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August 4, 1973

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Astros 6 10 1
Reds 6 14 0
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Astros 6 10 1
Reds 6 14 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .258
OBP .400 .308
At Bats 4 422
Hits 1 109
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 13
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 29
RBI’s 0 25

Pedro Borbon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 9
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Riverfront Stadium - August 4, 1973
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Pedro Borbon
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Joe Morgan
Denis Menke
Ed Crosby
Pete Rose
Cesar Geronimo
Andy Kosco
Roger Metzger
Jim Wynn
Tommy Helms
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Borbon covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Agee strikes out.
Top 11 Jim Wynn pinch hits for Jim Crawford. Wynn is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Jutze bunts towards the mound. Borbon fields it and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to second.
Top 11 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 10 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Denis Menke now playing third base. Ed Crosby now playing shortstop. Cedeno hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Crawford now pitching. Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Stahl scores. Geronimo moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 9 Larry Dierker now pitching. Rose is hit by the pitch. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 9 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stahl moves to third.
Bottom 9 Larry Stahl pinch hits for Darrel Chaney. Stahl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Tom Hall. Tolan hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kosco hits a fly ball into right field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Agee strikes out.
Top 9 Forsch strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ken Forsch now pitching. Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Geronimo tags and scores. Morgan tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 Juan Pizarro now pitching. Driessen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geronimo moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rose hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tom Hall now pitching. Cesar Geronimo now playing center field. Johnny Bench now catching. Andy Kosco now playing right field. May strikes out.
Bottom 7 Chaney hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Plummer hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kosco hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rader hits a line drive into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Watson strikes out.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a line drive into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Ray now pitching. Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Driessen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Agee strikes out.
Top 6 Roberts bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 6 Jutze hits a line drive towards short. Chaney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rader scores. May moves to second.
Top 6 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watson scores. Rader moves to third.
Top 6 Rader takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Top 6 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Norman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Plummer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Metzger moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Metzger moves to second.
Top 5 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Agee strikes out.
Top 5 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kosco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Driessen moves to third. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 4 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jutze hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Norman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jutze for the out.
Top 4 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Rader hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kosco. Rader reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Chaney is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Plummer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kosco strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Bench. The throw from Jutze and he is safe. Bench steals second.
Bottom 3 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Plummer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Agee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Driessen hits a fly ball into right field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Roberts strikes out.
Top 2 Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kosco moves to third. Plummer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Plummer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kosco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Kosco reaches second base with a double. Bench scores.
Bottom 1 Bench hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Bench reaches third base with a triple. Driessen goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morgan tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Driessen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 May hits a fly ball into center field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to second for the out. Agee scores. Metzger moves to third.
Top 1 Watson strikes out.
Top 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four. Agee moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 1 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Agee moves to second.
Top 1 Agee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.