With a crowd of 50,635 on hand to watch a battle between the N. L.'s division leaders, the Phillies had the benefit of a three-run homer by Mike Schmidt and defeated the Reds, 6-5. Dick Allen also homered for the Phils, while George Foster smashed two for the Reds. With the Phils clinging to a 3-2 lead, Dave Cash and Larry Bowa singled in the fifth inning and Schmidt hit his circuit clout to decide the game's eventual outcome. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, Cincinnati Reds 5
Game Played on Friday, June      18, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         2  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   5 10  0
Phillies     0  1  0    2  3  0    0  0  x  -   6 12  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   1   2   0     2   0   .332      Cash 2b               3   1   3   0     1   0   .304
Concepcion ss         5   1   0   0     0   2   .272      Bowa ss               4   1   2   0     0   0   .260
Griffey rf            4   1   2   2     1   1   .340      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   3     1   0   .300
Perez 1b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Luzinski lf           3   1   2   0     1   1   .292
Foster lf             5   2   2   3     0   0   .342      Allen 1b              3   2   2   1     1   0   .305
Bench c               5   0   0   0     0   2   .251        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Morgan pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .335      Tolan rf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Geronimo cf           4   0   3   0     1   0   .294        Brown ph,rf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .310
Flynn 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Maddox cf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .316
Billingham p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .309
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lonborg p             3   0   1   0     0   2   .188
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .206        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .303
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Driessen ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .211
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  10   5     4   7             Totals               31   6  12   5     4   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 50,635
Left on Base: Reds 11, Phillies 6
DP: Reds 3, Phillies 0
Errors: Schmidt, Tolan
Doubles: Geronimo (12)
Home Runs: Foster 2 (14), Allen (6), Schmidt (18)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (18)
Caught Stealing: Tolan (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Billingham (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (5)
GIDP: Bowa 2 (6), Allen (8)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(5-5)       4.2   8   6   6   4   4   2  23   5.05
Hinton                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Borbon                  2     4   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.07
Eastwick                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.98
Totals                  8    12   6   6   4   6   2  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(9-3)          8     9   4   2   4   6   1  38   2.76
Garber SV(6)            1     1   1   1   0   1   1   5   2.68
Totals                  9    10   5   3   4   7   2  43

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


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Concepcion reached on an error
by Tolan [Rose to third, Concepcion to second]; Griffey singled
[Rose scored (unearned), Concepcion scored (unearned)]; Perez
flied out to center; Foster forced Griffey (third to second);
Bench popped to second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash walked; Bowa grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cash out at second]; Schmidt
walked; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo walked; Flynn popped to second; Billingham
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to catcher to second) [Geronimo
to second]; Rose walked; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Allen homered; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted); Maddox made an out to first; Boone grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

REDS 3RD: Griffey walked; Perez flied out to center; Foster
flied out to center; Griffey stole second; Bench struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Lonborg struck out; Cash singled to right; Bowa
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cash out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 1.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo doubled to right; Flynn flied out to right
[Geronimo to third]; Billingham grounded out (second to first);
Rose walked; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt flied out to right; Luzinski singled to
left; Allen singled to right [Luzinski to second]; Tolan singled
to right [Allen to second, Luzinski to third]; Maddox hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Luzinski scored, Allen to third]; Tolan
was caught stealing second (catcher to second to first) [Allen
scored]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 3.

REDS 5TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone struck out; Lonborg was called out on
strikes; Cash singled to left; Bowa singled to third [Cash to
second]; Schmidt homered [Cash scored, Bowa scored]; Luzinski
walked; Allen walked [Luzinski to second]; HINTON REPLACED
BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR TOLAN; Brown struck out;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 6.

REDS 6TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bench struck out;
Geronimo singled to shortstop; Flynn singled to right [Geronimo
to second]; LUM BATTED FOR HINTON; Lum struck out; Rose flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Maddox struck out;
Boone grounded out (pitcher to first); Lonborg singled to
shortstop; Cash singled to center [Lonborg to second]; Bowa
singled to right [Lonborg to third, Cash to second]; Schmidt
flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 6.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
singled to third; Perez flied out to center; Foster homered
[Griffey scored]; Bench popped to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 4, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski singled to center; Allen grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at
second]; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
4, Phillies 6.

REDS 8TH: Geronimo singled to right; Flynn forced Geronimo
(third to second); DRIESSEN BATTED FOR BORBON; Driessen was
called out on strikes; Rose singled to left [Flynn to second];
Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 4, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: EASTWICK REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone popped to catcher;
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR LONBORG; Johnstone flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Phillies 6.

REDS 9TH: GARBER REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); HUTTON REPLACED
ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); On a bunt Griffey struck out; Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Foster homered; Bench reached on an
error by Schmidt; MORGAN RAN FOR BENCH; Geronimo flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Phillies 6.