July 26, 1975 Reds 5, Dodgers 3 (66-35)

For the third straight game, Pete Rose came up big and was a major factor in the Reds win. He went four for five and had four of the Reds’ eight hits and scored three of the Reds’ five runs.

Johnny Bench had two RBIs and Joe Morgan had two hits. Jack Billingham almost went the distance. He threw 8 2/3 and he gave up three runs on nine hits. He got into a jam in the ninth and had runners on first and second when Sparky went to the pen and brought in Rawly Eastwick, who struck out the final batter to put the game away.

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