John Montefusco and Gary Lavelle, who pitched the last 2 2/3 innings in relief, allowed only five hits between them as the Giants defeated the Reds, 5-1. This was first time this season the Reds had been held under 10 hits in any game. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game Played on Sunday, April     18, 1976 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   5 11  1
Reds         0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .286      Rose 3b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .514
Thomas 2b             4   1   1   1     1   1   .276      Griffey rf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .378
Murcer rf             2   0   1   0     3   0   .360      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .444
  Thomasson rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Driessen 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Matthews lf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .300      Foster lf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .353
Montanez 1b           4   1   2   0     1   0   .276      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     1   0   .094
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     1   0   .231      Geronimo cf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .407
Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .333        Perez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .250        Youngblood cf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Montefusco p          2   1   1   1     0   0   .143      Plummer c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
  Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nolan p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .600
                                                            Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .333

Totals               35   5  11   5     6   2             Totals               32   1   5   1     5   7

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 23,701
Left on Base: Giants 10, Reds 10
DP: Giants 0, Reds 1
Errors: Joshua
Doubles: Reitz (1), Montefusco (1), Joshua (1)
Triples: Geronimo (3)
Stolen Bases: Thomas 2 (2), Murcer (1), Griffey (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Nolan (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Montefusco (1)
GIDP: Rader (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(2-1)       6.1   5   1   1   4   3   0  28   2.18
Lavelle SV(3)           2.2   0   0   0   1   4   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   5   7   0  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan L(1-1)            7     6   3   3   4   2   0  31   3.93
McEnaney                1.1   3   2   2   2   0   0   8  12.60
Eastwick                0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.84
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   2   0  42

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Thomas was called out on strikes;
Murcer walked; Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez singled to right; Speier grounded out
(second to first) [Montanez to second]; Reitz doubled [Montanez
scored]; Rader singled to left [Reitz to third]; Montefusco hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Reitz scored]; Joshua grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen flied out to center; Foster singled to
center; Concepcion popped to shortstop; Geronimo tripled [Foster
scored]; Plummer walked; Nolan lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Thomas walked; Thomas stole second; Murcer flied out
to center; Matthews flied to right in foul territory [Thomas to
third]; Montanez walked; Speier forced Montanez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to center; Griffey flied out to left;
Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Driessen walked [Rose to third,
Morgan to second]; Foster forced Rose (catcher to pitcher)
[Morgan to third, Driessen to second, Foster to first];
Concepcion forced Foster (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); Rader popped
to second in foul territory; Montefusco grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo flied out to left; Plummer singled to left;
Nolan out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Plummer to
second]; Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); Murcer singled to right; Murcer
stole second; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Griffey singled to center; Griffey stole second;
Morgan flied out to left; Driessen grounded out (shortstop to
first); Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds
1.

GIANTS 6TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Speier
grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Geronimo flied out to
center; Plummer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 2, Reds 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Rader popped to first in foul territory; Montefusco
doubled to left; Joshua singled to right [Montefusco to third];
Thomas forced Joshua (shortstop to second) [Montefusco scored,
Thomas to first]; Thomas stole second; Murcer walked; Matthews
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: LUM BATTED FOR NOLAN; Lum flied out to right; Rose
walked; LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Griffey was
called out on strikes; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 1.

GIANTS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Montanez grounded
out (second to first); Speier walked; Reitz singled to right
[Speier to second]; Rader grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: Driessen was called out on strikes; Foster struck out;
Concepcion walked; PEREZ BATTED FOR GERONIMO; Perez flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 1.

GIANTS 9TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING CF); Lavelle
grounded out (first unassisted); Joshua doubled to left; Thomas
singled to center [Joshua to third, Thomas to second (on throw
to home)]; Murcer was walked intentionally; EASTWICK REPLACED
MCENANEY (PITCHING); Matthews singled to center [Joshua scored,
Thomas scored, Murcer to second]; Montanez singled to left
[Murcer out at home (left to catcher), Matthews to second];
Speier flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds
1.

REDS 9TH: THOMASSON REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING RF); Plummer
reached on an error by Joshua [Plummer to second]; ARMBRISTER
BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Armbrister was called out on strikes; Rose
grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 1.