morgan doubled to right [Rose to third]; Tolan singled to first [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Bench grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Morgan scored (no RBI), Tolan out at second]; Perez popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 3RD: Crawford grounded out (second to first); Ferguson grounded out (second to first); Joshua reached on an error by Perez [Joshua to first]; Joshua was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Dodgers 1. REDS 4TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Chaney struck out; Menke was hit by a pitch; Billingham grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 4TH: Cey was called out on strikes; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Messersmith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Dodgers 1. REDS 5TH: Rose doubled to center; Morgan singled to right [Rose scored, Morgan out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Tolan grounded out (second to first); Bench was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 5TH: Lacy was called out on strikes; Buckner grounded out (third to first); Davis singled to left; Crawford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Dodgers 1. REDS 6TH: Perez singled to shortstop; On a bunt Geronimo singled to pitcher [Perez to second]; Chaney struck out; Menke flied out to right; Billingham was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson walked; Joshua singled to center [Ferguson to second]; Cey grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ferguson to third, Joshua out at second]; Russell singled to center [Ferguson scored]; Messersmith grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Dodgers 2. REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan flied out to center; Tolan doubled to right; Bench reached on an error by Russell [Tolan scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to first]; Perez singled to left [Bench to second]; Geronimo struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 7TH: Lacy walked; Buckner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lacy out at second]; Davis doubled to right; Crawford flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 2. REDS 8TH: Chaney grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke struck out; Billingham was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 8TH: Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Joshua popped to second; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 2. REDS 9TH: Rose singled to center; Rose stole second; Morgan struck out; Tolan grounded out (first to pitcher) [Rose to third]; Bench singled to left [Rose scored]; Perez singled to left [Bench to third]; RAU REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Geronimo struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 9TH: Russell popped to first in foul territory; GARVEY BATTED FOR RAU; Garvey singled to third; Lacy forced Garvey (second unassisted); Buckner forced Lacy (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Dodgers 2. |
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