Thursday September 18, 1975
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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.

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