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Cincinnati Reds II |
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1876 - The woeful Reds win
their second straight game, defeating the
Philadelphia Athletics by a score of 7-5 at
Avenue Grounds. The victory would be their sixth
of the season. |
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Cincinnati Reds III |
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1882 - The first place Reds
defeat the Athletics in Philadelphia's Oakdale
Park by a score of 6-1. |
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1922 - At Redland Field the
sweeps the Phillies in a double header by scores
of 7-1 and 5-3. The two wins would kick off a
six-game winning streek. |
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1924 - In Cincinnati the Reds
split a double header with Cincinnati winning
game two. Both games went into extra innings.
Game one went ten innings and game two went to
sixteen innings. Pitcher Eppa Rixey drives in
the winning run in game two's 2-1 victory. |
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1948 - At Wrigley Field the
Reds shutout the Cubs by a score of 4-0 behind
the pitching of Ewell Blackwell. Blackwell
strikes out thirteen Cubs in the victory. |
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1960 - The Cuban revolution led
by Fidel Castro and the nationalization of all
U.S. owned enterprises in Cuba brings an end to
Cincinnati's top farm team, the Havana Sugar
Kings. Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick
announces that the club will be pulled and
relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey. |
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1962 - At Crosley Field the
Reds take both games from the Houston Colt 45's.
Cincinnati wins the first game by a score of
12-8 and takes the second game in thirteen
innings by a score of 12-11. Cincinnati uses
nine pitchers in game two which sets a National
League record. |
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1980 - In Los Angeles the
National League defeats the American League,
4-2. Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Sr. goes
2-for-3 with a solo homerun and is awarded the
game's MVP. |
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1985 - Managing general partner
Marge Schott becomes president and CEO of the
Reds. |
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Cincinnati Reds IV (Kelly's Killers) |
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1891 - Reds business manager
Frank Bancroft tells reporters that, between the
National League Reds and the American
Association Reds, there will be only one club in
Cincinnati next season. Bancroft refuses to say
which club will survive but the signs are that
it will be his club. |
