Jack Billingham pitched hitless ball for the first four innings but then blew up in the fifth as the Giants erupted for six runs to defeat the Reds, 9-4. Bobby Murcer drew a walk to open the fifth before Darrell Evans homered for the Giants' first hit. A double by Dave Rader and triple by Gary Thomasson helped the Giants add four runs before the frame ended. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 9, Cincinnati Reds 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      27, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  6  1    2  0  0  -   9 10  0
Reds         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  8  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomasson cf,rf       5   1   1   1     0   0   .220      Rose 3b               5   1   2   0     0   1   .337
Perez 2b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .260      Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     1   0   .332
Matthews lf           3   1   0   0     2   1   .264      Morgan 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .317
Murcer rf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .254      Foster cf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .328
  Herndon pr,cf       1   1   0   0     0   0   .293      Driessen lf           2   1   0   0     2   0   .309
Evans 1b              5   2   3   3     0   1   .219      Perez 1b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .251
Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .286      Concepcion ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Speier ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .217      Plummer c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Rader c               4   1   1   1     0   0   .236      Billingham p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Barr p                3   0   1   1     0   0   .143        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
                                                            Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
                                                            McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .297

Totals               35   9  10   8     4   3             Totals               34   4   8   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 26,046
Left on Base: Giants 5, Reds 7
DP: Giants 0, Reds 0
Errors: Concepcion, Plummer
Doubles: Rader (10), Rose (23), Morgan (18), Perez (18)
Triples: Thomasson (1)
Home Runs: Evans (8)
Stolen Bases: Reitz (5), Matthews (7), Morgan 2 (32)
Sacrifice Hits: Barr (8), Perez (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Foster (5)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(9-6)             7.2   7   4   4   3   2   0  33   3.25
Lavelle                 1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.58
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   2   0  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(7-8)       4.1   5   6   6   1   1   1  19   5.21
Borbon                  0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.14
Hinton                  2     5   3   3   2   0   0  13   8.62
McEnaney                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.05
Totals                  9    10   9   9   4   3   1  41

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


GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson flied out to left; Perez popped to first
in foul territory; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose doubled; Griffey walked; Morgan forced Griffey
(second to shortstop) [Rose to third, Morgan to first]; Morgan
stole second; Foster was called out on strikes; Driessen walked;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Evans flied
out to center; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); Plummer
popped to second; Billingham flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
popped to third in foul territory; Barr grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey singled to
second; Morgan singled [Griffey to third]; Morgan stole second;
Foster hit a sacrifice fly to right [Griffey scored, Morgan to
third]; Driessen grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 4TH: On a bunt Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Perez flied out to center; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
grounded out (pitcher to first); Plummer grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Murcer walked; Evans homered [Murcer scored]; Reitz
singled to left; Reitz stole second; Speier singled to left
[Reitz to third]; Rader doubled [Reitz scored, Speier scored
(error by Concepcion) (no RBI)]; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Rader to third]; Thomasson tripled [Rader
scored]; BORBON REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Perez out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Thomasson scored]; Matthews
walked; Matthews stole second; Murcer struck out; 6 R, 5 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR BORBON; Youngblood flied out to
left; Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Reds 1.

GIANTS 6TH: HINTON REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Evans singled
to right; Reitz singled to left [Evans to second]; Plummer
dropped a foul fly hit by Speier for an error; Speier flied to
right in foul territory; Rader flied out to center; Barr singled
to right [Evans scored, Reitz to third]; Thomasson grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded
out (third to first); Driessen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 7, Reds 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews
walked; Murcer singled to right [Matthews to second]; HERNDON
RAN FOR MURCER; Evans singled to right [Matthews scored, Herndon
to third, Evans to second (on throw)]; Reitz grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Herndon scored, Evans to third]; Speier
walked; Rader flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
9, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HERNDON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Perez popped to second; Concepcion
singled to left; Plummer flied out to left; LUM BATTED FOR
HINTON; Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 9, Reds 1.

GIANTS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Barr flied out to
center; Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher); Perez popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 9, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: Rose singled to pitcher; Griffey grounded out (pitcher
unassisted) [Rose to second]; Morgan doubled to left [Rose
scored]; Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Driessen
walked; Perez doubled [Morgan scored, Driessen scored]; LAVELLE
REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Concepcion flied out to right; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 9, Reds 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews flied out to center; Herndon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 9, Reds 4.

REDS 9TH: Plummer singled to center; BAILEY BATTED FOR MCENANEY;
Bailey flied out to right; Rose forced Plummer (shortstop to
second) [Rose to first]; Griffey grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 9, Reds 4.