Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
September 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 5 1 0 0
Bench c 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
Driessen 3b 5 0 0 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 2 2 0
Chaney 2b 4 2 3 2
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Darcy p 1 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 0 0 0 1
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 1
  Armbrister pr 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 10 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 1 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Thomasson rf 5 1 2 0
Matthews lf 5 1 1 2
Goodson 1b 5 3 3 3
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 3 1
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Rader c 4 0 1 0
Barr p 3 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 11 6
Cincinnati 012 000 102 06101
San Francisco 501 000 000 28111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   0.1 3 5 4 2 1
  Darcy   2.2 4 1 1 0 3
  Eastwick   3.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Carroll   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Borbon  L (10-7) 1.2 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.2
11
8
7
2
10
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr   8.1 10 6 5 1 4
  Lavelle   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Sosa   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Metzger  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
10
6
5
3
5

  E–Chaney (9), Matthews (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Crowley (12,off Barr), San Francisco Ontiveros (14,off Billingham); Goodson (15,off Darcy).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (4,off Barr), San Francisco Matthews (6,off Billingham).  HR–Cincinnati Chaney (2,2nd inning off Barr 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Goodson (6,10th inning off Borbon 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Morgan (5,off Barr).  IBB–Rose (13,by Lavelle).  SB–Bonds (39,2nd base off Billingham/Bench).  IBB–Lavelle (2,Rose).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:19.  A–5,455.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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