Just putting this out there

To me, it's fun to take a close look at ballpark photos like the two below and try to figure out the game situation and date taken.  With the help of Baseball Reference, the detection process almost always takes only a minute or two.  

On this one, the photo isn't sharp, but it's possible to see the score is 7-7 in the bottom of the 9th.  The infield is way in, which probably means the game-winning run is on 3rd base.  The batter's number isn't legible on the scoreboard, but the high average of .332 means the first guess would be Pete Rose.  

Sometimes other scores and batting order information can also help, but they weren't necessary this time.  The Cincinnati Reds left Crosley Field in mid-1970.  Pete Rose was a .300 hitter from 1965-1970, so next check B-R for the 11 games per season where Atlanta played at Cincinnati.  

While I can't be sure due to the fuzziness, the fact that even though the catcher wore a single-digit number, he was batting 7th (just above the red helmet of the runner on first) and likely meant that Johnny Bench wasn't in the lineup, or maybe not even with the team.  He became the starting catcher in 1968, so the first place I'd check would be 1967 games.  All this takes just seconds, and the result is found on June 3:  

   

Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Tied 7-7, Braves' Ramón Hernández facing 9-1-2

b9 7-7 0 --- CIN Mel Queen Ramón Hernández 7% 71% Single to LF

                                                                                Chico Ruiz pinch hits for Floyd Robinson (RF) batting 1st

b9 7-7 0 1-- CIN Chico Ruiz Ramón Hernández 10% 81% Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; M. Queen to 2B

b9 7-7 0 12- CIN Vada Pinson Ramón Hernández 12% 94% Single to P; M. Queen to 3B; C. Ruiz to 2B

b9 7-7 0 123 R CIN Pete Rose Ramón Hernández 6% 100% Fielder's Choice ; M. Queen Scores; C. Ruiz to 3B; V. Pinson to 2B

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Braves 7, Reds 8.

Probably a '67 Firebird in the ad to the right of the clock on the scoreboard.  Didn't even have to reference Mountain Dew, which went on the market in the mid-60's, and the signage for what became Interstate 75, just beyond the left-field wall.  You can see what used to be behind that wall in the next photo.

What can be seen in that next picture, also from Crosley Field?   Looking at it full size, at the left edge of the beer ad, "Redlegs" was the team's name during the Red Scare of the 1950's, and was changed back to "Reds" prior to the 1959 season.  The Pontiac ad atop the scoreboard appears to depict what they called "Wide-Track Pontiac" in the late 50's/early 60's.  On the National League side of the scoreboard, the Dodgers are shown as "Los Ang" instead of "LA" so this may have been the first season after they moved to Southern California.  

My guess is that this is late in the 1958 season, after the 1959 car models have been introduced.  A higher-resolution version of the image would provide more information to help pin down the exact date.  (Click to embiggen, or just do like I do and download PhotoShow.)

Later that same day:  upon further review, I’m setting the date as August 17, 1959.  All NL teams in action, but only one AL game scheduled.  No clue yet as to why the teams were lined up on the foul lines.  That might require paying for a Newspapers dot com subscription to see a Cincinnati sports page from the following day.  I like digging for background information, but only if it costs time, not money.

Also, a photo on Alamy with plenty of detail to fix the date as September 27, 1959 has the same advertising on the outfield wall and scoreboard.  

I bet that the blob at the right margin of the Kroger ad on the bottom of the scoreboard was Toppie, the pink plaid elephant mascot of Top Value Stamps.  (Whaddaya mean, Top Value Stamps went out of business in the 1980's?!?  How come I can remember them so well, huh?  Explain that!)