San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 6, Cincinnati Reds 13

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomasson rf 5 0 1 1
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0
Bonds cf 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 2 2 0
Kingman 1b 5 1 2 2
Arnold 3b 4 2 3 1
Miller ss 3 0 1 1
Rudolph c 3 0 1 0
  Rader ph,c 1 0 0 0
Montefusco p 1 0 0 0
  Halicki p 1 1 1 1
  Lavelle p 1 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 3 3 1
Morgan 2b 5 2 2 2
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Bench c 3 3 2 2
  Plummer c 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 2 2 1
Driessen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0
  Knight 3b 1 1 1 2
Concepcion ss 4 1 3 4
Griffey rf 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 5 1 1 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 2 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Baney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 15 13
San Francisco 013 100 1006120
Cincinnati 230 100 34x13150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco   2.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Halicki   2.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Lavelle  L (0-3) 2.2 2 3 3 2 3
  Sosa   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Morris   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Metzger   0.2 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
6
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   3.0 8 5 5 2 4
  Borbon   3.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Carroll  W (12-5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Baney   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Arnold (7,off Norman), Cincinnati Rose (44,off Halicki); Perez (28,off Metzger); Knight (1,off Metzger).  3B–Cincinnati Rose (6,off Sosa).  HR–San Francisco Kingman (18,3rd inning off Norman 1 on, 1 out); Halicki (1,4th inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Morgan (22,2nd inning off Montefusco 1 on, 2 out); Bench (32,2nd inning off Montefusco 0 on, 2 out); Concepcion (14,7th inning off Lavelle 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Miller (2,off Norman).  IBB–Bench (15,by Metzger).  SB–Concepcion 2 (41,2nd base off Montefusco/Rudolph,2nd base off Lavelle/Rudolph); Geronimo (9,2nd base off Halicki/Rudolph).  WP–Norman (4).  IBB–Metzger (6,Bench).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:37.  A–28,158.
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