A tremendous job of relief pitching by Ron Reed enabled the Phillies to defeat the Reds, 6-1. With the Phillies leading, 4-1, the Reds loaded the bases on Jim Kaat with none out in the sixth inning, but Reed struck out both Tony Perez and Johnny Bench and got Ken Griffey on a fly to quell the threat.

Don Gullett, who was stopped on his personal four-game winning streak, started for the Reds but lasted only three innings. The Phillies, after picking up one run in the first, tacked on three in the second. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      20, 1976 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1 10  1
Phillies     1  3  0    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   6 16  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .331      Cash 2b               4   1   2   0     1   0   .310
Concepcion ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Bowa ss               5   1   2   1     0   0   .259
Foster rf,lf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .343      Schmidt 3b            5   1   3   0     0   0   .305
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .279      Luzinski lf           3   0   2   1     2   0   .297
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .242        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Bailey lf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Allen 1b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .302
  Griffey ph,rf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .335        Hutton 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Flynn 2b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .322      Brown rf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .295
Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .288      Maddox cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .318
Gullett p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .087      Boone c               4   1   2   1     1   0   .311
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Kaat p                3   1   2   0     0   0   .212
  Armbrister ph       1   1   1   0     0   0   .385        Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Alcala p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .323
  Driessen ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .221
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .203

Totals               35   1  10   1     2   7             Totals               38   6  16   5     5   1

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 38,669
Left on Base: Reds 9, Phillies 14
DP: Reds 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Rose
Doubles: Armbrister (1), Rose (15), Concepcion (11), Maddox 2 (15), Schmidt (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Brown (3)
GIDP: Foster (5), Schmidt (6)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett L(6-3)          3     9   4   4   2   0   0  19   2.59
Borbon                  2     2   0   0   1   1   0   9   2.93
Alcala                  1     3   1   1   0   0   0   6   4.83
Hinton                  2     2   1   1   2   0   0  10   3.86
Totals                  8    16   6   6   5   1   0  44

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(7-2)             5     6   1   1   1   3   0  21   3.00
Reed                    3     3   0   0   1   3   0  12   3.33
Garber                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.61
Totals                  9    10   1   1   2   7   0  37

Balks: Borbon (1)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
grounded out (first unassisted); Foster singled to center; Perez
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to left; Bowa flied out to left;
Schmidt singled to left [Cash to third]; Luzinski singled to
left [Cash scored, Schmidt to second]; Allen flied out to left;
Brown popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 1.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Bailey grounded out (second to
first); Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox doubled to left; Boone singled to center
[Maddox scored]; Kaat singled to third [Boone scored (error by
Rose), Kaat to second]; Cash walked; Bowa singled to left [Kaat
scored, Cash to second]; Schmidt grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cash to third, Bowa out at
second]; Luzinski lined to left; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 4.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo struck out; Gullett grounded out (third to
first); Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: Allen made an out to second; Brown popped to
shortstop; Maddox doubled to left; Boone was walked
intentionally; Kaat grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 4.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion singled to left; Foster grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Concepcion out at
second]; Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash singled to left; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT
(PITCHING); Bowa forced Cash (second to shortstop); Borbon
balked [Bowa to second]; Schmidt flied out to right; Luzinski
walked; Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 4.

REDS 5TH: Bench flied out to center; Bailey flied out to center;
Flynn singled to first; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
struck out; Boone singled to center; Kaat singled to right
[Boone to third]; Cash forced Kaat (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 4.

REDS 6TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR BORBON; Armbrister doubled to
left; Rose doubled to right [Armbrister scored]; Concepcion
doubled to right [Rose to third]; Foster walked; REED REPLACED
KAAT (PITCHING); Perez struck out; Bench struck out; GRIFFEY
BATTED FOR BAILEY; Griffey flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: ALCALA REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); GRIFFEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt singled to
left; Luzinski singled to left [Schmidt to third]; Allen singled
to left [Schmidt scored, Luzinski to second]; Brown popped to
catcher in foul territory; Maddox flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 5.

REDS 7TH: HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Flynn singled to
center; Geronimo flied out to left; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR ALCALA;
Driessen singled to center [Flynn to second]; Rose singled to
right [Flynn out at home (right to catcher), Driessen to third];
Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1,
Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: HINTON REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Boone
grounded out (shortstop to first); Reed flied out to right; Cash
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 5.

REDS 8TH: Foster struck out; Perez walked; Bench flied out to
center; Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa singled to right; Schmidt doubled to right
[Bowa to third]; Luzinski was walked intentionally; Hutton
popped to second; Brown hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bowa
scored]; Maddox walked [Schmidt to third, Luzinski to second];
Boone lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 6.

REDS 9TH: GARBER REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); MARTIN REPLACED
REED (PLAYING LF); Flynn singled to left; Geronimo struck out;
LUM BATTED FOR HINTON; Lum forced Flynn (third to second); Rose
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Phillies 6.