Entering the game with an average of .212, Johnny Bench continued to pound his way out of his slump by smashing two homers and a single to lead the Reds to a 7-2 victory over the Expos. Bench's blows accounted for three RBIs. Gary Nolan, who started for the Reds and gave way to Rawly Eastwick in the ninth, received credit for his fifth straight victory over the Expos since last losing to the Montreal club September 2, 1972. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Friday, April     30, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  5  1
Reds         0  1  0    1  2  0    0  3  x  -   7 10  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .269      Rose 3b               5   0   1   1     0   1   .466
Biittner lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .160      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     1   2   .365
Carter c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .364
Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Bench c               4   2   3   3     0   0   .255
Mackanin 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Foster cf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .305
Foli ss               3   1   1   0     0   1   .283      Bailey lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .357
Valentine rf          3   1   1   2     0   1   .219        Lum lf              1   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Warthen p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .172
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Nolan p               2   0   1   1     0   1   .444
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Driessen ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .182
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               31   2   5   2     0   8             Totals               33   7  10   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 20,166
Left on Base: Expos 2, Reds 8
DP: Expos 0, Reds 0
Errors: Colbert
Doubles: White (3), Bailey (1)
Home Runs: Valentine (2), Bench 2 (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Nolan (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Driessen (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Warthen L(0-2)          5     6   4   4   4   3   2  25   4.50
Murray                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.19
Granger                 0.2   4   3   2   0   0   0   6   2.70
Scherman                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.70
Totals                  8    10   7   6   4   4   2  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(2-1)            8     5   2   2   0   7   1  28   3.34
Eastwick                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.35
Totals                  9     5   2   2   0   8   1  31

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Art Williams


EXPOS 1ST: White flied out to right; Biittner grounded out
(second to first); Carter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey struck
out; Morgan walked; Perez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Colbert struck out; Parrish lined to shortstop;
Mackanin singled to left; Foli was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench homered; Foster walked; Bailey flied out to
center; Concepcion singled to left [Foster to second]; Nolan out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher unassisted) [Foster to third,
Concepcion to second]; Rose grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 1.

EXPOS 3RD: Valentine flied out to right; Warthen struck out;
White doubled to right; Biittner singled to right [White out at
home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Griffey walked; Morgan flied out to center; Perez
flied out to center; Bench popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter flied out to left; Colbert flied out to right;
Parrish flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Foster popped to first in foul territory; Bailey
doubled to left; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nolan singled to center [Bailey scored]; Rose struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli
flied out to center; Valentine struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 0, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Griffey struck out; Morgan singled to right; Perez
flied out to left; Bench homered [Morgan scored]; Foster walked;
Bailey grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Reds 4.

EXPOS 6TH: LUM REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING LF); DWYER BATTED FOR
WARTHEN; Dwyer flied out to center; White struck out; Biittner
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 4.

REDS 6TH: MURRAY REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Concepcion grounded
out (shortstop to first); Nolan struck out; Rose flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter popped to shortstop; Colbert popped to
shortstop; Parrish popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan popped
to third; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Reds 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Mackanin flied out to center; Foli singled to center;
Valentine homered [Foli scored]; MORALES BATTED FOR MURRAY;
Morales lined to third; White struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Bench singled to
left; Foster singled to left [Bench to second]; Lum singled to
right [Bench to third, Foster to second]; Concepcion forced
Bench (third to catcher) [Foster to third, Lum to second,
Concepcion to first]; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR NOLAN; Driessen hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Foster scored]; Rose singled to center
[Lum scored, Concepcion to third, Rose to second (on throw)];
SCHERMAN REPLACED GRANGER (PITCHING); Griffey reached on an
error by Colbert [Concepcion scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rose to
third, Griffey to first]; Morgan flied out to center; 3 R (2
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 7.

EXPOS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Biittner
grounded out (third to first); Carter flied out to center;
Colbert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 7.