The Reds rapped nine extra-base hits, including a three-run homer by Johnny Bench, and defeated the Giants, 11-6. Darrel Chaney had three doubles among the Reds' 12 hits. The Reds exploded for six of their runs in the second inning. George Foster, Chaney and Clay Kirby hit doubles for two runs. Ken Griffey walked and Dan Driessen singled for another tally before Bench connected for his homer.

The Reds clinched the verdict with three more runs in the sixth on a hit batsman, Chaney's third double, a triple by Pete Rose and a wild pitch. The Giants had homers by Bruce Miller and Von Joshua among their 11 hits. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, San Francisco Giants 6
Game Played on Thursday, July      31, 1975 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  1    3  0  1  -   6 11  1
Reds         1  6  0    0  0  3    0  1  x  -  11 12  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             5   1   2   2     0   0   .316      Rose 3b               4   1   1   1     0   2   .317
Thomas 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Geronimo cf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Murcer rf             4   1   2   0     1   0   .298      Griffey rf            1   2   1   0     4   0   .305
Matthews lf           5   1   0   0     0   1   .277      Driessen lf           4   1   1   1     0   2   .257
Montanez 1b           4   1   3   1     1   0   .288        Flynn 3b            1   0   1   1     0   0   .231
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     1   1   .282      Bench c,1b            5   1   1   3     0   0   .295
Miller 3b             4   1   1   2     1   0   .250      Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Sadek c               1   0   1   1     1   0   .239        Plummer c           1   0   1   0     0   0   .197
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Foster cf,lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .285
  Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Concepcion ss         3   1   0   0     0   1   .259
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Chaney 2b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .217
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Kirby p               2   1   1   1     0   0   .273
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        C. Carroll p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .063
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .128
  Rader ph,c          2   1   2   0     1   0   .304

Totals               38   6  11   6     6   4             Totals               34  11  12   9     4   6

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 31,620
Left on Base: Giants 11, Reds 5
DP: Giants 2, Reds 0
Errors: Montanez
Doubles: Montanez (18), Murcer (22), Griffey (9), Foster (17), Chaney 3 (3), Kirby (1), Geronimo (18)
Triples: Joshua (6), Rose (2)
Home Runs: Miller (1), Joshua (4), Bench (21)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (6), Driessen (7)
Caught Stealing: Griffey (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Kirby (4)
GIDP: Concepcion (14)
Hit by Pitch: Concepcion (1,by Williams)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(10-5)      1.2   6   7   6   1   4   1  13   3.11
Caldwell                1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.23
Heaverlo                2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6   2.15
Williams                2     3   3   3   1   0   0  10   3.54
Moffitt                 1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   3.95
Totals                  8    12  11  10   4   6   1  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby W(8-4)            6     7   4   4   3   3   2  28   4.42
C. Carroll SV(4)        3     4   2   2   3   1   0  16   2.94
Totals                  9    11   6   6   6   4   2  44

Hit by Pitch: Williams (4)
Wild Pitches: Williams (5)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua tripled; Thomas popped to left; Murcer lined
to second; Matthews was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey doubled; Griffey stole third;
Driessen struck out; Bench reached on an error by Montanez
[Griffey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to first]; Perez
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez walked; Speier popped to first in foul
territory; Miller grounded out (second to first) [Montanez to
second]; Sadek singled to center [Montanez scored]; Montefusco
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Foster doubled to left; Concepcion struck out; Chaney
doubled to right [Foster scored]; Kirby doubled to left [Chaney
scored]; Rose grounded out (second to first) [Kirby to third];
Griffey walked; Driessen singled to right [Kirby scored, Griffey
to third]; Driessen stole second; Bench homered [Griffey scored,
Driessen scored]; CALDWELL REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
1, Reds 7.

GIANTS 3RD: Joshua popped to shortstop; Thomas popped to first;
Murcer singled to right; Matthews forced Murcer (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 7.

REDS 3RD: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); Chaney doubled to left; Kirby
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Reds 7.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez doubled to right; Speier flied out to
center; Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Sadek walked;
RADER BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Rader walked [Montanez to third,
Sadek to second]; Joshua popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 7.

REDS 4TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED SADEK (PITCHING); RADER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Rose struck out; Griffey walked; Driessen
struck out while Griffey was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 7.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomas flied out to center; Murcer grounded out
(first unassisted); Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 7.

REDS 5TH: Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; Perez lined
to left; Foster lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Reds 7.

GIANTS 6TH: BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PLUMMER
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING C ); Montanez grounded out (second to
first); Speier struck out; Miller homered; THOMASSON BATTED FOR
HEAVERLO; Thomasson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Reds 7.

REDS 6TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Concepcion was
hit by a pitch; Chaney doubled to left [Concepcion scored];
Kirby out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Chaney to
third]; Rose tripled to left [Chaney scored]; Griffey walked;
Williams threw a wild pitch [Rose scored, Griffey to second];
Driessen grounded out (first to pitcher) [Griffey to third];
Bench made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2,
Reds 10.

GIANTS 7TH: Rader singled to right; Joshua homered [Rader
scored]; C. CARROLL REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Thomas grounded
out (third to first); Murcer doubled to left; Matthews flied out
to right; Montanez singled to center [Murcer scored]; Speier
forced Montanez (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 5, Reds 10.

REDS 7TH: Plummer singled to center; Foster flied out to right;
Concepcion grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Plummer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Reds 10.

GIANTS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING CF); FLYNN REPLACED
DRIESSEN (PLAYING 3B); FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Miller grounded out (second to first); ADAMS BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Adams grounded out (second to first); Rader singled to
center; Joshua forced Rader (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 10.

REDS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Chaney grounded out
(second to first); C. Carroll made an out to shortstop; Geronimo
doubled to right; Griffey was walked intentionally; Flynn
singled to right [Geronimo scored, Griffey to second]; Bench
forced Flynn (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5,
Reds 11.

GIANTS 9TH: Thomas struck out; Murcer walked; Matthews forced
Murcer (shortstop to second); Montanez singled to center
[Matthews to second]; Speier walked [Matthews to third, Montanez
to second]; Miller walked [Matthews scored, Montanez to third,
Speier to second]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ontiveros
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants
6, Reds 11.