George Foster, who leads the N. L. in runs batted in, raised his season's total to 52 with a pair of RBIs as the Reds defeated the Pirates, 6-1. Foster knocked in one run with a double in the fifth inning and another with a single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Game Played on Thursday, June      10, 1976 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Reds         1  0  1    1  2  0    1  0  0  -   6 10  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   2   1   0     1   0   .336      Taveras ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Griffey rf            4   2   2   1     1   1   .346        Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Driessen 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .229      Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Foster cf,lf          5   1   2   2     0   0   .333      Oliver cf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .328
Bench c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Stargell 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .285
Lum lf                4   0   1   1     0   1   .204      Zisk lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .299
  Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Robinson rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .354
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     1   1   .273      Stennett 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Flynn 2b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .246      Hebner 3b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .210
Gullett p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .105      Medich p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .087
                                                            Dyer ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .190
                                                            Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   6     3   4             Totals               32   1   6   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 17,280
Left on Base: Reds 7, Pirates 6
DP: Reds 1, Pirates 0
Doubles: Bench (11), Foster (8), Griffey (13), Stennett (12), Robinson (7), Oliver (8)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Gullett (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Driessen (4)
GIDP: Robinson (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(5-2)          9     6   1   1   2   4   0  34   2.09
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   4   0  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(4-5)           7     9   6   6   3   3   0  33   3.98
Tekulve                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.86
Totals                  9    10   6   6   3   4   0  40

Wild Pitches: Medich 2 (3)
Balks: Medich (2)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Griffey walked;
Griffey stole second; Medich threw a wild pitch [Griffey to
third]; Driessen hit a sacrifice fly to center [Griffey scored];
Foster popped to second; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates
0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to right; Sanguillen grounded out
(third to first); Oliver singled to left; Stargell lined to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to right; Lum flied out to center;
Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk walked; Robinson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Zisk out at second]; Stennett
doubled to right; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Pirates 0.

REDS 3RD: Flynn flied out to right; Gullett grounded out (second
to first); Rose walked; Medich balked [Rose to second]; Medich
threw a wild pitch [Rose to third]; Griffey singled to second
[Rose scored]; Driessen forced Griffey (shortstop to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Medich struck out; Taveras lined to second;
Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Pirates 0.

REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench
doubled to right; Lum struck out; Concepcion was walked
intentionally; Flynn singled to right [Bench scored, Concepcion
to second]; Gullett popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 3, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Stargell
walked; Zisk forced Stargell (shortstop to second) [Zisk to
first]; Robinson forced Zisk (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Pirates 0.

REDS 5TH: Rose singled to center; Griffey grounded out (third to
first) [Rose to second]; Driessen singled to center [Rose to
third]; Foster doubled to right [Rose scored, Driessen to
third]; Bench reached on a fielder's choice [Driessen out at
home (third to catcher), Foster to third]; Lum singled to right
[Foster scored, Bench to third]; Concepcion forced Lum
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); Hebner
grounded out (pitcher to first); Medich grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 0.

REDS 6TH: Flynn struck out; Gullett grounded out (second to
first); Rose flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Taveras grounded out (first unassisted); Sanguillen
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver singled to shortstop;
Stargell singled to left [Oliver to second]; Zisk forced Oliver
(third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Pirates 0.

REDS 7TH: Griffey doubled to center; Driessen grounded out
(second to first) [Griffey to third]; Foster singled to third
[Griffey scored]; Bench grounded out (second to first) [Foster
to second]; Lum flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
6, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GERONIMO
REPLACED LUM (PLAYING CF); Robinson doubled to left; Stennett
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Robinson to third]; Hebner
grounded out (second to first) [Robinson scored]; DYER BATTED
FOR MEDICH; Dyer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6,
Pirates 1.

REDS 8TH: TEKULVE REPLACED DYER (PITCHING); Concepcion singled
to center; Flynn popped to shortstop; Gullett out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Concepcion to second]; Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Pirates
1.

PIRATES 8TH: Taveras struck out; Sanguillen flied out to right;
Oliver doubled to left; Stargell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Pirates 1.

REDS 9TH: MENDOZA REPLACED TAVERAS (PLAYING SS); Griffey struck
out; Driessen flied out to center; Foster grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 9TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Robinson lined
to center; Stennett lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
6, Pirates 1.