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September 3, 1974

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 7 8 1
Astros 5 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 7 8 1
Astros 5 9 1

Greg Gross Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .311
OBP .250 .389
At Bats 4 486
Hits 1 151
• Singles 1 132
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 61
RBI’s 0 30

Clay Carroll Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 4 4
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Astrodome - September 3, 1974
Out
Clay Carroll
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Joe Morgan
Darrel Chaney
Dave Concepcion
Pete Rose
Cesar Geronimo
George Foster
Greg Gross
Cliff Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 7 8 1 6
Houston Astros 5 9 1 5
Winning Pitcher Pedro Borbon
Losing Pitcher Ken Forsch
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Morgan
Attendance 6,894
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Jerry Johnson. Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Clay Carroll now pitching. Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a fly ball towards left. Howard catches it and throws to second to double up Morgan.
Top 9 Jerry Johnson now pitching. Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose tags and scores. Morgan tags and moves to second.
Top 9 Ramon de los Santos now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crowley scores. Rose moves to third.
Top 9 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Forsch fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Forsch. Crowley moves to third.
Top 9 Dave Campbell now playing first base. Terry Crowley pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Crowley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards second. Morgan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Campbell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Dave Campbell pinch runs for Lee May. May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Darrel Chaney now playing third base. May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hal King pinch hits for Junior Kennedy. King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Metzger 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 7 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ken Forsch now pitching. Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kennedy scores. Rettenmund scores. Bench moves to third.
Top 7 Bench takes first base on ball four. Rettenmund moves to second.
Top 7 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kennedy moves to third.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Clay Kirby. Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kennedy moves to second.
Top 7 Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 6 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kirby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. Bench scores.
Top 6 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench moves to third.
Top 6 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 May hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a popup towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kirby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Morgan is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kirby strikes out.
Top 5 Kennedy hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross strikes out.
Bottom 4 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 4 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Geronimo hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foster hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 3 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.
Top 3 Perez strikes out.
Top 3 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 2 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Kirby covering, for the out.
Top 2 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Kirby takes first base on ball four. Kennedy moves to second.
Top 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 1 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kirby fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kirby. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. May scores.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Cedeno moves to third. May moves to second.
Bottom 1 May hits a fly ball into right field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gross tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Foster strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Bench scores.
Top 1 Concepcion hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Bench moves to third.
Top 1 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morgan tags and scores.
Top 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rose hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.