Bill Plummer, catching in place of injured Johnny Bench, had the greatest day at bat in his major league career to pace the Reds to a 13-2 victory over the Cardinals. Plummer hit a homer, triple and single, driving in seven runs, in the "kind of day," he said, "you dream about." Tony Perez joined in the attack with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 13, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      6, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  1  6    2  0  3    1  0  0  -  13 17  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   3   0     0   0   .341      Brock lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Youngblood 3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Mumphrey lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Concepcion ss         5   1   1   0     1   1   .274      Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Morgan 2b             4   3   3   1     0   1   .325      Smith cf              3   1   2   0     0   0   .205
  Lum lf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Harris cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Perez 1b              2   2   1   2     1   0   .277      Simmons c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .273
  Driessen ph,1b      3   0   0   1     0   1   .231      Fairly 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .303
Foster rf,lf          3   1   1   1     1   0   .337      Crawford rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .324
  Flynn 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .232      Cruz 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .197
Bailey lf             1   2   1   0     1   0   .306      Tyson 2b              1   0   0   1     2   1   .238
  Griffey rf          2   1   1   0     1   0   .349      Falcone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
Plummer c             5   2   3   7     0   2   .305        Rasmussen p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Geronimo cf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .273        Hernandez ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Zachry p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .227        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Armbrister ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .471        Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Richard ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .065

Totals               42  13  17  13     6   7             Totals               32   2   7   2     3   2

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 31,331
Left on Base: Reds 10, Cardinals 7
DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Kessinger
Doubles: Bailey (5), Foster (7), Rose (12), Geronimo (9), Smith (6), Cruz (6)
Triples: Concepcion (3), Plummer (1)
Home Runs: Perez (6), Plummer (3)
Stolen Bases: Rose (2), Morgan (21)
Sacrifice Flies: Geronimo (3), Tyson (1)
GIDP: Rose (6), Rasmussen (1)
Hit by Pitch: Youngblood (1,by Greif)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry W(5-1)           7     4   1   1   3   2   0  27   1.33
McEnaney                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.22
Eastwick                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.22
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   2   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(3-5)          2     8   7   7   2   2   0  16   4.02
Rasmussen               3     4   2   2   0   1   1  13   4.54
Frisella                1     4   4   4   3   2   1   9   3.97
Wallace                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.57
Greif                   2     1   0   0   1   1   0   9   5.74
Totals                  9    17  13  13   6   7   2  50

Passed Balls: Simmons (4)
Hit by Pitch: Greif (1)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Rose stole second; Concepcion
was called out on strikes; Morgan struck out; Perez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Kessinger grounded out
(second to first); Smith singled to right; Simmons grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster flied out to right; Bailey doubled; Plummer
singled to center [Bailey scored]; Geronimo flied out to left;
Zachry singled to center [Plummer to second]; Rose flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly flied out to center; Crawford grounded out
(first unassisted); Cruz popped to shortstop in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion tripled to left; Morgan singled to right
[Concepcion scored]; Morgan stole second; Perez walked; Foster
doubled to center [Morgan scored, Perez to third]; Bailey was
walked intentionally; Plummer tripled to right [Perez scored,
Foster scored, Bailey scored]; RASMUSSEN REPLACED FALCONE
(PITCHING); Geronimo hit a sacrifice fly to left [Plummer
scored]; Zachry grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose doubled;
Simmons allowed a passed ball [Rose to third]; Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GRIFFEY
REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING RF); Tyson walked; Rasmussen grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop) [Tyson out at second];
Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 7, Cardinals 0.

REDS 4TH: Morgan singled to right; Perez homered [Morgan
scored]; Foster grounded out (second to first); Griffey singled
to second; Plummer struck out; Geronimo popped to second; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Kessinger flied out to right; Smith doubled to
left; Simmons singled to right [Smith scored]; Fairly popped to
second; Crawford lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 5TH: Zachry reached on an error by Kessinger [Zachry to
first]; Rose grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Zachry out at second]; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Tyson struck
out; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Hernandez popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Cardinals 1.

REDS 6TH: FRISELLA REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Morgan singled
to center; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR PEREZ; Driessen struck out;
Foster walked [Morgan to second]; Griffey walked [Morgan to
third, Foster to second]; Foster was picked off second (pitcher
to second to catcher to shortstop) [Griffey to second]; Plummer
homered [Morgan scored, Griffey scored]; Geronimo doubled to
right; Zachry struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 12,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: LUM REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING LF); DRIESSEN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FLYNN REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING 2B); Brock
struck out; Kessinger walked; Smith flied out to center; Simmons
forced Kessinger (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 12, Cardinals 1.

REDS 7TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Rose singled;
Concepcion walked [Rose to second]; WALLACE REPLACED FRISELLA
(PITCHING); Lum flied out to center [Rose to third]; Driessen
forced Concepcion (second to shortstop) [Rose scored]; Flynn was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 13, Cardinals
1.

CARDINALS 7TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Fairly
grounded out (first to pitcher); Crawford singled to left; Cruz
popped to third in foul territory; Tyson walked [Crawford to
second]; ANDERSON BATTED FOR WALLACE; Anderson flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 13, Cardinals 1.

REDS 8TH: HARRIS REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); GREIF REPLACED
ANDERSON (PITCHING); Griffey flied out to center; Plummer was
called out on strikes; Geronimo walked; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR
ZACHRY; Armbrister singled to left [Geronimo to second];
Youngblood was hit by a pitch [Geronimo to third, Armbrister to
second]; Concepcion forced Youngblood (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 13, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Mumphrey
singled to third; Kessinger forced Mumphrey (shortstop to
second); Harris flied out to left; Simmons popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 13, Cardinals 1.

REDS 9TH: Lum grounded out (third to first); Driessen grounded
out (shortstop to first); Flynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 13, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Fairly
singled to right; Crawford flied out to center; Cruz doubled to
left [Fairly to third]; Tyson hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Fairly scored]; RICHARD BATTED FOR GREIF; Richard grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 13, Cardinals 2.