Johnny Bench had three hits and drove in the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning, when the Reds scored four runs to defeat the Giants, 5-1. Bob Bailey, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan also had run-scoring blows in the six-hit outburst. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Monday, August    2, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  4  0  -   5 15  2
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .329      Thomasson cf          4   0   1   0     0   2   .252
Griffey rf            4   0   2   1     1   0   .338      Perez 2b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .261
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   1     1   0   .311      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Foster lf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .330      Murcer rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .255
Driessen 1b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Evans 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Bench c               5   1   3   1     0   0   .247      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Geronimo cf           4   0   2   0     1   1   .322      Speier ss             3   1   1   0     0   0   .226
Flynn ss              5   0   3   0     0   0   .289      Rader c               2   0   1   1     1   1   .261
Zachry p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .154      D'Acquisto p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .316
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Bailey ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .289        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Armbrister pr       0   1   0   0     0   0   .386        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .308

Totals               42   5  15   5     3   4             Totals               27   1   5   1     2   7

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  6,502
Left on Base: Reds 13, Giants 3
DP: Reds 4, Giants 0
Errors: Griffey, Morgan
Doubles: Griffey (20), Rader (13)
Triples: Griffey (5)
Sacrifice Hits: D'Acquisto (3), Perez (12)
GIDP: Matthews (4), Speier (11), Murcer (6)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry                  6     3   1   1   2   5   0  21   2.76
McEnaney W(2-4)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.97
Borbon                  2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.04
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   7   0  31

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(3-6)       7    10   4   4   2   3   0  33   4.86
Lavelle                 0.1   1   1   1   0   1   0   2   2.84
Moffitt                 0.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.74
Williams                1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.51
Totals                  9    15   5   5   3   4   0  45

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Doug Harvey


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
walked; Morgan flied out to left; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson flied out to right; Perez struck out;
Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Bench singled
to third; Geronimo walked [Bench to second]; Flynn flied out to
right; Zachry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants
0.

GIANTS 2ND: Murcer struck out; Evans flied out to center; Reitz
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to center; Griffey doubled to right;
Morgan flied out to center [Griffey to third]; Foster struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
walked; D'Acquisto out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Rader to second]; Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Bench
grounded out (first unassisted); Geronimo singled to center;
Flynn singled to second [Geronimo to second]; Zachry grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Perez walked; Matthews grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Perez out at second]; Murcer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Rose flied out to left; Griffey grounded out (second
to first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz flied
out to right; Speier singled to left; Rader doubled to center
[Speier scored]; D'Acquisto struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Driessen
grounded out (second to first); Bench singled to left; Geronimo
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson singled to right [Thomasson to second
(error by Griffey)]; Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Thomasson to third]; Matthews hit into a double play
(left to catcher) [Thomasson out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Flynn flied out to right; LUM BATTED FOR ZACHRY; Lum
popped to first in foul territory; Rose singled to right;
Griffey tripled to right [Rose scored]; Morgan popped to second;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: MCENANEY REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Murcer singled to
left; Evans forced Murcer (pitcher to shortstop); Reitz reached
on a fielder's choice [Evans to second (error by Morgan)];
Speier grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 1.

REDS 8TH: Foster singled to center; Driessen singled to right
[Foster to second]; Bench singled to left [Foster scored,
Driessen to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING);
Geronimo struck out; Flynn singled to right [Driessen to third,
Bench to second]; BAILEY BATTED FOR MCENANEY; MOFFITT REPLACED
LAVELLE (PITCHING); Bailey singled to left [Driessen scored,
Bench to third, Flynn to second]; ARMBRISTER RAN FOR BAILEY;
Rose singled to right [Bench scored, Flynn to third, Armbrister
to second]; Griffey forced Flynn (pitcher to catcher)
[Armbrister to third, Rose to second, Griffey to first]; Morgan
walked [Armbrister scored, Rose to third, Griffey to second];
Foster forced Morgan (shortstop unassisted); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Rader struck
out; ADAMS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Adams flied out to left;
Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 1.

REDS 9TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Driessen flied out
to center; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
singled to left; Flynn singled to right [Geronimo to third];
Borbon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Perez grounded out (second to pitcher); Matthews
singled to shortstop; Murcer grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to first) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 1.