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Thursday August 5, 1976
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Fred Norman gained his fifth straight victory and Don Sutton was stopped on his five-game winning streak when the Reds defeated the Dodgers, 3-2. The Reds opened their scoring with a double by Pete Rose and single by George Foster in the third inning. Tony Perez walked and scored in the fourth before accounting for the Reds' deciding run with a homer in the sixth. The Dodgers got both their tallies in the home half of the sixth on singles by Bill Buckner, Steve Garvey and Ron Cey and a double by Bill Russell. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Game Played on Thursday, August 5, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Reds         0  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  7  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   3   0     0   2   .335      Lopes 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Buckner lf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .294
Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .334      Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .242
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Garvey 1b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .310
Foster lf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .325      Cey 3b                4   0   1   1     0   0   .285
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .254      Russell ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .304
Perez 1b              3   2   2   1     1   0   .261      Lacy cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .293
Geronimo cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .320      Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   1     1   0   .277      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .078
Norman p              4   0   1   0     0   0   .167        Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               34   3  10   3     2   5             Totals               33   2   7   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 46,095
Left on Base: Reds 7, Dodgers 6
DP: Reds 0, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Rose (27), Lopes (11), Buckner (20), Russell (11)
Home Runs: Perez (12)
Caught Stealing: Perez (3)
GIDP: Bench (5)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (2,by Hough)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(11-2)          9     7   2   2   2   6   0  35   2.25
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   6   0  35

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(12-9)          7     8   3   3   2   3   1  30   4.18
Hough                   2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.34
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   5   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Hough (7)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Griffey struck out; Morgan
grounded out (first unassisted) [Rose to second]; Foster
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Buckner flied to left in
foul territory; Smith struck out; Garvey singled to third [Lopes
to third]; Lopes was picked off third (catcher to third); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to shortstop; Perez flied out to center;
Geronimo grounded out (second to first) [Bench to second];
Concepcion was walked intentionally; Norman flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy walked; Yeager flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose doubled to right; Griffey flied out to center;
Morgan flied out to left; Foster singled to center [Rose
scored]; Foster was picked off first (catcher to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton grounded out (third to first); Lopes made an
out to catcher; Buckner doubled to right; Smith struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Perez walked; Geronimo singled to
right [Perez to second]; Concepcion singled to left [Perez
scored, Geronimo to second]; Norman popped to catcher in foul
territory; Rose struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey flied
out to right; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

REDS 5TH: Griffey grounded out (catcher to first); Morgan flied
out to left; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lacy popped to shortstop; Yeager grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Dodgers 0.

REDS 6TH: Bench flied out to left; Perez homered; Geronimo flied
out to left; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
singled to center; Smith struck out; Garvey singled to third
[Buckner to second]; Cey singled to left [Buckner scored, Garvey
to second]; Russell doubled to left [Garvey scored, Cey to
third]; Lacy flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Dodgers 2.

REDS 7TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose singled to
right; Griffey popped to shortstop; Morgan flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); BAKER
BATTED FOR SUTTON; Baker flied out to right; Lopes flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 2.

REDS 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Foster was hit by a
pitch; Bench grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Foster out at second]; Perez singled to left; Perez was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Buckner walked; Smith forced Buckner (pitcher to
shortstop) [Smith to first]; Garvey was called out on strikes;
Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers
2.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo struck out; Concepcion flied out to center;
Norman singled to right; Rose struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Russell lined to
shortstop; Lacy popped to third; Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 2.



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