most bizarre win in reds history

[Bruce Berenyi]

august 1989 reds score 14 in first vs bob forsch

[Big Klu]

august 1989 reds score 14 in first vs bob forsch

Actually, the Reds scored 7 of the runs in the first inning off Jim Clancy (who didn't record an out), and 7 more off Bob Forsch before the inning was over. Forsch actually didn't pitch too badly -- 7 innings of relief, allowing 10 runs (7 of them in the first inning).

[goreds2]

I nominate 1975 World Series Game 2. The Big Red Machine had been held in check by the Boston pitching and defense for the entirety of Game 1 and innings 1-8 of Game 2. They were about to fall behind zero games to two as they trailed 1-2 in the top of the ninth, with two outs, Bench at third, and Concepcion at the plate. Concepcion singled to tie the game, stole second but just barely, and then scored the go-ahead run on Griffey's double. Rawly Eastwick recorded three fly-outs in the ninth to close it out.

For 17 consecutive innings, the batted balls found their ways into the gloves of the opponent. And then, suddenly and bizarrely, a few of them found the grass.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...97510120.shtml

https://youtu.be/h9i2qd-1PAc

Great call out! If we don’t win that game, we may just become the Indians of the 1990’s.

[Hollcat]

1972 (I think) game 5 of NLCS against Pittsburgh. Bench leads off bottom of 9th with game tying HR and then Foster scores winning run on a wild pitch.

Votto's 3 HR game on Mothers Day with a grand slam to beat the Brewers.

[redsrule2500]

The two that immediately come to my mind would be Junior's inside the park walk off in 2001 and Adam Dunn's walk off grand slam in 2006.

Dunn's was moreso just an amazing comeback, not bizarre. Junior getting a inside-the-parker definitely counts, though - great one.

Are there any walk-off balks? lol

[Chip R]

I think someone mentioned in another thread a while back that the Reds beat the Braves in ATL off a bunt by Wilton Guerrero (I think.) It was basically a Little League HR. It wasn't a walkoff since it was in Atlanta but pretty bizarre nonetheless.

[savafan]

Actually, the Reds scored 7 of the runs in the first inning off Jim Clancy (who didn't record an out), and 7 more off Bob Forsch before the inning was over. Forsch actually didn't pitch too badly -- 7 innings of relief, allowing 10 runs (7 of them in the first inning).

As a 12 year old, listening to this game on the radio is a memory that sticks out.

[Big Klu]

As a 12 year old, listening to this game on the radio is a memory that sticks out.

I was 19 at the time, and had the day off from my summer job at Kmart. It was a day game, and I also remember relaxing at home and listening to the game while enjoying a Coke.

Lineups that day:

Houston
Billy Hatcher lf
Gerald Young cf
Bill Doran 2b
Glenn Davis 1b
Ken Caminiti 3b
Rafael Ramirez ss
Mark Davidson rf
Alex Treviño c
Jim Clancy p

Cincinnati
Mariano Duncan ss
Luis Quiñones 3b
Eric Davis cf
Ken Griffey lf
Rolando Roomes rf
Todd Benzinger 1b
Jeff Reed c
Ron Oester 2b
Tom Browning p

[Bruce Berenyi]

3 of those might astros played for the reds
hatcher, doran and the omnipotent alex trevino

[Big Klu]

3 of those might astros played for the reds
hatcher, doran and the omnipotent alex trevino

All three were on the Reds' 1990 World Champion club only a year later.

In Treviño's case, he was a "once and future Red" in this game.

[SunDeck]

June 30, 1999 v. Arizona was a pretty bizarre game. I was fortunate to have seats at field level, close enough to hear how hard it was to bat against the Big Unit.
The whole game, I was convinced Villone was going to implode, man his pitching drove me crazy.


https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/5...hnson-in-hell/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-u-f...n-dbacks-loss/

[Big Klu]

June 30, 1999 v. Arizona was a pretty bizarre game. I was fortunate to have seats at field level, close enough to hear how hard it was to bat against the Big Unit.
The whole game, I was convinced Villone was going to implode, man his pitching drove me crazy.


https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/5...hnson-in-hell/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-u-f...n-dbacks-loss/

I was at that game, too. Dmitri Young hit a home run to the moon off Johnson in the first inning. We had seats by the visitors bullpen, and watched Johnson warm up. The thing I remember is you could actually hear his fastball! It hissed like a snake!!

I attended three games that year that Ron Villone started (all Reds wins). In those three games, Villone pitched 21 innings and allowed 3 hits.

June 14 (8-4 win vs. Mets): (ND), 5 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 3 K, 7 BB

June 30 (2-0 win vs. D-Backs): (W, 3-2), 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 7 K, 2 BB

July 21 (1-0 win vs. Cardinals): (W, 5-3), 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 5 K, 2 BB

[SunDeck]

I was at that game, too. Dmitri Young hit a home run to the moon off Johnson in the first inning. We had seats by the visitors bullpen, and watched Johnson warm up. The thing I remember is you could actually hear his fastball! It hissed like a snake!!

I attended three games that year that Ron Villone started (all Reds wins). In those three games, Villone pitched 21 innings and allowed 3 hits.

June 14 (8-4 win vs. Mets): (ND), 5 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 3 K, 7 BB

June 30 (2-0 win vs. D-Backs): (W, 3-2), 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 7 K, 2 BB

July 21 (1-0 win vs. Cardinals): (W, 5-3), 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 5 K, 2 BB

You should have attended more, they could have avoided the Al Leiter wipeout.

[Roy Tucker]

Not a win, but my vote for most bizarre game was Reds-Mets July 22, 1986. Ejections, dramatic comeback, big fight, pitchers swapped out to the OF. Trouble was, the Reds lost. I really hated that era Mets.

https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july...l-and-home-run

[Big Klu]

You should have attended more, they could have avoided the Al Leiter wipeout.

I did attend two other games that season -- Opening Day (an 11-8 loss to the Giants), and a 7-6 win over the Astros on April 25.