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Cincinnati Reds @ Montreal Expos

1974-08-25 · Day game · Parc Jarry · Att: 21161 · 2:16

Cincinnati Reds defeated Montreal Expos 3–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 8th. Clay Kirby earned the win. Pete Rose went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	7
MON	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Clay Kirby L: Dennis Blair SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Satch Davidson · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Nick Colosi · 3B: Bill Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	1	3	2	0	0
Cesar Geronimo	3	0	1	0	1	1
Johnny Bench	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Perez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dan Driessen	3	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Concepcion	4	0	1	0	0	2
George Foster	3	0	0	0	1	0
Darrel Chaney	2	0	0	0	0	0
Clay Kirby	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Griffey	1	1	1	0	0	0
Terry Crowley	0	0	0	0	1	0
Junior Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	1	1	0	0	0	1

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Hunt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Foli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Davis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Fairly	1	1	0	0	3	0
Mike Jorgensen	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jim Northrup	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Bailey	3	0	0	0	1	2
Barry Foote	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dennis Blair	3	0	1	0	0	2
Ron Woods	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clay Kirby	7.0	3	6	5
Fred Norman	2.0	1	1	0

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Blair	7.0	5	3	5
Chuck Taylor	2.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: S
Cesar Geronimo: K
Johnny Bench: 46(1)/FO
Tony Perez: 13

Bot 1

Ron Hunt: 7
Tim Foli: 6
Willie Davis: 5

Top 2

Dan Driessen: 8
Dave Concepcion: K/C
George Foster: 8

Bot 2

Ron Fairly: W
Mike Jorgensen: 7
Jim Northrup: 6
Bob Bailey: K/C

Top 3

Darrel Chaney: 3/G
Clay Kirby: K
Pete Rose: 7

Bot 3

Barry Foote: W
Dennis Blair: K
Ron Hunt: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Cesar Geronimo: 43
Johnny Bench: K
Tony Perez: 3/G

Bot 4

Tim Foli: 7
Willie Davis: 31
Ron Fairly: W
Mike Jorgensen: W.1-2
Jim Northrup: S.2-H;1-2#
Bob Bailey: W.2-3;1-2
Barry Foote: 13

Top 5

Dan Driessen: 43
Dave Concepcion: S
George Foster: SB2
George Foster: W
Darrel Chaney: 8
Clay Kirby: K

Bot 5

Dennis Blair: S
Ron Hunt: 34/SH.1-2#
Tim Foli: 3/FL
Willie Davis: W
Ron Fairly: 43

Top 6

Pete Rose: S
Cesar Geronimo: SB2
Cesar Geronimo: W
Johnny Bench: 9
Tony Perez: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 6

Mike Jorgensen: S
Jim Northrup: 4
Bob Bailey: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 7

Dan Driessen: 3/G
Dave Concepcion: 8
George Foster: 63

Bot 7

Barry Foote: K
Dennis Blair: K/C
Ron Hunt: 63

Top 8

Ken Griffey: S
Terry Crowley: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Terry Crowley: W
Pete Rose: SB2
Pete Rose: S.3-H;2-H
Cesar Geronimo: S.1-2#
Johnny Bench: 53.2-3;1-2
Tony Perez: IW
Dan Driessen: 7/SF.3-H
Dave Concepcion: K

Bot 8

Tim Foli: 3/G
Willie Davis: 7
Ron Fairly: W
Mike Jorgensen: S.1-2
Jim Northrup: 3/L

Top 9

George Foster: 8
Junior Kennedy: S
Joe Morgan: K/BF
Pete Rose: 43

Bot 9

Bob Bailey: 53
Barry Foote: 63
Ron Woods: 4