In Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees, Dan Driessen, batting fifth in the Reds lineup, becomes the first National League player to be used as a designated hitter. The DH was not employed before this year’s Fall Classic, although the concept had been adopted and used in the American League since 1973.
1975 – Tony Perez breaks an 0 for 15 slump with two home runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6 – 2 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World Series.
1975 – Down 2 – 1 in the 9th inning, Cincinnati rallies to beat the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series, 3 – 2.
1974 – Don Wilson is taken out after eight innings of no-hit ball. He is behind, 2-1. Two walks and an error have put Cincinnati ahead. Ironies abound. Wilson is approaching a rare third career no-hitter. The man who hit into the error is Pete Rose, who hit into the run-scoring error that made Ken Johnson a no-hit loser in 1964. The Houston manager is Preston Gomez who similarly yanked Clay Kirby during a no-hit bid while with San Diego. Kirby is watching from the Reds’ dugout. Mike Cosgrove gives up a meaningless single in the ninth that breaks up the bid. Houston loses. Gomez hears the boos.
On May 1, 1974, Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits three batters during the first inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds. Ellis hits Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen being his victims. Ellis, who admits to trying intentionally to hit each Reds batter that faced him, throws two pitches behind Tony…
After waiting three hours to begin the game due to rain, the Reds beat San Francisco at Riverfront Stadium, 6-3. At the end of the contest, the Cincinnati fans are treated to the nation’s earliest Independence Day celebration, when the team begins launching fireworks at two o’clock in the morning. (Our thanks to NPC editor Steve Basford, who attended this game and stayed for the fireworks, for sharing this fact!)
The Reds, 11 games behind the Dodgers at the beginning of the day, stage two dramatic comebacks to snatch a doubleheader win from Los Angeles. Hal King’s clutch 3-run pinch home run with two outs wins the first game, 4 – 3, against Don Sutton, while Tony Perez’s 10th-inning hit wins the second, 3 – 2. This day will be looked upon as the turning point of the National League’s Western Division race.
1970 Cincinnati Reds – Tony Perez, Johnny Bench and Pete Rose. Game ticket & learn more about the players, teams, stadiums and dates in history @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We bring you cool stories about the game, players, ballparks and the people that shaped the game!” subscribe_button=”Join us!” show_subscribers_total=”1″] Subscribe to…
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…
On July 16, 1970, In precisely the same spot as Exposition Park, the home of the Pirates from 1891 to 1909, the Pittsburgh Pirates play their first game in Three Rivers Stadium, the successor to Forbes Field. Dock Ellis throws the first pitch in the new stadium and future Hall of Famer Willie Stargell rips…
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