July 28, 1975 Reds 8, Giants 4 (67-36)

The Reds doubled up on the Giants despite getting out hit 17-10. The Giants left 13 men on base as the Reds pitching staff threw themselves out of several jams.

The Reds jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first on a big three run homer by Dan Driessen. Pete Rose also had a big game with two doubles, two RBIs and a run. Johnny Bench and Tony Perez both had two hits a piece.

The pitching lines for the Reds didn’t look impressive, but reliever Pedro Borbon walked away with the win. Starter Gary Nolan only threw 2 2/3 innings as he gave up seven hits and two runs. Borbon threw five innings and gave up two runs on eight hits.

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