The Giants ended their five-game losing streak when a single by Larry Herndon in the eighth inning for his third hit of the game led to a 6-5 victory over the Reds. After Herndon's single, Derrel Thomas bunted safely and when Will McEnaney threw wildly to first, Herndon reached third on the play. Gary Matthews followed with a long sacrifice fly, scoring Herndon, to break the 5-5 tie. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 6, Cincinnati Reds 5
Game Played on Thursday, May       20, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    2  2  0    0  1  0  -   5 12  2
Giants       3  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   6 17  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   1   2   0     2   0   .385      Herndon cf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .364
Concepcion ss         4   2   1   0     1   1   .222      Thomas 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .241
Morgan 2b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .318      Matthews lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .241
Bench c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .233      Murcer rf             4   1   2   0     1   2   .261
Perez 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Speier ss             5   0   2   2     0   1   .271
Foster cf,lf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .306      Montanez 1b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .313
Bailey lf             1   0   0   1     0   0   .308      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .288
  Griffey ph,rf       2   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Sadek c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .308
Armbrister rf         2   0   1   0     0   0   .364      Caldwell p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .111
  Geronimo ph,cf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Arnold ph           1   0   1   2     0   0   .176
Gullett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Darcy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Norman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Driessen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Plummer ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .306
  Flynn pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286

Totals               35   5  12   4     3   1             Totals               38   6  17   6     2   5

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance:  6,439
Left on Base: Reds 7, Giants 12
DP: Reds 1, Giants 2
Errors: Concepcion, McEnaney, Murcer
Doubles: Perez (8), Montanez (9)
Home Runs: Foster (4)
Caught Stealing: Rose (1), Thomas (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomas (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bailey (1), Matthews (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett                 0.2   4   3   3   1   0   0   7   2.67
Borbon                  1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.40
Darcy                   2     3   0   0   0   2   0   8   5.72
Norman                  2     4   2   2   0   1   0  10   4.34
McEnaney L(0-2)         2     4   1   1   1   1   0  11   6.28
Totals                  8    17   6   6   2   5   0  42

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                5     8   4   2   1   1   0  22   4.46
Williams                2     2   0   0   1   0   0   8   1.35
Heaverlo W(1-0)         1.2   2   1   1   1   0   1   8   4.56
Lavelle SV(7)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.95
Totals                  9    12   5   3   3   1   1  39

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Rose was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop to first); Concepcion was called out on
strikes; Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon flied out to center; Thomas singled to
shortstop; Matthews singled to third [Thomas to second]; Murcer
walked [Thomas to third, Matthews to second]; Speier singled to
left [Thomas scored, Matthews scored, Murcer to second];
Montanez flied out to center; Reitz singled to left [Murcer
scored, Speier to second]; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING);
Sadek grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to center; Perez doubled to right;
Foster hit into a double play (center to shortstop) [Perez out
at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 2ND: Caldwell singled to right; Herndon singled to left
[Caldwell to second]; Thomas out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Caldwell to third, Herndon to second]; Matthews reached
on a fielder's choice [Caldwell out at home (third to catcher),
Herndon to third]; Murcer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 3RD: Bailey flied out to right; Armbrister singled to
center; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR BORBON; Youngblood grounded out
(third to first) [Armbrister to second]; Rose grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: DARCY REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Speier singled
to left; Montanez singled to left [Speier to second]; Reitz
struck out; Sadek forced Montanez (shortstop to second) [Speier
to third, Sadek to first]; Caldwell forced Sadek (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion walked; Morgan singled to left [Concepcion
to second]; Bench singled to right [Concepcion scored, Morgan to
second]; Perez singled to first [Morgan to third, Bench to
second]; Foster popped to center; Bailey hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Morgan scored]; Armbrister flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Herndon singled to center; On a bunt Thomas struck
out; Matthews hit into a double play (right to first) [Herndon
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 5TH: LUM BATTED FOR DARCY; Lum grounded out (first
unassisted); Rose singled to right; Concepcion singled to right
[Rose scored (error by Murcer) (unearned) (no RBI), Concepcion
to third]; Morgan grounded out (second to first) [Concepcion
scored (unearned)]; Bench grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: NORMAN REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Murcer singled to
right; Speier flied out to center; Montanez forced Murcer
(shortstop to second) [Montanez to first]; Reitz singled to
center [Montanez to second]; Sadek singled to third [Montanez to
third, Reitz to second]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Arnold
singled to center [Montanez scored, Reitz scored, Sadek to
second]; Herndon forced Arnold (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

REDS 6TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Perez popped to
second; Foster singled to third; GRIFFEY BATTED FOR BAILEY;
Griffey singled to center [Foster to second]; GERONIMO BATTED
FOR ARMBRISTER; Geronimo lined into a double play (third to
second) [Foster out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GRIFFEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
CF); Thomas reached on an error by Concepcion [Thomas to first];
Thomas was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Matthews flied out to left; Murcer was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

REDS 7TH: DRIESSEN BATTED FOR NORMAN; Driessen flied out to
center; Rose walked; Concepcion flied out to center; Morgan
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: MCENANEY REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Speier struck
out; Montanez doubled to left; Reitz flied out to left; Sadek
was walked intentionally; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS;
Ontiveros lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants
5.

REDS 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Bench flied
out to left; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster
homered; Griffey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Herndon singled to center; On a bunt Thomas singled
to pitcher [Herndon to third (error by McEnaney)]; Matthews hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Herndon scored]; Murcer singled to
left [Thomas to second]; Speier flied out to left; Montanez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5,
Giants 6.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); PLUMMER
BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Plummer singled to right; FLYNN RAN FOR
PLUMMER; Rose walked [Flynn to second]; Concepcion flied out to
center; LAVELLE REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Morgan flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 6.