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Giants
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
April 8, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, played on April 8, 1973 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 8, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 8, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Bradley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ross Grimsley |
| Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 20,026 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Satch Davidson 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: (none) 3B: Bob Engel |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Al Gallagher | Third Baseman |
| Gary Matthews | Left Fielder |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Tom Bradley | Pitcher |
| Charlie Fox | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Left Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Tolan | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Tony Perez | First Baseman |
| Cesar Geronimo | Center Fielder |
| Darrel Chaney | Shortstop |
| Denis Menke | Third Baseman |
| Ross Grimsley | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
April 8, 1973
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Grimsley
Bonds hits a line drive into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Grimsley
Fuentes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Fuentes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Grimsley
Speier hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Grimsley
McCovey is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Bradley
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Bradley
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey juggles the ball. That's an error on McCovey. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Bradley
There goes Morgan. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Morgan steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tolan vs. Bradley
Tolan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Bradley
Bench takes first base on ball four. Morgan moves to third. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Perez vs. Bradley
Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morgan tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geronimo vs. Bradley
Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Bench moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chaney vs. Bradley
Chaney hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Grimsley
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Grimsley
Gallagher hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Grimsley
Matthews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan who is chasing the ball. Matthews reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rader vs. Grimsley
Rader hits a popup towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bradley
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimsley vs. Bradley
Grimsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Bradley
Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grimsley moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Bradley
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grimsley tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Bradley
Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Grimsley
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Grimsley
Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Grimsley
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Grimsley
Speier hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Bradley
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Bradley
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher juggles the ball. That's an error on Gallagher. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Bradley
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Grimsley
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Grimsley
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Grimsley
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Bradley
Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bradley
Menke is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimsley vs. Bradley
Grimsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Grimsley
Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Grimsley
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Grimsley, and towards Chaney, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Grimsley
Bradley hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Bradley
Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Bradley
Morgan hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Bradley
Tolan bunts towards the mound. Bradley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Bradley
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gallagher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Bradley
Perez takes first base on ball four. Tolan moves to third. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Geronimo vs. Bradley
Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Grimsley
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Grimsley
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Grimsley
Speier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Speier reaches second base with a double. Fuentes moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McCovey vs. Grimsley
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimsley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Maddox vs. Grimsley
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Bradley
Chaney hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bradley
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimsley vs. Bradley
Grimsley hits a line drive towards third. Gallagher reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Grimsley
Gallagher hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matthews vs. Grimsley
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Grimsley
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Bradley
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Bradley
Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Bradley
Tolan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Bradley
There's a wild pitch. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Bradley
Bench takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Moffitt
Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Perez hits a ball on the ground that hits Bench. Bench is out and Perez is safe at first. Tolan moves to third. There goes Bench trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Grimsley
Jim Ray Hart pinch hits for Randy Moffitt.
Hart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Grimsley
Bonds hits a popup in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Grimsley
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Grimsley
Speier hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Barr
Jim Barr now pitching.
Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaney vs. Barr
There goes Geronimo. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Geronimo steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chaney vs. Barr
Chaney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Geronimo trying to get to home. Matthews throws the ball in to Rader who tags Geronimo, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Chaney moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Menke vs. Barr
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Barr covering, for the out. Chaney moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grimsley vs. Barr
Grimsley is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Grimsley
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Grimsley
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Menke. Perez fumbles the ball. That's an error on Perez. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gallagher vs. Grimsley
Gallagher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matthews vs. Grimsley
Gary Thomasson pinch runs for Al Gallagher.
Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Borbon
Pedro Borbon now pitching. Dave Kingman pinch hits for Dave Rader.
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose throws the ball in to Morgan who tags Kingman, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Matthews moves to third. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/8/1973 -- San Francisco at Cincinnati (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 4 0 0 0 Rose P, lf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 3 0 Morgan J, 2b 3 1 0 1
Speier C, ss 4 0 1 0 Tolan B, rf 3 1 2 0
McCovey W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bench J, c 2 0 1 0
Maddox G, cf 4 1 2 0 Perez T, 1b 2 0 1 1
Gallagher A, 3b 4 0 1 1 Geronimo C, cf 4 0 2 1
Thomasson G, pr 0 0 0 0 Chaney D, ss 4 0 1 0
Matthews G, lf 4 0 1 0 Menke D, 3b 4 0 1 0
Rader D, c 3 0 0 0 Grimsley R, p 4 1 0 0
Kingman D, ph 1 0 1 0 Borbon P, p 0 0 0 0
Bradley T, p 2 0 0 0
Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0
Hart J, ph 0 0 0 0
Barr J, p 0 0 0 0
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34 1 9 1 30 3 9 3
San Francisco 000 000 001 -- 1
Cincinnati 210 000 00x -- 3
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley T (L) 6.2 6 3 1 4 2
Moffitt R 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Barr J 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley R (W) 8.2 8 1 1 1 2
Borbon P (S) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
E -- McCovey W, Gallagher A, Perez T, Menke D
DP -- San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- San Francisco 7, Cincinnati 9
2B -- Fuentes T, Speier C
3B -- Matthews G
SB -- Morgan J, Geronimo C
SF -- Perez T, Morgan J
WP -- Bradley T
T -- 2:19
A -- 20026
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