Led by George Foster, who collected three hits and drove in four runs, the Reds romped over the Cardinals, 11-2. The Reds wasted no time, deciding the outcome in the first inning when they scored five runs. Ken Griffey led off the fireworks with a one-out triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Joe Morgan. Cincinnati Reds 11, St. Louis Cardinals 2Game Played on Friday, June 4, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIReds 5 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 - 11 18 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 4 0 0 1 2 1 .338 Brock lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .267 Youngblood 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Harris lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Griffey rf 5 2 2 0 1 1 .343 Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Morgan 2b 1 2 0 1 3 1 .310 Richard ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Flynn 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 McBride cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .359 Perez 1b 5 3 3 1 0 1 .275 Mumphrey cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .240 Driessen 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Crawford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Foster lf 4 2 3 4 1 0 .337 Fairly 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Armbrister ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .438 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Geronimo cf 6 1 2 1 0 1 .272 Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Concepcion ss 6 1 5 2 0 0 .280 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Plummer c 6 0 1 1 0 3 .275 Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .201 Nolan p 4 0 1 0 0 2 .192 Rudolph c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Tyson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .227 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Totals 44 11 18 11 7 11 Totals 35 2 7 2 0 3 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 23,239 Left on Base: Reds 15, Cardinals 6 DP: Reds 0, Cardinals 0 Errors: Morgan, Rudolph Doubles: Kessinger (10), Brock (6) Triples: Griffey (4), Tyson (4) Home Runs: Foster (10) Stolen Bases: Brock (12) Sacrifice Hits: Nolan (4) Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (5) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nolan W(4-3) 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 35 2.96 Totals 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 35 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(5-4) 0.2 7 5 5 0 1 0 9 3.13 Rasmussen 2.1 4 3 3 3 2 0 14 4.41 Wallace 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 10 1.75 Frisella 3 3 3 3 2 4 1 15 2.49 Hrabosky 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 2.97 Totals 9 18 11 11 7 11 1 53 Wild Pitches: Frisella (2) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey tripled to left; Rudolph dropped a foul fly hit by Morgan for an error; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Griffey scored]; Perez singled to shortstop; Foster singled to left [Perez to second]; Geronimo singled to right [Perez scored, Foster to third]; Concepcion singled to left [Foster scored, Geronimo to third]; Plummer singled to left [Geronimo scored, Concepcion to second]; Nolan singled to right [Concepcion to third, Plummer to second]; RASMUSSEN REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Rose walked [Concepcion scored, Plummer to third, Nolan to second]; Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R, 7 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Reds 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Kessinger doubled to right; McBride popped to second; Crawford popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Cardinals 0. REDS 2ND: Morgan struck out; Perez struck out; Foster popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz singled to center; Rudolph grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to second]; Tyson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Cardinals 0. REDS 3RD: Geronimo singled to center; Concepcion singled to left [Geronimo to second]; Plummer popped to first in foul territory; Nolan out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Geronimo to third, Concepcion to second]; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Rasmussen flied out to left; Brock doubled; Kessinger singled to center [Brock to third]; McBride popped to shortstop; Crawford struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Cardinals 0. REDS 4TH: Griffey walked; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Perez singled to left [Griffey scored, Morgan to second]; Foster singled to left [Morgan scored, Perez to second]; WALLACE REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Geronimo flied out to left; Concepcion singled to center [Perez scored, Foster to third (on throw to home)]; Plummer struck out; Nolan flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 8, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Fairly lined to shortstop; Cruz flied out to left; Rudolph flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 8, Cardinals 0. REDS 5TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); Rose flied out to right; Griffey singled to right; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Perez popped to second; Foster walked [Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Geronimo forced Foster (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 8, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson tripled; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR WALLACE; Hernandez flied out to center; Brock singled to right [Tyson scored]; Brock stole second; Kessinger reached on an error by Morgan [Brock to third, Kessinger to first]; Mumphrey singled to first [Brock scored, Kessinger to second]; Crawford flied out to left; Fairly forced Mumphrey (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 8, Cardinals 2. REDS 6TH: FRISELLA REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); HERNANDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Concepcion flied out to center; Plummer was called out on strikes; Nolan struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Rose walked [Nolan to second]; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 8, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudolph grounded out (third to first); Tyson grounded out (third to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 8, Cardinals 2. REDS 7TH: Morgan walked; Perez singled to left [Morgan to third]; Foster homered [Morgan scored, Perez scored]; Geronimo flied out to center; Concepcion singled to left; Plummer flied out to center; Nolan was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 11, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: FLYNN REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); DRIESSEN REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Brock struck out; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 11, Cardinals 2. REDS 8TH: HARRIS REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); RICHARD REPLACED KESSINGER (PLAYING SS); Rose flied out to left; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Flynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 11, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Mumphrey flied out to left; Crawford flied out to center; SMITH BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Smith popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 11, Cardinals 2. REDS 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Driessen singled to center; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR FOSTER; Armbrister was called out on strikes; Geronimo was called out on strikes; Concepcion singled to shortstop [Driessen to second]; Plummer struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 11, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 9TH: ARMBRISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cruz grounded out (third to first); Rudolph grounded out (catcher to first); Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 11, Cardinals 2. |
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