Astros @ Reds
September 26, 1974

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Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .278
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 4 604
Hits 2 168
• Singles 1 97
• Doubles 1 38
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 31
Walks 0 77
RBI’s 1 124

Jerry Johnson Season Stats

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Riverfront Stadium - September 26, 1974
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Walk
Jerry Johnson
Milt May
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Ray Busse
Roger Metzger
Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Greg Gross
Johnny Bench
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Bench takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Busse hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geronimo for the out.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Eastwick is called out on strikes.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Watson strikes out.
Top 7 Ray Knight now playing third base. Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Concepcion moves to second.
Bottom 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Busse juggles the ball. That's an error on Busse. Driessen scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 6 Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Jerry Johnson now pitching. Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Metzger strikes out.
Top 6 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bob Gallagher pinch hits for Ramon de los Santos. Gallagher bunts towards third. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rawly Eastwick now pitching. Busse strikes out.
Bottom 5 Geronimo hits a fly ball towards center. Cedeno catches it and throws home to May who relays to second to double up Rose.
Bottom 5 Rose is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Hal King pinch hits for Tom Hall. Ramon de los Santos now pitching. Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Hal King. Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Rettenmund reaches second base with a double. Concepcion scores. Griffey scores. Kennedy moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kennedy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Griffey hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cedeno. Griffey reaches second base with a double. Driessen scores. Concepcion moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Concepcion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench scores. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 5 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jim York now pitching. Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Busse juggles the ball. That's an error on Busse.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Bench reaches second base with a double. Geronimo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Geronimo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 May strikes out.
Top 5 Junior Kennedy now playing second base. Tom Hall now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Roger Freed pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Freed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Busse fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Concepcion scores. Griffey moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mike Cosgrove now pitching. Ed Armbrister pinch hits for Darrel Chaney. Armbrister takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Griffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Driessen scores. Concepcion moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Driessen moves to third. Concepcion moves to second.
Bottom 4 Concepcion takes first base on ball four. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 4 Driessen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Busse trying to get to home. Geronimo throws the ball in to Bench who tags Busse who's trying to score from second, for the out. Gross moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 4 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Richard bunts towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Busse hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo. Busse reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Perez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Geronimo strikes out.
Top 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Metzger scores. May moves to second.
Top 3 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third.
Top 3 Watson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Billingham bunts towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Helms covering, for the out. Chaney moves to second.
Bottom 2 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out. Driessen scores. Concepcion moves to third.
Bottom 2 Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez scores. Driessen moves to third. Concepcion moves to second.
Bottom 2 Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez moves to third. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 2 Driessen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out.
Top 2 Richard is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Busse strikes out.
Top 2 Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Helms reaches second base with a double. May scores. May moves to third.
Top 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen juggles the ball. That's an error on Driessen. Watson scores. May moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 2 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 1 Geronimo hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Billingham covering, for the out.
Top 1 Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Gross reaches second base with a double. Griffey throws the ball in to Driessen who tags Gross trying to catch an extra base, for the out.