August 11, 1970 AFTER THE SUPER WALLOP Cincinnati’s Tony Perez his second-inning grand slam off the New York Mets Jim McAndrews is greeted at the plate following McAndrews which carried more than 500 feet into the top deck of the new Riverfront Stadium at Cincinnati. The Reds drub-bed the Mets, 8-1.
Perez had hit a searing doudle off the center-field wall in the first inning as Jim McAndrew escaped the dutches of the Reds with the bases loaded.
The bases were full again and it was still scoreless when Perez came to bat with two out in the second inning As af McAndrew wasn’t in enough trouble he fell behind three and-oh.
“I know he’s got to go and get someone” Perez said “He doesn’t want to walk me Thai he’s got to face Johnny Bench with one run in” Perez swung and missed once fouled off another then drove die fast hall ever into the red seats upstairs in left field. Bang: four runs-batted-in and a 4-0 lead The Reds who haven’t had a whiff of pressure ‘n spring training mobbed Perez when he crossed the plate.
“I told him I was happy he got close to me” Bench said.
On July 26 Perez rested after playing every game end leading the league in RBI since the – beginning of the season’ Bench hit three home runs and drove in seven runs that day to pass Perez Saturday at Los Angeles Bench had a day off ” I tell him “Don’t give me a break’” Perez recalls. give you a break and look what happened’ What happened that day was that Perez hit two homers and drove in six runs.
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