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September 5, 1973

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Reds 4 8 1
Astros 3 6 0
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Reds 5 8 1
Astros 3 6 0

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .186
OBP .500 .374
At Bats 1 199
Hits 0 37
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 2 60
RBI’s 1 17

Ken Forsch Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 10 3
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Astrodome - September 5, 1973
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Out
Ken Forsch
Skip Jutze
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Ray Busse
Bob Gallagher
Cesar Cedeno
Jim Wynn
Denis Menke
Dan Driessen
Cesar Geronimo
Johnny Bench
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bench tags and scores. Geronimo tags and moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Dan Driessen pinch hits for Ed Armbrister. Driessen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stahl scores. Bench moves to third. Geronimo moves to second.
Top 11 Geronimo bunts towards the mound. Forsch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stahl moves to third. Bench moves to second.
Top 11 Larry Stahl pinch runs for Tony Perez. Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stahl moves to second.
Top 11 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Rader hits a popup towards third. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Carroll covering, for the out.
Bottom 10 Clay Carroll now pitching. Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Ray Busse now playing shortstop. Ken Forsch now pitching. Ken Griffey pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Griffey strikes out.
Bottom 9 Greg Gross pinch hits for Hector Torres. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Wynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Mike Cosgrove. Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Borbon covering, for the out. Helms moves to third.
Bottom 9 Jutze bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ed Crosby now playing shortstop. Cesar Geronimo now playing center field. Ed Armbrister now playing right field. Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Darrel Chaney. Gagliano hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Menke is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Armbrister hits a fly ball into left field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kosco bunts in front of the plate. Jutze fields it and throws to first for the out. Bench moves to second.
Top 9 Bob Gallagher now playing left field. Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Roger Metzger pinch runs for Bob Watson. Rader hits a line drive into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Watson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wynn scores.
Bottom 8 Torres bunts towards the mound. Norman fields it and throws to first for the out. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Cosgrove now pitching. Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Sutherland pinch hits for Jerry Reuss. Sutherland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jutze hits a fly ball into right field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores. Helms tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Helms reaches second base with a double. May moves to third.
Bottom 7 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Norman 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 7 Chaney hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Armbrister hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out. Torres moves to second.
Bottom 6 Torres takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Wynn strikes out.
Top 6 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Norman hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 4 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney misplays the ball. That's an error on Chaney. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 4 Chaney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Kosco trying to get to home. Cedeno throws the ball in to Jutze who tags Kosco who's trying to score from second, for the out. Menke moves to second.
Top 4 Menke takes first base on ball four. Kosco moves to second.
Top 4 Armbrister hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kosco takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bench 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 3 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jutze scores.
Bottom 3 Reuss is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Jutze moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jutze hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Menke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Perez is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to second.
Top 3 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Norman strikes out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Armbrister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Armbrister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chaney hits a line drive towards first. May reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Armbrister tags and scores.
Top 2 Armbrister hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Armbrister reaches third base with a triple. Kosco goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Kosco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 1 Torres hits a fly ball into right field. Kosco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.