A double by Bobby Murcer on reliever Will McEnaney's first pitch drove in two runs in the ninth inning and gave the Giants a 4-2 victory over the Reds. A homer by Ken Griffey and triple by Merv Rettenmund paced the Reds to a 2-0 lead before the Giants tied the score in the fifth on singles by Bruce Miller, Steve Ontiveros and Von Joshua and sacrifice fly by Murcer.

Fred Norman, who started for the Reds, was removed in the eighth, marking the 45th straight game in which manager Sparky Anderson had been forced to turn to his bullpen. With Rawly Eastwick on the mound in the ninth, Joshua singled and stole second. Dave Rader walked, bringing on McEnaney for his one pitch to Murcer. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      29, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  2  -   4  7  0
Reds         1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   1   2   1     1   0   .316      Rose 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Sadek c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .222      Griffey rf            3   1   2   1     1   0   .307
  Rader ph,c          0   1   0   0     1   0   .303      Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .327
Murcer rf             3   0   1   3     1   0   .299      Perez 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .255
Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     1   1   .279      Driessen lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Montanez 1b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .283        Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Rettenmund cf         3   1   2   0     0   0   .259
Miller 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .253        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Ontiveros 3b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .266        Foster lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Barr p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .064      Chaney ss             4   0   2   1     0   1   .179
                                                          Plummer c             2   0   0   0     1   2   .185
                                                            Bench ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
                                                          Norman p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .088
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Concepcion ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .263

Totals               31   4   7   4     7   4             Totals               34   2  10   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 28,637
Left on Base: Giants 10, Reds 8
DP: Giants 3, Reds 0
Doubles: Murcer (21)
Triples: Rettenmund (1)
Home Runs: Griffey (3)
Stolen Bases: Matthews (11), Joshua (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Barr 2 (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (9)
GIDP: Driessen (6), Crowley (4)
Hit by Pitch: Rose (8,by Barr)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(9-8)             9    10   2   2   2   6   1  37   2.35
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   6   1  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  7.2   5   2   2   5   4   0  33   3.96
Eastwick L(1-2)         0.2   1   2   2   2   0   0   5   3.74
McEnaney                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.72
Totals                  9     7   4   4   7   4   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Barr (3)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (pitcher to first); Sadek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
homered; Morgan struck out; Perez was called out on strikes; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
struck out; Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Driessen struck out; Rettenmund singled to left;
Chaney grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Rettenmund
to second]; Plummer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Miller flied out to center; Ontiveros singled to
third; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Ontiveros to second]; Joshua grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Norman singled to left; Rose lined into a double play
(center to first) [Norman out at first]; Griffey walked; Morgan
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
walked; Matthews singled to center [Murcer to second]; Montanez
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Murcer to third, Matthews to
second]; Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; Driessen
flied out to left; Rettenmund tripled to right; Chaney singled
to shortstop [Rettenmund scored]; Plummer was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Miller singled to left; Ontiveros singled to right
[Miller to second]; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Miller to third, Ontiveros to second]; Joshua singled
to shortstop [Miller scored, Ontiveros stayed at second]; Sadek
walked [Ontiveros to third, Joshua to second]; Murcer hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Ontiveros scored, Joshua to third];
Matthews was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 2, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose was hit by
a pitch; Griffey grounded out (first unassisted) [Rose to
second]; Morgan flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Speier
popped to center; Miller grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Perez singled to third; Driessen grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Perez out at
second]; Rettenmund flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Reds 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); Barr
grounded out (second to first); Joshua walked; Sadek struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Chaney struck out; Plummer walked; On a bunt Norman
forced Plummer (catcher to shortstop); Rose forced Norman
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Murcer flied out to left; Matthews walked; Matthews
stole second; Montanez was called out on strikes; Speier was
walked intentionally; EASTWICK REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING);
Miller walked [Matthews to third, Speier to second]; Ontiveros
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: Griffey singled to second; Morgan lined to right;
Perez singled to left [Griffey to second]; Driessen singled
[Griffey to third, Perez to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
RETTENMUND; Crowley grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Driessen out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Giants 2, Reds 2.

GIANTS 9TH: GERONIMO REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING CF); FOSTER
REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING LF); Barr popped to first; Joshua
singled to left; RADER BATTED FOR SADEK; Joshua stole second;
Rader walked; MCENANEY REPLACED EASTWICK (PITCHING); Murcer
doubled [Joshua scored, Rader scored]; Matthews grounded out
(third to first); Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Chaney singled to
right; BENCH BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Bench flied out to left;
CONCEPCION BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Concepcion flied out to left;
Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Reds 2.