San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
May 15, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1974 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomasson rf 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Phillips 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Goodson 1b 1 0 0 0
  Kingman pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 1 1
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 0 1 0 0
  Blanco pr 0 0 0 0
Bradley p 0 0 0 0
  Bonds ph,rf 3 1 1 2
Totals 31 3 2 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 3 2 1 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Bench c 3 1 2 3
Crowley 1b 4 0 0 0
  Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0
Driessen 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 2 1 1 0
Nelson p 2 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
San Francisco 000 000 021322
Cincinnati 201 000 10x472
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  L (4-4) 5.0 4 3 2 1 0
  Williams   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Willoughby   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
1
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  W (2-3) 8.2 2 3 3 3 3
  Borbon  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
3
3
4
4

  E–Phillips (1), Ontiveros (6), Crowley (1), Nelson (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (12,off Bradley); Bench (4,off Bradley); Geronimo (3,off Williams).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (6,8th inning off Nelson 1 on, 0 out); Speier (2,9th inning off Nelson 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Bench (7,1st inning off Bradley 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Nelson (2,off Williams).  SF–Bench (2,off Bradley); Rose (1,off Williams).  IBB–Geronimo (4,by Bradley).  IBB–Bradley (1,Geronimo).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:12.  A–14,227.
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