Saturday, March 1, 2008

April 9th, 1975 - Game Two Boxscore


Dodgers Rally Past Reds for 5-4 Win; Cincinnati bullpen unable to finish the job; Buckner homers off Borbon to lead Dodgers to win



Strat-O-Matic Report








BOXSCORE: 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers At 1975 Cincinnati Reds 4/9/1975



Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG

D.Lopes 2B 5 0 1 0 .333 P.Rose LF,3B 5 0 0 0 .000

B.Buckner LF 5 2 2 1 .250 J.Morgan 2B 5 1 1 1 .250

J.Wynn CF 2 1 1 0 .333 J.Bench C 4 1 2 1 .286

J.Ferguson C 3 1 0 1 .167 T.Perez 1B 4 1 0 0 .000

S.Garvey 1B 4 1 1 2 .250 C.Geronimo CF 4 1 2 0 .429

W.Crawford RF 4 0 1 1 .250 K.Griffey RF 3 0 1 1 .286

R.Cey 3B 4 0 1 0 .125 D.Chaney SS 1 0 0 0 .000

B.Russell SS 4 0 3 0 .375 A-D.Concepcion PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .333

A.Messersmith P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Vukovich 3B 1 0 0 0 .000

B-G.Foster PH,LF 0 0 0 0 .000

J.Billingham P 2 0 0 0 .000

C-M.Rettenmund PH 0 0 0 1 ----

P.Borbon P 0 0 0 0 ----

C.Carroll P 0 0 0 0 ----

D-T.Crowley PH 1 0 0 0 .000

W.McEnaney P 0 0 0 0 ----

-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---

Totals 34 5 10 5 Totals 32 4 6 4



A-Pinch Hit For Chaney In 6th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Vukovich In 6th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Billingham In 6th Inning

D-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 8th Inning



Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 - 5 10 0

Reds............ 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 6 0



Dodgers (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

A.Messersmit WIN(1-0) 9 6 4 4 7 6 2 157 4.00

Totals 9 6 4 4 7 6 2



Reds (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

J.Billingham 6 5 3 3 2 0 1 93 4.50

P.Borbon L(0-1) BS(1st) 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 0 1 20 13.50

C.Carroll 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.00

W.McEnaney 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00

Totals 9 10 5 5 3 0 2



ATTENDANCE- 29,570 DATE- Wednesday, April 9th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad

UMPIRES- John Kibler, Dick Stello, Jerry Dale, Shag Crawford

T- 2:20

LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 6 Reds: 9

DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Reds: 1

DOUBLES- J.Wynn(2nd), B.Russell(1st)

TRIPLES- B.Buckner(1st)

HOME RUNS- B.Buckner(1st), S.Garvey(1st), J.Morgan(2nd), J.Bench(1st)

SACRIFICE HITS- A.Messersmith, D.Chaney

WALKS- J.Wynn-2, J.Ferguson, J.Bench, T.Perez, K.Griffey, J.Vukovich,

G.Foster-2, M.Rettenmund

STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan-2, J.Bench-2, D.Chaney, D.Concepcion



Andy Messersmith pitched a complete game at Riverfront Stadium as the Los

Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 5 to 4.



Messersmith(1-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for Los Angeles. He

allowed 6 hits and 7 walks in 9 innings and gave up 2 homeruns. Los Angeles

had 10 hits for the night.



Pedro Borbon(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He pitched 1 and 1/3

innings allowing 3 hits and no walks.









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