A throwing error by Pete Rose with two out in the ninth inning enabled the Phillies to score twice and defeat the Reds, 4-2, George Foster homered for the Reds and Mike Schmidt for the Phillies to effect a 2-2 tie before Dick Allen opened the ninth with a double. After advancing to third on an infield out by Jay Johnstone, Allen held up when Garry Maddox lofted a short fly for the second out.

Following an intentional pass to Ollie Brown, Bob Boone grounded to Rose, who made a wild throw to first, allowing Allen to score. Dave Cash then added an insurance run with a single to drive in Brown. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Wednesday, June      23, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  2  -   4  7  0
Reds         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  5  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Rose 3b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .324
Bowa ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .332
Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .299      Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Foster cf,lf          3   1   1   1     1   0   .341
Allen 1b              4   2   1   0     0   1   .285      Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .272
Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .290      Bench c               2   0   0   1     1   0   .247
  Martin rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .323      Bailey lf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Maddox cf             4   0   0   1     0   1   .314        Geronimo cf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .279
McCarver c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Flynn 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .324
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Alcala p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .105
  Hutton ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Driessen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Brown ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .286        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Carlton p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .147        Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oates ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .385
  Boone ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .314

Totals               34   4   7   3     4   3             Totals               30   2   5   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 35,266
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Reds 6
DP: Phillies 1, Reds 1
Errors: Rose
Doubles: Johnstone (14), Bowa (6), Allen (8), Concepcion (12)
Triples: Bailey (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (20), Foster (16)
Stolen Bases: Johnstone (3), Concepcion (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (2)
GIDP: Luzinski (7), Bailey (4)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 6     4   2   2   3   4   1  24   3.86
Reed W(6-2)             2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.21
Garber SV(7)            1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.55
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   6   1  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alcala                  7     4   2   2   2   3   1  27   4.57
Borbon L(0-1)           1.2   2   1   0   1   0   0   7   2.83
McEnaney                0     0   1   0   1   0   0   1   3.45
Eastwick                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.82
Totals                  9     7   4   2   4   3   1  38

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ed Montague


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa flied
out to right; Schmidt popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey struck
out; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to left; Allen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Johnstone walked; Johnstone stole second;
Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: McCarver flied out to center; Carlton singled to
left; Cash forced Carlton (shortstop to second); Bowa grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Bailey tripled to center; Flynn flied out to right; On
a bunt Alcala struck out; Rose walked; Griffey flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt homered; Luzinski made an out to first;
Allen struck out; Johnstone grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion doubled to center; Concepcion stole third;
Foster walked; Perez walked [Foster to second]; Bench hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Concepcion scored]; Bailey grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Perez out at second];
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); McCarver
made an out to first; Carlton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Alcala struck
out; Rose singled to center; Griffey popped to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash flied out to center; Bowa made an out to
shortstop; Schmidt flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Foster
homered; Perez struck out; Bench grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING CF); FOSTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Luzinski singled to left; Allen
forced Luzinski (third to first); Johnstone doubled to right
[Allen to third]; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Allen scored]; McCarver was walked intentionally; OATES BATTED
FOR CARLTON; Oates popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); OATES STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Flynn singled to right; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR ALCALA; Driessen
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Flynn to second]; Rose struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: BORBON REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Cash grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bowa doubled to center; Schmidt was
walked intentionally; Luzinski grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Schmidt out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: Griffey flied out to left; Concepcion flied out to
center; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: Allen doubled to right; Johnstone grounded out
(second to first) [Allen to third]; Maddox lined to center;
HUTTON BATTED FOR REED; MCENANEY REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING);
BROWN BATTED FOR HUTTON; Brown was walked intentionally;
EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); BOONE BATTED FOR OATES;
Boone reached on an error by Rose [Allen scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Brown to second]; Cash singled to left [Brown scored
(unearned), Boone to second]; Bowa popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: GARBER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); BOONE STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING C ); MARTIN REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); Perez
struck out; Bench walked; Geronimo grounded out (second to
pitcher) [Bench to second]; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 2.