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NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1975 National League Date: 6/2/1975
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NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1975 National League Date: 6/2/1975
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Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1975 Cincinnati Reds At 1975 St. Louis Cardinals 6/1/1975
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
P.Rose 3B 4 1 1 0 .297 L.Brock LF 4 0 0 0 .343
K.Griffey RF 5 1 1 0 .289 T.Sizemore 2B 4 1 1 0 .256
J.Morgan 2B 5 2 2 0 .284 R.Smith RF 4 1 2 0 .370
J.Bench C 3 2 1 3 .268 T.Simmons C 4 0 1 1 .306
D.Driessen 1B 3 0 1 0 .275 K.Hernandez 1B 3 0 0 1 .241
C-T.Perez 1B 1 0 0 0 .220 L.Melendez CF 4 0 0 0 .271
C.Geronimo CF 3 0 0 1 .256 K.Reitz 3B 4 0 2 0 .295
D.Concepcion SS 5 1 2 0 .207 M.Guerrero SS 3 0 0 0 .111
G.Foster LF 3 0 1 1 .276 E-W.Davis PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Billingham P 2 0 1 1 .080 B.Forsch P 1 0 0 0 .250
B-M.Rettenmund PH 1 0 0 0 .271 A-R.Fairly PH 1 0 0 0 .239
P.Borbon P 0 0 0 0 .100 R.Kurosaki P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Moore P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-J.Dwyer PH 1 1 1 1 .227
A.Hrabosky P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 7 10 6 Totals 34 3 7 3
A-Pinch Hit For Forsch In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Billingham In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Driessen In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Moore In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Guerrero In 9th Inning
Reds............ 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 - 7 10 0
Cardinals....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 1
Reds (28-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Billingham WIN(4-4) 6 4 2 2 0 3 0 74 3.33
P.Borbon SAVE(2nd) 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 47 3.42
Totals 9 7 3 3 1 3 1
Cardinals (23-21) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Forsch LOSS(8-2) 5 6 4 1 1 1 1 84 2.33
R.Kurosaki 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 31 14.54
T.Moore 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 0.00
A.Hrabosky 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.51
Totals 9 10 7 4 5 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 44,823 DATE- Sunday, June 1st 1975 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jerry Dale, Shag Crawford, John Kibler, Dick Stello
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 9 Cardinals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- L.Brock
DOUBLES- J.Morgan(8th), G.Foster(11th), J.Billingham, T.Simmons(10th)
HOME RUNS- J.Bench(15th), J.Dwyer(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Geronimo
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Bench, C.Geronimo
WALKS- P.Rose, J.Bench, D.Driessen, G.Foster, J.Billingham, K.Hernandez
STRIKE OUTS- T.Perez, D.Concepcion, K.Reitz-2, B.Forsch
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Cesar Geronimo robbed Ted Sizemore of a Homerun!
Joe Morgan had 2 base hits as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis
Cardinals by the score of 7 to 3 at Busch Stadium.
Cincinnati came up with 3 runs in the 5th inning. After two were out Ken
Griffey started the rally when he stroked a base-hit. Morgan was next and he
reached on an error plating a run. Johnny Bench then cleared the fences for
a two-run home run (his 15th of the season). Cincinnati had 10 hits for the
afternoon while St. Louis had 7.
The winning pitcher was Jack Billingham(4-4) who allowed 2 runs in 6 innings.
Billingham got help from Pedro Borbon who earned his 2nd save. Bob
Forsch(8-2) was given the loss.
The Cincinnati ballclub's record now stands at 28-22. St. Louis has a record
of 23-21 after the loss.

Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1975 Cincinnati Reds At 1975 St. Louis Cardinals 5/31/1975
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
P.Rose 3B 3 1 1 0 .298 L.Brock LF 5 1 1 0 .351
K.Griffey RF 4 0 0 0 .293 T.Sizemore 2B 4 0 0 1 .256
J.Morgan 2B 4 2 2 1 .280 R.Smith RF 2 2 0 0 .365
J.Bench C 5 1 1 1 .267 T.Simmons C 4 1 2 4 .307
D.Driessen 1B 4 0 1 1 .273 L.Melendez CF 4 0 2 0 .283
C.Geronimo CF 3 1 1 0 .261 K.Reitz 3B 5 0 2 0 .290
D.Concepcion SS 3 1 1 1 .202 K.Hernandez 1B 5 0 1 0 .246
G.Foster LF 4 0 0 0 .275 M.Guerrero SS 3 0 0 0 .121
D.Gullett P 3 0 1 1 .303 B-W.Davis PH 1 0 0 0 .000
P.Borbon P 1 0 0 0 .100 M.Garman P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Carroll P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Gibson P 1 0 0 0 .167
A-D.Hahn PH 0 1 0 0 .286
C-E.Brinkman SS 1 0 1 0 .233
D-M.Tyson PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .233
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Totals 34 6 8 5 Totals 35 5 9 5
A-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Guerrero In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Hahn In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Brinkman In 8th Inning
Reds............ 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0
Cardinals....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 5 9 2
Reds (27-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Gullett WIN(9-1) 6 1/3 7 5 5 7 4 1 133 2.69
P.Borbon HOLD(3rd) 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 31 3.45
C.Carroll SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.81
Totals 9 9 5 5 8 4 1
Cardinals (23-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Gibson LOSS(3-7) 7 8 6 5 3 3 0 141 5.59
M.Garman 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 2.96
Totals 9 8 6 5 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,050 DATE- Saturday, May 31st 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Harry Wendelstedt, Dutch Rennert, Doug Harvey, Bob Engel
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Cardinals:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- T.Sizemore, R.Smith
DOUBLES- P.Rose(12th), J.Morgan(7th), T.Simmons(9th)
TRIPLES- J.Morgan(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Simmons(7th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Concepcion(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Griffey
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Morgan
WALKS- P.Rose-2, D.Concepcion, T.Sizemore, R.Smith-3, T.Simmons, L.Melendez,
B.Gibson, D.Hahn
HIT BY PITCH- C.Geronimo
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bench, D.Concepcion-2, G.Foster-2, D.Gullett, L.Brock,
T.Sizemore, L.Melendez, K.Hernandez
GIDP- K.Hernandez
PASSED BALLS- T.Simmons
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Dave Concepcion robbed Keith Hernandez of a base hit.
