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Fox Sports Ohio Replays 1975 World Series Games

Courtesy Cincinnati Reds

And this one belongs to the Reds! Fox Sports Ohio replays four games from the 1975 World Series this week, the four Reds victories to win the World Championship over the Boston Red Sox.

Curiously, FSO's truncated World Series repeat excludes Game 6, with Carlton Fisk's dramatic walk-off 12th inning home run, which many consider the greatest World Series game ever played.

But we'll see the four Reds wins Wednesday through Saturday, April 1-4.

Next week FSO resumes reruns from the 2019 season with six games against NL Central Division foes -- five against the Cubs and one with the Brewers -- Sunday, April 5 through Wednesday, April 8.

Spoiler alert: The Reds win every game.

Here's the 1975 World Series lineup this week:

Wednesday, April 1, 7 p.m.: 1975 World Series Game 2 from Oct. 12, 1975 from Fenway Park: Ken Griffey Jr. spoiled Boston's chance at a 2-0 series lead in Boston.

Thursday, April 2, 4 p.m.: Repeat of 1975 World Series Game 2 from Oct. 12, 1975.

Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m.: 1975 World Series Game 3 from Oct. 14, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium: After a Reds slugfest, the Red Sox crawled out of the 5-1 hole to tie in the ninth. In the 10th, Ed Armbrister and catcher Carlton Fisk collided on a bunt before Joe Morgan's bases loaded line drive gave the Reds a 6-5 walk-off win.  

Friday, April 3, 1 p.m.: Repeat of 1975 World Series Game 2 from Oct. 12, 1975 from Fenway Park.

Friday, April 3, 4 p.m.: Repeat of 1975 World Series Game 3 from Oct. 14, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium.

Friday, April 3, 7 pm.: 1975 World Series Game 5 from Oct. 16, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium: Don Gullet's fastballs blazed past the Red Sox hitters, and Tony Perez came through with a three-run homer in the sixth to give the Reds a 6-2 win.

Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m.: Repeat of World Series Game 3 from Oct. 14, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium.

Saturday, April 4, 4 p.m.: Repeat of 1975 World Series Game 5 from Oct. 16, 1975 at Riverfront Stadium.

Saturday, April 4, 7 p.m.: 1975 World Series Game 7 from Oct. 18, 1975 at Fenway Park: After losing Game 6 on Carlton Fisk's 12th inning homer, the Reds claw back from a 3-0 deficit to win first World Championship since 1940 on Morgan's two-out single in the ninth.

Repeats of 2019 games April 5-8:

Sunday, April 5, noon: Reds at Brewers from July 22, 2019: Eugenio Suárez's two-run home run in the ninth – his second homer of the night – lifted the Reds to a 6-5 victory over the Brewers.

Monday, April 6, noon: Reds vs. Cubs from Aug. 8, 2019: Aristides Aquino homered in his first three at-bats, tying an MLB record for a rookie, as the Reds beat the Cubs 10-1. His third homer brought a curtain call and standing ovation when he returned to the field.

Monday, April 6, 8 p.m.: Reds vs. Cubs from May 15, 2019: Eugenio Suarez tied the game with a two-run homer in the eighth, and Yasiel Puig delivered a walk-off single with the bases loaded in the 10th for a 6-5 Reds win.

Tuesday, April 7, noon: Reds vs. Cubs from May 16, 2019: Eugenio Suarez singled home the go-ahead run during a fifth inning downpour and added another RBI single for a 4-2 Reds victory.

Tuesday, April 7, 8 p.m.: Reds at Cubs from May 24 2019: Cincinnati came back twice in this one to beat the NL Central-leading Cubs for the third time in four games in 2019. Yasiel Puig hit a two-run homer and an RBI single, and Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run homer in the ninth to rally the Reds over Chicago 6-5.

Wednesday, April 8, noon:  Reds at Cubs from May 26, 2019: Rookie Nick Senzel had three hits and cut down a runner at the plate in Reds win in Wrigley Field. Joey Votto singled twice in his third consecutive multi-hit game, and Eugenio Suarez had two hits and three RBI.

The games will also stream on FOX Sports GO.

John Kiesewetter, who has covered television and media for more than 35 years, has been working for Cincinnati Public Radio and WVXU-FM since 2015.