July 29, 1975 Giants 4, Reds 2 (67-37)

The Giants turned the tables on the Reds as they doubled them up despite being outhit. The Reds gave up seven hits, so that definitely helped, and despite outhitting the Giants 10-7, the Giants actually left more men on base.

The Reds jumped out to an early lead on Ken Griffey’s third homer of the season. They put another run on the board in the fourth when Darrel Chaney singled home Merv Rettenmund. The Giants didn’t waste much time after that because in the next half inning, the Giants tagged starter Fred Norman for two runs.

Both teams were then held scoreless until the ninth inning when the Giants scored two runs off of reliever Rawly Eastwick. The Reds went down fairly quietly in the bottom of the ninth to finish the game up.

Fred Norman threw 7 2/3 solid innings. He gave up two runs on five hits, but he walked five. Eastwick took the loss as he gave up two runs in only 2/3 innings of work.

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