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...Reds scored five of their runs in the fourth and fifth innings. In the fourth, Sox starter Rick Wise walked Tony Perez. Perez then stole second and came home on a homer by Johnny Bench...
Despite a balanced attack which featured goals by all seven starters and a strong bench performance, the Crimson aquamen succumbed to a second-half rally by the powerful Bulldogs...
Play resumed, and Morgan tripled down the line in right. Bench's single accounted for one run, and a two-run homer by Tony Perez (his first hit in the series) gave the Reds a 3-0 advantage...
Certainly the Cincinnati offense is one of the finest in recent memory. Basically, the Reds line up is a three spark-plug, three piston machine. Morgan, Rose and Griffey, all hitting well over 300, are the spark-plugs; Bench, Perez and Foster, who collectively accounted for 66 home runs and 316 RBI's are the pistons. The sparkplugs hit 'em where they ain't and the pistons hit 'em over the walls...
While more publicity has been focused on Cincinnati's hitting attack, the Reds' fielding is equally unsurpassed. This season the Reds strung together fourteen consecutive errorless games, another alltime baseball record. Six Reds--Morgan, Concepcion, Bench, Rose, Perez and Geronimo -- have won Golden Glove awards in the past; four won last year alone...