At Riverfront Stadium‚ the Reds recover from being no-hit to roll over the Cards‚ 12 – 0. Ross Grimsley pitches his first major league shutout and is backed by a 17-hit attack. George Foster and Tony Perez each have 4 hits.

ByTom

At Riverfront Stadium‚ the Reds recover from being no-hit to roll over the Cards‚ 12 – 0. Ross Grimsley pitches his first major league shutout and is backed by a 17-hit attack. George Foster and Tony Perez each have 4 hits.

Ken Holtzman pitches 2nd hitter of career and scores games only run

ByThis Day in Baseball

On June 3, 1971, Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs pitches the second no-hitter of his career, downing the Cincinnati Reds, 1-0. Holtzman, who also scores the only run of the game, will become an ex-Cub after the season when he is traded to the Oakland A’s for Rick Monday. The No-hitter was nearly lost…