Reds and Giants square off to take the lead in the National League.
Sept 11 - Frank Pastore vs. Ron Bryant
The Reds take a 3-2 lead in the 4th on Johnny Bench's HR, then add
another in the 5th to go up 4-1. Giants scratch one out in the 7th then
erupt for 4 runs in the 8th on Chris Speier's grand slam to win it 7-4.
Bench was 2 for 3 for the Reds, while Goodson went 3 for 3 for the
Giants, and Speier and McCovey had 2 hits and HR each. Randy Moffitt got
the win in relief, Tom Hume suffered the setback.
Sept 12 - Tom Seaver vs. Tom Bradley
Dueling shutouts for 6 innings, the Giants broke the tie when Willie
McCovey homered to start the 7th. But Johnny Bench came through in the
9th with an RBI single off Elias Sosa to tie the game at 1-1. Bottom of
the 9th, Reds' pitcher Paul Moskau found trouble quickly. A double by
Garry Maddox and a free pass to Willie McCovey put two on with no outs.
Two outs later it was Chris Speier again as the hero with a game-winning
single to give the Giants a 2-1 win. Don McMahon got the win, Moskua
took the loss.
Sept 13 - Jim Barr vs. Mario Soto
Another pitching duel...Reds got a run in the 2nd when Ray Knight
walked, stole 2nd, then scored on Chris Speier's throwing error. In the
5th the Reds caught a bad break when Mario Soto had to leave the game
with an injury. Moskau and his rubber arm came on again and held the
shutout into the 8th. Joe Price pitching in the 8th and a pair of walks
set up Garry Maddox for a game-tying single. Ed Goodson followed with a
sac fly and Gary Matthews singled in the 3rd run of the inning to put SF
up 3-1. Bottom of the 8th things got shaky for Elias Sosa. A single, a
walk, two on, no outs. But a busted hit and run resulted in Dan
Driessen being thrown out at 3rd. After an infield single put runners
at the corners, Sosa got a strikeout and a fly out to get out of the
inning. He held the 9th as well and the Giants won 3-1. McMahon got
the win, Price the loss.
Sept 14 - Juan Marichal vs. Bruce "Bullets" Berenyi
Bobby Bonds RBI single in the 3rd and Berenyi's squeeze bunt in the 5th
set the score at 1-1. It stayed this way until the 8th. Collins
doubled, Concepcion singled. An out later Joe Nolan was walked to face
a "fatigued" Johnny Bench. The tired act worked as Bench singled home
two runs and Ken Griffey followed with a double to plate two more, in
all a 4-run breakout and a 5-1 lead. The Giants had no answer in the
9th and the Reds averted the sweep winning 5-1. Tom Hume earned the
win, Marichal took the loss.
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