Mike Schmidt hit his 10th and 11th home runs in April, tying the major league record shared by Willie Stargell of the Pirates and Graig Nettles of the Yankees when the Phillies outslugged the Reds, 10-9. The winning run scored when Dave Cash singled in the eighth, advanced on an error, reached third on Larry Bowa's sacrifice and scored on a passed ball by Johnny Bench, his first since 1974. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 10, Cincinnati Reds 9
Game Played on Monday, April     26, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  5    3  0  0  -   9 15  2
Phillies     1  0  3    2  0  1    2  1  x  -  10 14  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               6   0   4   4     0   1   .483      Cash 2b               5   4   4   0     0   0   .316
Concepcion ss         5   0   0   0     0   0   .130      Bowa ss               4   1   3   2     0   0   .319
Foster cf             5   1   2   1     0   2   .314      Schmidt 3b            5   2   3   3     0   1   .302
Perez 1b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .250      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .333
Bench c               3   1   0   0     2   0   .140        Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Bailey lf             4   1   2   2     0   1   .333      Brown rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .455
  Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Johnstone ph,rf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .410
Youngblood rf         5   2   4   0     0   0   .545      Maddox cf             3   1   0   0     2   1   .279
Flynn 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Tolan 1b              3   1   2   3     0   0   .357
  Morgan ph,2b        1   1   0   0     1   1   .362      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .263
Norman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Kaat p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
  Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Alcala p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Driessen ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .200        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .667
  Lum ph,lf           1   0   0   1     1   0   .211        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  15   8     4   7             Totals               37  10  14   9     2   7

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 16,565
Left on Base: Reds 10, Phillies 8
DP: Reds 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Youngblood, Morgan, Schmidt, Brown 2
Doubles: Youngblood (1), Perez (6), Rose (7), Schmidt (1), Bowa 2 (3), Brown (2)
Triples: Cash (2)
Home Runs: Foster (2), Bailey (1), Schmidt 2 (11), Tolan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Luzinski (3)
Hit by Pitch: Tolan (1,by Norman)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  4     9   6   6   1   3   2  22   4.05
Alcala                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4  15.00
Borbon                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.79
Eastwick L(1-1)         2     2   3   2   1   3   1  11   2.51
Totals                  8    14  10   9   2   7   3  42

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    5.1  11   6   4   0   3   2  27   4.44
Garber                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   6.52
Reed                    1     2   3   3   3   1   0   8   5.40
McGraw W(2-2)           2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.63
Totals                  9    15   9   7   4   7   2  46

Passed Balls: Bench (2)
Hit by Pitch: Norman (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


REDS 1ST: Rose was called out on strikes; Concepcion grounded
out (third to first); Foster homered; Perez singled to left;
Bench flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Bowa lined to second;
Schmidt doubled to left [Cash to third]; Luzinski hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Cash scored]; Brown flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 1.

REDS 2ND: Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood
doubled to left; Flynn grounded out (second to first)
[Youngblood to third]; Norman grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Tolan
grounded out (third to first); Boone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to right; Concepcion hit into a double
play (second unassisted) [Rose out at second]; Foster struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Kaat was called out on strikes; Cash grounded out
(first unassisted); Bowa doubled to center; Schmidt homered
[Bowa scored]; Luzinski singled to left; Brown doubled to left
[Luzinski to third]; Maddox was walked intentionally; Tolan was
hit by a pitch [Brown to third, Maddox to second, Luzinski
scored]; Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 4.

REDS 4TH: Perez flied out to center; Bench popped to third in
foul territory; Bailey singled to center; Youngblood singled to
center [Bailey to second]; Flynn forced Youngblood (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Kaat struck out; Cash singled to left; Bowa
doubled to left [Bowa out at third (left to shortstop to third),
Cash scored]; Schmidt homered; Luzinski popped to catcher in
foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 6.

REDS 5TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR NORMAN; Armbrister struck out;
Rose singled to right; Concepcion flied out to center; Foster
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 5TH: ALCALA REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Brown flied
out to center; Maddox struck out; Tolan singled to center; Boone
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Phillies 6.

REDS 6TH: Perez doubled to center; Bench grounded out (third to
first); Bailey homered [Perez scored]; Youngblood singled to
right; Flynn singled to right [Youngblood to second]; DRIESSEN
BATTED FOR ALCALA; Driessen reached on an error by Brown
[Youngblood scored (error by Brown) (no RBI), Flynn to third,
Driessen to second]; GARBER REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Rose
singled to left [Flynn scored (unearned), Driessen scored
(unearned)]; Concepcion flied out to center; Foster struck out;
5 R (3 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: BORBON REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); HUTTON BATTED
FOR GARBER; Hutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
tripled to right; Bowa singled to center [Cash scored]; Schmidt
flied out to center; Luzinski flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 6, Phillies 7.

REDS 7TH: REED REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Perez popped to
third; Bench walked; Bailey struck out; Youngblood singled to
third [Bench to third (error by Schmidt)]; MORGAN BATTED FOR
FLYNN; Morgan walked [Youngblood to second]; LUM BATTED FOR
BORBON; Lum walked [Bench scored, Youngblood to third, Morgan to
second]; Rose doubled to center [Youngblood scored, Morgan
scored, Lum to third]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 7TH: MORGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LUM STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); EASTWICK REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); On a
bunt Brown struck out; Maddox walked; Tolan homered [Maddox
scored]; Boone struck out; MCCARVER BATTED FOR REED; McCarver
flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Phillies 9.

REDS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Foster singled to
right; Perez grounded out (second to first) [Foster to second];
Bench was walked intentionally; Eastwick struck out; Youngblood
forced Bench (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9,
Phillies 9.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash singled to right [Cash to second (error by
Youngblood)]; Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Cash to third]; Schmidt struck out but advanced to first on a
passed ball; Luzinski reached on an error by Morgan [Cash scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Schmidt to third]; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI;
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR BROWN; Johnstone popped to third; Maddox
popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Phillies
10.

REDS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); JOHNSTONE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Morgan was called out on strikes; Lum
grounded out (second to pitcher); Rose grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Phillies 10.