Pete Rose collected four hits, giving him nine in his first 16 times at bat this season, as the Reds defeated the Astros, 9-3, in a sweep of the three game series. Joe Morgan joined in with two hits for a 7-for-11 record. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 9, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Sunday, April     11, 1976 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  5  2
Reds         2  0  0    4  0  0    1  2  x  -   9 13  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Howard lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Rose 3b               6   2   4   1     0   0   .563
Cabell 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .500      Griffey rf            3   2   1   1     2   0   .308
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Morgan 2b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .636
Watson 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .308      Bench c               4   1   0   1     1   1   .167
Johnson c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Plummer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jutze c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Perez 1b              5   0   1   2     0   1   .333
Gross rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .300      Foster lf             3   1   1   1     2   1   .250
Milbourne 2b          2   1   0   0     1   1   .200      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     2   1   .167
Metzger ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .273      Geronimo cf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .462
Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Darcy p               3   1   2   0     0   1   .667
  Andujar p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Zachry p            1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Boswell ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .667        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .500
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hardy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Roberts ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .500

Totals               31   3   5   1     4   9             Totals               38   9  13   9     8   5

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 53,390
Left on Base: Astros 6, Reds 13
DP: Astros 0, Reds 1
Errors: Milbourne, Niekro
Doubles: Morgan (2), Perez (3), Rose (1), Geronimo (2)
Stolen Bases: Foster (1), Morgan (4)
GIDP: Metzger (1)
Hit by Pitch: Milbourne (1,by McEnaney)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(0-1)           3.1   6   6   6   5   2   0  21  16.20
Andujar                 1.2   3   0   0   1   2   0   9   3.86
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4  22.50
Barlow                  1.1   4   3   2   1   0   0  10   6.75
Hardy                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2  15.43
Totals                  8    13   9   8   8   5   0  46

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darcy W(1-0)            5.1   2   3   3   2   4   0  20   5.06
Zachry                  2.2   3   0   0   2   4   0  13   0.00
McEnaney                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     5   3   3   4   9   0  36

Hit by Pitch: McEnaney (1)
Wild Pitches: Barlow (1), Darcy (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Nick Colosi


ASTROS 1ST: Howard grounded out (second to first); Cabell
grounded out (third to first); Cedeno popped to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Griffey walked [Rose to
second]; Morgan doubled to right [Rose scored, Griffey to
third]; Bench flied out to center; Perez grounded out (second to
first) [Griffey scored, Morgan to third]; Foster walked; Foster
stole second; Concepcion walked; Geronimo popped to shortstop; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (second to first); Johnson
popped to first in foul territory; Gross flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Darcy struck out; Rose grounded out (shortstop to
first); Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne flied out to right; Metzger flied to
center; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds
2.

REDS 3RD: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Bench struck out;
Perez grounded out (third to first); Foster walked; Concepcion
forced Foster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Reds 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Howard struck out; Cabell grounded out (third to
first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); Darcy
singled to shortstop; Rose singled to right [Darcy to third];
Griffey singled to left [Darcy scored, Rose to second]; Rose was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Niekro [Rose to
third]; Morgan singled to right [Rose scored, Griffey to third];
ANDUJAR REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Griffey scored, Morgan to second]; Perez
doubled to right [Morgan scored]; Foster struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 6.

ASTROS 5TH: Watson struck out; Johnson lined to shortstop; Gross
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Reds 6.

REDS 5TH: JUTZE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); Concepcion was
called out on strikes; Geronimo grounded out (first to pitcher);
Darcy singled to center; Rose singled to right [Darcy to
second]; Griffey walked [Darcy to third, Rose to second]; Morgan
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 0,
Reds 6.

ASTROS 6TH: Milbourne walked; Metzger walked [Milbourne to
second]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR ANDUJAR; Boswell singled to left
[Milbourne to third, Metzger to second]; Darcy threw a wild
pitch [Milbourne scored, Metzger to third, Boswell to second];
Howard was called out on strikes; Cabell singled to right
[Metzger scored, Boswell scored (on throw) (no RBI)]; ZACHRY
REPLACED DARCY (PITCHING); Cedeno singled to left [Cabell to
second]; Debut game for Pat Zachry; Watson flied out to
left; Jutze forced Cedeno (second unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: SOSA REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Bench walked; Perez
struck out; Foster popped to catcher in foul territory;
Concepcion forced Bench (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 6.

ASTROS 7TH: Gross walked; Milbourne was called out on strikes;
Metzger flied out to right; CRUZ BATTED FOR SOSA; Cruz walked
[Gross to second]; Howard forced Cruz (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: BARLOW REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Geronimo flied out to
left; Zachry singled to center; Barlow threw a wild pitch
[Zachry to second]; Rose doubled to right [Zachry scored];
Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 7.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell singled to third; Cedeno struck out; Watson
singled to left [Cabell to second]; Jutze struck out; Gross
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 7.

REDS 8TH: Bench reached on an error by Milbourne [Bench to
second]; Perez flied out to right; Foster singled to center
[Bench scored (unearned)]; Concepcion walked [Foster to second];
Geronimo doubled to right [Foster scored, Concepcion to third];
HARDY REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); LUM BATTED FOR ZACHRY; Lum
flied out to center; Rose flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 9.

ASTROS 9TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); MCENANEY
REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Milbourne was hit by a pitch; Metzger
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Milbourne out at second]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR HARDY; Roberts
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 9.