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Mets
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
May 21, 1975
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets, played on May 21, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 1975 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 1975 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Seaver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Billingham |
| Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 16,072 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bruce Froemming 1B: Art Williams 2B: Paul Runge 3B: Ed Vargo |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Del Unser | Center Fielder |
| Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
| Ed Kranepool | First Baseman |
| Rusty Staub | Right Fielder |
| Joe Torre | Third Baseman |
| John Milner | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| Bud Harrelson | Shortstop |
| Tom Seaver | Pitcher |
| Yogi Berra | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Third Baseman |
| Ken Griffey | Right Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Tony Perez | First Baseman |
| Cesar Geronimo | Center Fielder |
| Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
| George Foster | Left Fielder |
| Jack Billingham | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
May 21, 1975
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Billingham
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion misplays the ball. That's an error on Concepcion. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Billingham
Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Unser moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Unser tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Billingham
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Seaver
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Seaver
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Seaver
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Seaver
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bench for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Billingham
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Billingham
Milner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Milner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grote vs. Billingham
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Milner scores. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. Billingham
Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seaver vs. Billingham
Seaver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Unser vs. Billingham
Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grote scores. Seaver moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Millan vs. Billingham
Millan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Seaver
Perez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Seaver
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Seaver
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Billingham
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Billingham
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Seaver
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billingham vs. Seaver
Billingham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Seaver
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Seaver
Griffey strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Billingham
Milner hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Billingham
Grote hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Billingham
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Seaver
Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Seaver
Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Milner. Bench reaches second base with a double. Morgan goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Seaver
Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Seaver
Geronimo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Seaver
Concepcion strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Seaver
Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Billingham vs. Seaver
Billingham strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seaver vs. Billingham
Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose juggles the ball. That's an error on Rose. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Billingham
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Billingham
Millan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Millan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Seaver
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan misplays the ball. That's an error on Millan. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Seaver
Griffey takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Seaver
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out. Rose moves to third. Griffey moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bench vs. Seaver
Bench hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Seaver
Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Griffey scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Seaver
Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Concepcion vs. Seaver
The umpire calls a balk on Seaver Perez moves to third. Geronimo moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Concepcion vs. Seaver
Concepcion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez scores. Geronimo scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Baldwin
Rick Baldwin now pitching.
Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Concepcion moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Billingham vs. Baldwin
Billingham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Billingham for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Billingham
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Billingham
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Billingham
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Baldwin
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Baldwin
Griffey hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Baldwin
Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Baldwin
Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Baldwin
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Billingham
Doug Flynn now playing second base.
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Billingham
Harrelson hits a line drive towards third. Rose reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Billingham
Bob Gallagher pinch hits for Rick Baldwin.
Gallagher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Gallagher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Unser vs. Billingham
Unser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gallagher scores. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Billingham
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Hall
John Stearns now catching. Tom Hall now pitching.
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Hall
Concepcion hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Hall
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Billingham vs. Hall
Billingham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Kranepool reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staub vs. McEnaney
Will McEnaney now pitching.
Staub hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torre vs. McEnaney
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milner vs. McEnaney
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Milner for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Hall
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rettenmund vs. Hall
Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Ken Griffey.
Rettenmund takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flynn vs. Hall
Flynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Plummer vs. Hall
Bill Plummer pinch hits for Johnny Bench.
Plummer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Hall
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Hall
Geronimo strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. McEnaney
Merv Rettenmund now playing right field. Bill Plummer now catching.
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clines vs. McEnaney
Gene Clines pinch hits for Bud Harrelson.
Clines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. McEnaney
Jesus Alou pinch hits for Tom Hall.
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Reds, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. McEnaney
Unser hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/21/1975 -- New York at Cincinnati (N)
New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Unser D, cf 5 1 2 2 Rose P, 3b 4 2 1 0
Millan F, 2b 4 0 2 0 Griffey K, rf 3 1 0 0
Kranepool E, 1b 3 0 2 1 Rettenmund M, ph-rf 0 1 0 0
Staub R, rf 4 0 0 0 Morgan J, 2b 4 1 2 0
Torre J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Flynn D, 2b 1 1 1 3
Milner J, lf 4 1 1 0 Bench J, c 4 1 2 1
Grote J, c 3 1 1 1 Plummer B, ph-c 1 0 0 0
Stearns J, c 1 0 0 0 Perez T, 1b 5 2 2 4
Harrelson B, ss 3 0 0 0 Geronimo C, cf 5 1 1 0
Clines G, ph 1 0 0 0 Concepcion D, ss 4 1 2 3
Seaver T, p 2 0 1 0 Foster G, lf 4 0 2 0
Baldwin R, p 0 0 0 0 Billingham J, p 3 0 0 0
Gallagher B, ph 1 1 1 0 McEnaney W, p 0 0 0 0
Hall T, p 0 0 0 0
Alou J, ph 1 0 1 0
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36 4 11 4 38 11 13 11
New York 120 000 100 -- 4
Cincinnati 000 340 13x -- 11
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver T (L) 4.2 7 7 3 3 5
Baldwin R 1.1 3 0 0 0 0
Hall T 2.0 3 4 4 1 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham J (W)* 7.0 10 4 3 0 1
McEnaney W 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Concepcion D, Rose P, Millan F
DP -- Cincinnati 3
LOB -- New York 6, Cincinnati 7
2B -- Milner J, Bench J, Millan F, Gallagher B, Kranepool E
HR -- Perez T, Concepcion D, Flynn D
SF -- Kranepool E
Balk -- Seaver T
T -- 2:22
A -- 16072
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