The Reds lashed 16 hits in routing the Giants, 9-3. George Foster and Dan Driessen each had four hits and Pete Rose two, including his ninth home run. Fred Norman limited the Giants to seven hits while notching his ninth victory in 11 decisions. Rose's homer, off John Montefusco in the first inning, was his third leadoff homer in the last seven games. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 9, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Monday, July      26, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  7  0
Reds         2  0  1    3  0  0    0  3  x  -   9 16  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herndon cf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .295      Rose 3b               5   2   2   1     0   1   .336
Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Griffey rf            4   3   2   0     1   0   .333
  Miller 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Morgan 2b             4   2   2   2     1   0   .314
Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Foster lf             4   2   4   1     1   0   .330
Murcer rf             0   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Driessen 1b           5   0   4   3     0   0   .313
  Thomasson rf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Geronimo cf           2   0   2   1     2   0   .317
Reitz 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Plummer c             5   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Evans 1b              3   1   1   0     1   2   .212      Flynn ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Speier ss             4   1   0   0     0   1   .216      Norman p              4   0   0   0     0   2   .185
Hill c                3   0   1   1     1   0   .188
Montefusco p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .158

Totals               33   3   7   1     3   6             Totals               38   9  16   8     5   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 27,656
Left on Base: Giants 7, Reds 11
DP: Giants 2, Reds 1
Errors: Driessen
Doubles: Driessen (9), Rose (22), Griffey (18)
Home Runs: Rose (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (2)
GIDP: Perez (8), Plummer 2 (6)
Hit by Pitch: Geronimo (4,by Caldwell)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(9-9)       3     5   3   3   3   3   1  17   2.99
Caldwell                0.1   5   3   3   0   1   0   7   4.61
Williams                3.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  13   1.65
Heaverlo                1     5   3   3   0   0   0   7   4.76
Totals                  8    16   9   9   5   5   1  44

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(9-2)           9     7   3   0   3   6   0  37   2.38
Totals                  9     7   3   0   3   6   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Caldwell (2)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Herndon singled; Perez grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Herndon out at second]; Matthews
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose homered; Griffey flied out to center; Morgan
flied out to right; Foster singled to center; Driessen singled
to right [Foster to third]; Geronimo singled to center [Foster
scored, Driessen to third]; Plummer flied out to center; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Murcer walked; Reitz flied out to right; Evans
struck out; Speier forced Murcer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Flynn struck out; Norman grounded out (pitcher to
first); Rose was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill walked; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Hill to second]; Herndon singled to right
[Hill to third]; Perez popped to second; Matthews grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: THOMASSON REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING RF); Griffey
walked; Morgan flied out to right; Foster walked [Griffey to
second]; Driessen doubled to right [Griffey scored, Foster to
third]; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Plummer struck out;
Flynn grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson struck out; Reitz grounded out (third to
first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
3.

REDS 4TH: CALDWELL REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Norman struck
out; Rose doubled to right; Griffey singled to second [Rose to
third]; Morgan singled to right [Rose scored, Griffey to third];
Foster singled to right [Griffey scored, Morgan to second];
Driessen singled [Morgan scored, Foster to third]; Geronimo was
hit by a pitch [Driessen to second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED CALDWELL
(PITCHING); Plummer forced Foster (third to catcher) [Driessen
to third, Geronimo to second, Plummer to first]; Flynn grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier made an out to second; Hill grounded out
(third to first); Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 6.

REDS 5TH: Norman flied out to center; Rose flied out to center;
Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Reds 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Herndon flied out to center; Perez flied out to
center; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: MILLER REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 2B); Morgan walked;
Foster singled to center [Morgan to second]; Driessen grounded
out (first unassisted) [Morgan to third, Foster to second];
Geronimo was walked intentionally; Plummer grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Morgan out at home];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); Reitz
singled to center; Evans singled to center [Reitz to second];
Speier struck out; Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: Flynn flied out to center; Norman struck out; Rose
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 6.

GIANTS 8TH: ARNOLD BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Arnold flied out to
center; Herndon grounded out (second to first); Miller flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Griffey doubled;
Morgan singled to center [Griffey scored]; Foster singled
[Morgan to third]; Driessen singled to right [Morgan scored,
Foster to second]; Geronimo singled to left [Foster to third,
Driessen to second]; Plummer grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Foster scored (no RBI), Driessen to third,
Geronimo out at second]; Flynn grounded out (catcher to first);
3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 9.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews flied out to left; Thomasson lined to
shortstop; Reitz singled to pitcher; Evans walked [Reitz to
second]; Speier reached on an error by Driessen [Reitz scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), Speier to
second]; Hill singled [Speier scored (unearned)]; ONTIVEROS
BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Ontiveros singled to right [Hill to
second]; Herndon popped to first; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 9.