CINCINNATI – The ‘75 Cincinnati Reds’ stalled offense figured out a way to win in Game 3 of the @JackSacco6 @sacco_john “The Best Teams of The 1970s” Strat-O-Matic World Series Friday, earning a 5-1 win over the ’72 Oakland A’s at Riverfront Stadium.
Oakland still leads the Series, 2-1. Games 4 and 5 will also be played at Riverfront Stadium.
The Reds, who scored just two runs in two losses to open the series, scored a run in the first inning to grab its first lead of the series. Joe Morgan reached on an error, stole second and moved to third on Ken Griffey, Sr.’s bunt single. Johnny Bench hit into a double-play as Morgan scored on the play.
Cincinnati then turned to fundamental baseball. While the A’s made two errors in the first three innings, the Reds executed a squeeze play in the third when Griffey, scored pitcher Jack Billingham on a perfectly executive squeeze.
In the fourth, George Foster hit a one-out double. Pete Rose walked, and Cesar Geronimo delivered an RBI single that advanced Rose to third. Dave Concepcion then squeezed Rose home to make it 4-0 off Oakland starter John “Blue Moon” Odom (0-1).
The rabid Reds’ fans were buzzing prior to the game, sensing the urgency for their team to get things going.
Riverfront Stadium rocked welcoming their boys’ home and were hyped further when @MilanaSacco performed the national anthem. She had previously performed on MLB Network, singing the anthem at another World Series. The Buckeye state, socially-distanced crowd erupted into complete euphoria when it was posted on the stadium scoreboard that @MilanaSacco would attend Ohio-based Case Western Reserve University in the fall for her freshman year of college.
Rose broke a hitless streak with two singles and a walk in the game. He was moved from leadoff to sixth in the lineup by manager @JackSacco6.
Tony Perez homered in the eighth for The Big Red Machine, his first hit in 11 series at bats.
Three Cincinnati pitchers shut down the A’s. Billingham worked 4-1/3 innings allowing five hits and walking six but just one run.
Clay Carroll (1-0) came in to work 2-2/3 scoreless innings and was credited with the win. Rawly Eastwick pitched the final two innings to gain the save (1).
Third baseman Sal Bando drove in Oakland’s only run with a fifth-inning single. Outfielders Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi had two hits each.
Odom worked four innings allowing four hits and four runs, only two were earned.
Lefties Ken Holtzman and Dave Hamilton pitched the final four innings.
Oakland second baseman Dick Green and A’s Manager @sacco_john seemed to exchange words after Green botched a sacrifice bunt attempt in the sixth inning, popping into a double play.
Greene was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth.
Oakland still leads the Series, 2-1. Games 4 and 5 will also be played at Riverfront Stadium.
The Reds, who scored just two runs in two losses to open the series, scored a run in the first inning to grab its first lead of the series. Joe Morgan reached on an error, stole second and moved to third on Ken Griffey, Sr.’s bunt single. Johnny Bench hit into a double-play as Morgan scored on the play.
Cincinnati then turned to fundamental baseball. While the A’s made two errors in the first three innings, the Reds executed a squeeze play in the third when Griffey, scored pitcher Jack Billingham on a perfectly executive squeeze.
In the fourth, George Foster hit a one-out double. Pete Rose walked, and Cesar Geronimo delivered an RBI single that advanced Rose to third. Dave Concepcion then squeezed Rose home to make it 4-0 off Oakland starter John “Blue Moon” Odom (0-1).
The rabid Reds’ fans were buzzing prior to the game, sensing the urgency for their team to get things going.
Riverfront Stadium rocked welcoming their boys’ home and were hyped further when @MilanaSacco performed the national anthem. She had previously performed on MLB Network, singing the anthem at another World Series. The Buckeye state, socially-distanced crowd erupted into complete euphoria when it was posted on the stadium scoreboard that @MilanaSacco would attend Ohio-based Case Western Reserve University in the fall for her freshman year of college.
Rose broke a hitless streak with two singles and a walk in the game. He was moved from leadoff to sixth in the lineup by manager @JackSacco6.
Tony Perez homered in the eighth for The Big Red Machine, his first hit in 11 series at bats.
Three Cincinnati pitchers shut down the A’s. Billingham worked 4-1/3 innings allowing five hits and walking six but just one run.
Clay Carroll (1-0) came in to work 2-2/3 scoreless innings and was credited with the win. Rawly Eastwick pitched the final two innings to gain the save (1).
Third baseman Sal Bando drove in Oakland’s only run with a fifth-inning single. Outfielders Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi had two hits each.
Odom worked four innings allowing four hits and four runs, only two were earned.
Lefties Ken Holtzman and Dave Hamilton pitched the final four innings.
Oakland second baseman Dick Green and A’s Manager @sacco_john seemed to exchange words after Green botched a sacrifice bunt attempt in the sixth inning, popping into a double play.
Greene was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth.
The Teams of the 1970s World Series
at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
Game 3
Oakland 000 010 000-1 8 2
Cincinnati 101 200 01x-5 7 1
WP-Clay Carroll (1-0)
LP-John Odom (0-1)
Sv-Rawly Eastwick (1)
at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
Game 3
Oakland 000 010 000-1 8 2
Cincinnati 101 200 01x-5 7 1
WP-Clay Carroll (1-0)
LP-John Odom (0-1)
Sv-Rawly Eastwick (1)
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