After being sidelined for six days with a lame back, Joe Morgan returned to action and smashed a three-run homer in the first inning to start the Reds off to a 9-0 victory over the Dodgers. Pete Rose singled and Ken Griffey walked before Morgan rapped his round-tripper off Don Sutton. Then after two out, Johnny Bench also hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Reds         4  1  0    0  0  0    4  0  x  -   9 12  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Rose 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .351
Buckner lf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .313      Griffey rf            4   1   1   1     1   0   .342
Baker cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Morgan 2b             4   2   2   3     0   1   .311
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .330        Flynn 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Perez 1b              4   1   0   0     1   1   .255
Ferguson rf           2   0   0   0     2   2   .228      Foster lf             4   1   2   3     0   1   .347
Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .271      Bench c               4   2   3   1     0   0   .232
Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Sutton p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .095      Geronimo cf           2   1   2   1     2   0   .271
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Zachry p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   5   0     2   9             Totals               35   9  12   9     4   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 35,197
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Reds 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 0
Errors: Lopes
Doubles: Buckner (11), Bench (9), Geronimo (7)
Triples: Morgan (2)
Home Runs: Morgan (6), Bench (7), Foster (8)
Stolen Bases: Geronimo (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Zachry (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(4-5)           6     7   5   5   3   4   2  28   4.74
Marshall                2     5   4   4   1   0   1  12   3.04
Totals                  8    12   9   9   4   4   3  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry W(4-0)           9     5   0   0   2   9   0  34   1.17
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   9   0  34

Passed Balls: Yeager (1)
Wild Pitches: Marshall (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Paul Runge


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner
singled to right; Baker flied out to center; Garvey grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to second [Rose to second (error by
Lopes)]; Griffey walked while Rose advanced to third on a passed
ball; Morgan homered [Rose scored, Griffey scored]; Perez struck
out; Foster flied out to center; Bench homered; Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Reds 4.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to right; Ferguson walked; Yeager
struck out; Russell flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 4.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo walked; Geronimo stole second; Zachry struck
out; Rose flied out to left; Griffey singled to center [Geronimo
scored]; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
grounded out (third to first); Buckner grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: Perez flied out to right; Foster singled to left;
Bench singled to left [Foster to second]; Concepcion grounded
out (second to first) [Foster to third, Bench to second];
Geronimo was walked intentionally; Zachry forced Geronimo
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker lined to right; Garvey singled to left; Cey
singled to left [Garvey to third]; Ferguson walked [Cey to
second]; Yeager popped to center; Russell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey flied out
to center; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Reds 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Sutton singled to center; Lopes was called out on
strikes; Buckner flied out to left; Baker flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Perez flied out to right; Foster struck out (catcher
to first); Bench grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey struck out; Cey grounded out (third to
first); Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
singled to center; Zachry out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Geronimo to second]; Rose lined to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager struck out; Russell popped to second; CRUZ
BATTED FOR SUTTON; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Griffey flied out
to center; Morgan tripled to center; Perez walked; Foster
homered [Morgan scored, Perez scored]; Bench doubled to left;
Concepcion flied out to right; Geronimo doubled to center [Bench
scored]; Marshall threw a wild pitch [Geronimo to third]; Zachry
grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Reds 9.

DODGERS 8TH: FLYNN REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Lopes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Buckner doubled to right; Baker was
called out on strikes; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Reds 9.

REDS 8TH: Rose flied out to left; Griffey grounded out (second
to first); Flynn singled to center; Perez forced Flynn (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 9.

DODGERS 9TH: Cey flied out to center; Ferguson struck out;
Yeager popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Reds 9.