The Cincinnati Reds nipped the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 5 at Busch Stadium in
a hard fought contest.
Cincinnati jumped on top to stay in the top of the 2nd inning scoring 2
runners on 2 hits. St. Louis threatened in the 9th but Cincinnati was able
to put down the rally.
The victory was credited to Don Gullett(9-1) who went 6 and 1/3 innings,
allowing 5 runs. Gullett was helped out by Clay Carroll who recorded his 4th
save. The loss was charged to Bob Gibson(3-7). He pitched 7 innings and
surrendered 8 hits and 3 walks.
'I was a little good, a little bad and a little ugly.' said Gullett, 'I was
just giving us a chance to win.'

Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1975 Cincinnati Reds At 1975 St. Louis Cardinals 5/30/1975
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
P.Rose 3B 5 1 2 1 .298 L.Brock LF 3 1 2 0 .356
J.Morgan 2B 4 1 1 2 .275 M.Garman P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Bench 1B 2 1 2 1 .269 T.Sizemore 2B 2 0 0 0 .262
G.Foster LF 4 0 0 1 .284 C-R.Fairly PH 1 0 0 0 .242
D.Concepcion SS 5 1 4 0 .200 D-M.Tyson 2B 0 0 0 0 .233
M.Rettenmund RF 4 1 1 0 .277 R.Smith RF 3 1 2 2 .373
B.Plummer C 4 0 0 0 .000 T.Simmons C 4 0 1 1 .302
C.Geronimo CF 5 1 3 1 .260 K.Hernandez 1B 4 0 0 0 .248
C.Kirby P 3 0 0 0 .000 L.Melendez CF 3 1 1 0 .273
B-D.Driessen PH 1 0 0 0 .274 K.Reitz 3B 3 0 0 0 .287
R.Eastwick P 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Guerrero SS 3 0 1 1 .133
E-J.Dwyer PH 1 0 0 0 .190
J.Curtis P 0 1 0 0 .200
A-W.Davis PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 38 6 13 6 Totals 28 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Curtis In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kirby In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sizemore In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Fairly In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Guerrero In 9th Inning
Reds............ 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 - 6 13 0
Cardinals....... 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 7 1
Reds (26-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Kirby WIN(2-1) 7 6 3 3 2 0 0 117 5.85
R.Eastwick SAVE(1st) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 27 1.93
Totals 9 7 4 4 2 1 1
Cardinals (23-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Curtis 7 8 3 2 3 5 1 114 3.67
M.Garman LOSS(1-3) 2 5 3 3 3 1 0 52 3.22
Totals 9 13 6 5 6 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 18,735 DATE- Friday, May 30th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- John Kibler, Dick Stello, Jerry Dale, Shag Crawford
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Reds:12 Cardinals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- T.Simmons
DOUBLES- J.Bench(14th), T.Simmons(8th)
HOME RUNS- J.Morgan(9th), R.Smith(7th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Bench(1st), D.Concepcion(9th), L.Brock(21st)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Melendez
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Sizemore, K.Reitz, J.Curtis
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Foster, R.Smith
WALKS- J.Morgan, J.Bench-3, M.Rettenmund, B.Plummer, L.Melendez, J.Curtis
HIT BY PITCH- L.Brock
STRIKE OUTS- P.Rose, G.Foster-2, M.Rettenmund, C.Geronimo, C.Kirby, J.Dwyer
GIDP- C.Kirby, T.Simmons
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Mike Tyson robbed Bill Plummer of a base hit.
In a close game it was the Cincinnati Reds 6, the St. Louis Cardinals 4 at
Busch Stadium.
Cincinnati scored the decisive runs in a big 8th inning scoring 3 runs using 3
hits. Dave Concepcion led off and keyed the rally when he delivered a
single. Merv Rettenmund stepped up next and he drew a walk. After an out
was recorded, Cesar Geronimo stepped up to the plate and he lashed a single
bringing in a run. After another out, Pete Rose came to the plate and ripped
a base-knock scoring another run. Rose took second on the throw. Joe Morgan
stepped into the box and was walked intentionally to load the bases. Johnny
Bench did his part to keep things going and drew a walk scoring the final run
of the inning. Cincinnati had 13 hits for the night while St. Louis had 7.
Clay Kirby(2-1) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and allowing 3
runs. Rawly Eastwick recorded his 1st save. Mike Garman(1-3) was the losing
pitcher in relief. He got hit hard, allowing 5 hits and 3 walks in 2
innings.