While Jack Billingham pitched a three-hitter, the Reds rapped three Giant hurlers for 16 hits and rolled to a 9-0 victory. Ken Griffey was the leader of the attack with a triple and two singles, driving in two runs and scoring two. Dave Concepcion contributed three singles and three RBIs. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 9, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    3, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  1    1  3  0    0  4  0  -   9 16  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   2   1     0   1   .331      Herndon cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
  Flynn 3b,2b         1   1   0   1     0   0   .287      Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Griffey rf            5   2   3   2     0   0   .341        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Morgan 2b             5   1   3   1     0   0   .315        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Bailey 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Thomasson rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .246
Foster cf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .328      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Bench c               4   1   2   0     1   1   .251      Evans 1b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .207
Perez 1b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Concepcion ss         5   1   3   3     0   0   .277      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Armbrister lf         3   1   1   0     0   0   .383      Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Lum lf              1   1   1   0     1   0   .242      Caldwell p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Billingham p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .225        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Miller ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .190

Totals               41   9  16   9     2   5             Totals               29   0   3   0     2   3

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  6,994
Left on Base: Reds 9, Giants 4
DP: Reds 1, Giants 1
Errors: Armbrister, Herndon
Doubles: Bench (19)
Triples: Griffey (6), Morgan (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Billingham 2 (5)
GIDP: Billingham (1), Reitz (18)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(8-8)       9     3   0   0   2   3   0  31   4.82
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   3   0  31

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell L(0-7)         4     9   5   5   0   1   0  21   4.93
Heaverlo                2     3   0   0   0   3   0   9   4.60
Williams                3     4   4   4   2   1   0  15   2.01
Totals                  9    16   9   9   2   5   0  45

Wild Pitches: Caldwell 2 (5)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (second to first); Thomasson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster flied out to right; Bench doubled to center;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews reached on an error by Armbrister [Matthews
out at second (left to second)]; Evans grounded out (shortstop
to first); Reitz popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Armbrister singled to left; Billingham out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Armbrister to second];
Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Armbrister to third]; Rose singled
to center [Armbrister scored]; Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Rose
to second]; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan
singled to shortstop [Rose to third]; Foster forced Morgan
(third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
grounded out (second to first); Caldwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench singled to left; Perez grounded out (third to
first) [Bench to second]; Concepcion singled to left [Bench
scored]; Armbrister flied out to right; Billingham grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Herndon was called out on strikes; Perez flied out
to right; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Rose singled to third; Griffey singled to left [Rose
to second]; Morgan singled to left [Rose to third, Griffey to
second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Foster singled
to left [Rose scored, Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Bench
struck out; Perez struck out; Concepcion singled to center
[Griffey scored, Morgan scored, Foster to third (error by
Herndon)]; Armbrister forced Concepcion (shortstop to second); 3
R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Matthews flied out to left; Evans grounded out
(second to first); Reitz singled to left; Speier singled to
right [Reitz to second]; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

REDS 6TH: Billingham was called out on strikes; Rose grounded
out (second to first); Griffey singled to right; Morgan flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: LUM REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PLAYING LF); MILLER BATTED
FOR HEAVERLO; Miller flied out to center; Herndon singled to
third; Perez grounded out (third to first) [Herndon to second];
Thomasson walked; Matthews forced Thomasson (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

REDS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); MILLER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Bench
grounded out (third to first); Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Evans walked;
Reitz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Evans out at second]; Speier made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion singled to center; Lum walked [Concepcion
to second]; Billingham out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Concepcion to third, Lum to second]; Flynn reached on a
fielder's choice [Concepcion scored]; Griffey tripled to right
[Lum scored, Flynn scored]; Morgan tripled to left [Griffey
scored]; Foster struck out; Bench walked; Perez flied out to
left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BAILEY
REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 3B); Rader flied out to left; Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Giants 0.

REDS 9TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Lum singled
to center; Billingham grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Lum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 9, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Adams grounded out (first
unassisted); Thomasson flied out to left; Matthews struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 9, Giants 0.