Don Gullett raised his career record against the Cardinals to 14-3 by allowing only six hits and pitching the Reds to a 5-1 victory. The Reds were hanging to a 2-1 lead in Gullett's duel with John Denny when Tony Perez singled and George Foster homered to clinch matters in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      5, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         1  0  0    0  1  2    1  0  0  -   5  8  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .335      Tyson 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .241
Griffey rf            4   2   2   0     0   0   .347      Anderson lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Morgan 2b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .313      Smith cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .196
Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Simmons 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Foster lf             3   1   1   2     1   1   .337      Cruz 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .196
Geronimo cf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .271      Crawford rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .326
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     1   1   .276      Rudolph c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .172
Plummer c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .278      Kessinger ss          3   0   2   0     0   0   .257
Gullett p             3   1   0   0     1   0   .125      Denny p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .133
                                                            Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .259
                                                            Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   8   3     5   5             Totals               32   1   6   1     1   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 34,159
Left on Base: Reds 5, Cardinals 6
DP: Reds 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Rudolph
Doubles: Griffey (10), Rose (11), Anderson (4)
Home Runs: Foster (11)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (20), Geronimo (4), Griffey (16)
Caught Stealing: Foster (2), Plummer (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (6)
GIDP: Gullett (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(4-2)          9     6   1   1   1   8   0  34   2.32
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   8   0  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny L(2-4)            6.1   8   5   4   3   4   1  29   3.94
Greif                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   6.14
Wallace                 2     0   0   0   2   1   0   6   1.63
Totals                  9     8   5   4   5   5   1  37

Wild Pitches: Gullett (3), Denny 2 (3), Greif (3)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Griffey doubled to center;
Denny threw a wild pitch [Griffey scored (error by Rudolph)
(unearned)]; Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Perez struck
out; Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Tyson singled; Anderson flied out to right; Smith
flied out to left; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo was called out on strikes; Concepcion walked;
Plummer singled to center [Concepcion to third]; Gullett
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Plummer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz struck out; Crawford walked; Rudolph struck
out; Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan singled; Perez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Denny struck out; Tyson was called out on
strikes; Anderson doubled to left; Smith singled to center
[Anderson scored]; Simmons popped to first in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 1.

REDS 4TH: Foster struck out; Geronimo flied out to center;
Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz flied out to left; Crawford flied out to
center; Rudolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 5TH: Plummer flied out to center; Gullett walked; Rose
doubled [Gullett to third]; Denny threw a wild pitch [Gullett
scored, Rose to third]; Griffey popped to second; Morgan flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Kessinger singled; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Kessinger to second]; Tyson flied out to
left; Anderson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
2, Cardinals 1.

REDS 6TH: Perez singled to center; Foster homered [Perez
scored]; Geronimo singled to center; Geronimo stole second;
Concepcion struck out; Plummer grounded out (second to first);
Gullett grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Smith flied out to left; Simmons flied out to
left; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Cardinals
1.

REDS 7TH: Rose flied out to center; Griffey singled to right;
GREIF REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Griffey stole second; Greif
threw a wild pitch [Griffey to third]; Morgan hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Griffey scored]; Perez grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Crawford was called out on strikes; Rudolph
popped to second; Kessinger singled to left; Gullett threw a
wild pitch [Kessinger to second]; HARRIS BATTED FOR GREIF;
Harris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

REDS 8TH: WALLACE REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Foster walked;
Foster was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Geronimo struck out; Concepcion flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson singled; Anderson forced Tyson (second to
shortstop) [Anderson to first]; Smith flied out to center;
Simmons forced Anderson (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

REDS 9TH: Plummer walked; Plummer was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Gullett popped
to catcher in foul territory; Rose grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz popped to first in foul territory; Crawford
popped to third; Rudolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.