The Cardinals, after scoring five runs in the first inning, were leading, 7-5, going into the last half of the ninth when disaster struck and they lost to the Reds, 8-7. The disaster came in the shape of a three-run homer by Tony Perez after Ken Griffey opened the inning with a single and Joe Morgan walked. Dave Concepcion ran for Morgan. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7
Game Played on Friday, June      11, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cardinals    5  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   7 12  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  2  0    3  0  3  -   8 14  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .351      Rose 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     1   1   .243      Griffey rf            5   2   2   1     0   0   .347
Brock lf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .265      Morgan 2b             3   1   2   2     2   0   .348
Simmons c             5   1   1   1     0   0   .263        Concepcion pr       0   1   0   0     0   0   .273
Crawford rf           5   1   2   1     0   1   .321      Perez 1b              5   1   3   4     0   1   .293
Fairly 1b             2   1   0   1     2   0   .290      Foster lf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .328
Cruz 3b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .208      Bench c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .237
Tyson 2b              4   0   2   2     0   1   .266      Geronimo cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Denny p               3   0   2   0     0   0   .222      Flynn ss              4   1   3   0     0   0   .275
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zachry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256        Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Lum ph              1   1   1   0     0   0   .218
                                                            Darcy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .444
                                                            McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .291
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  12   7     3   5             Totals               36   8  14   8     3   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 44,416
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Reds 8
DP: Cardinals 1, Reds 1
Errors: Perez
Doubles: McBride (6), Brock (8), Tyson 2 (3), Denny (2), Simmons (11)
Home Runs: Perez (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Fairly (2), Foster (3)
GIDP: Rose (7)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   6.1   9   5   4   2   2   0  30   4.10
Greif                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.40
Hrabosky L(3-5)         1     4   3   3   1   1   1   7   3.74
Totals                  8    14   8   7   3   3   1  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry                  2     6   5   5   1   1   0  13   1.94
Borbon                  3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   3.55
Darcy                   2     4   2   2   0   0   0  10   5.60
McEnaney                1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.18
Eastwick W(4-3)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.13
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   5   0  42

Passed Balls: Simmons (6)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dick Stello


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride doubled to left; Kessinger struck out;
Brock doubled to left [McBride scored]; Simmons grounded out
(second to first) [Brock to third]; Crawford singled to right
[Brock scored]; Fairly walked [Crawford to second]; Cruz singled
to left [Crawford scored, Fairly to second]; Tyson doubled to
left [Fairly scored, Cruz scored]; Denny flied out to center; 5
R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan walked; Perez forced Morgan
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McBride reached on an error by Perez [McBride to
first]; Kessinger hit into a double play (left to second to
first) [McBride out at second]; Brock singled to left; Simmons
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench
singled to center; Geronimo forced Bench (first to shortstop)
[Geronimo to first]; Flynn singled to center [Geronimo to
third]; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR ZACHRY; Youngblood was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: BORBON REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Crawford
grounded out (pitcher to first); Fairly walked; Cruz struck out;
Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey lined to
second; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Denny singled to third; McBride flied out to
left; Kessinger flied out to left; Brock forced Denny (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez struck out; Foster flied out to center; Bench
walked; Geronimo forced Bench (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Crawford
was called out on strikes; Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Flynn singled to right; LUM BATTED FOR BORBON; Lum
singled to center [Flynn to second]; Rose grounded out (second
to first) [Flynn to third, Lum to second]; Griffey grounded out
(first unassisted) [Flynn scored, Lum to third]; Morgan singled
to first [Lum scored]; Perez singled to center [Morgan to
second]; Foster forced Morgan (third unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: DARCY REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Cruz flied out to
left; Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); Denny doubled;
McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Bench flied out to right; Geronimo flied out to
center; Flynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Kessinger singled to shortstop; Brock grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Kessinger to second]; Simmons doubled
to right [Kessinger scored]; Crawford singled to left [Simmons
to third]; Fairly hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored];
Cruz flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7,
Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR DARCY; Armbrister flied out to
center; Rose singled to right; Griffey singled to center [Rose
to second]; Morgan singled to right [Rose scored, Griffey to
third]; GREIF REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Simmons allowed a
passed ball [Morgan to second]; Perez singled to right [Griffey
scored, Morgan to third]; Foster hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Morgan scored (unearned)]; Bench grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Tyson
doubled; HARRIS BATTED FOR GREIF; Harris flied out to center;
McBride struck out; Kessinger was walked intentionally; Brock
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Geronimo singled
to left; Flynn singled to left [Geronimo to second]; BAILEY
BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Bailey struck out; Rose grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Flynn out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); Simmons
popped to shortstop; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted);
Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7,
Reds 5.

REDS 9TH: Griffey singled to right; Morgan walked [Griffey to
second]; CONCEPCION RAN FOR MORGAN; Perez homered [Griffey
scored, Concepcion scored]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7,
Reds 8.