Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
April 9, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 6 0 3 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 1
Driessen 3b,1b 5 0 3 1
Perez 1b 4 1 1 2
  Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 1 0
Rettenmund rf 5 1 3 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 1 1 1
Billingham p 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 1 1
Totals 40 6 15 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 3 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 1 2 1
Matthews lf 4 0 2 1
Ontiveros 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman 3b 3 1 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0
Rudolph c 3 0 1 1
  Willoughby pr 0 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Bradley p 2 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Cincinnati 201 001 0026150
San Francisco 210 000 0003101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (1-0) 6.0 8 3 3 1 4
  Borbon  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  L (1-1) 6.1 9 4 4 4 8
  Williams   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sosa   2.0 5 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
4
8

  E–Kingman (3).  DP–Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (2,off Bradley), San Francisco Maddox (1,off Billingham).  3B–Cincinnati Geronimo (1,off Bradley).  HR–Cincinnati Perez (3,1st inning off Bradley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Concepcion (1,off Sosa); Speier (1,off Borbon).  SF–Geronimo (1,off Sosa).  SB–Bonds (1,2nd base off Billingham/Bench).  CS–Bonds (1,2nd base by Billingham/Bench); Maddox (1,2nd base by Billingham/Bench).  BK–Billingham (1).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:40.  A–8,426.
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