The Reds hammered four homers, two of them by George Foster and one apiece by Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench, while scoring seven runs in the last two innings to defeat the Cubs, 8-3. Morgan opened the barrage with a drive in the eighth off Rick Reuschel, who then was ejected in an argument with the plate umpire.

Greeting Bruce Sutter's appearance in relief, Foster hit his first homer of the game. Bench followed with a single and Dave Concepcion tripled to send the Reds ahead, 4-3. In the ninth, after two walks, Foster homered again and became the first major leaguer to drive in more than 100 runs this season with 102 to his credit. Bench wrapped up the scoring with the Reds' fourth round-tripper of the game. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Thursday, August    12, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         0  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  4  -   8 11  0
Cubs         0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .322      Monday cf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .273
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Cardenal lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .309
Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     1   1   .331      Madlock 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .332
Morgan 2b             3   2   1   1     2   0   .325      LaCock 1b             4   1   3   2     0   0   .226
Foster lf             4   2   2   4     1   0   .329      Wallis rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .233
Bench c               5   1   2   1     0   1   .258      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .247
Perez 1b              5   2   1   0     0   0   .261      Swisher c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Geronimo cf           3   0   2   1     2   0   .314      Kelleher ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .243
Concepcion ss         5   0   1   1     0   2   .283        Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Alcala p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .162      R. Reuschel p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .235        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Driessen ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .280
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  11   8     6   7             Totals               31   3   8   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 17,863
Left on Base: Reds 9, Cubs 5
DP: Reds 2, Cubs 1
Errors: Kelleher
Doubles: Perez (20)
Triples: Geronimo (9), Concepcion (5)
Home Runs: Morgan (21), Foster 2 (26), Bench (12), LaCock (8)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (25), Cardenal (13)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Reuschel (6)
GIDP: Concepcion (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alcala                  6     5   3   3   3   0   1  23   4.37
Sarmiento W(2-0)        1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.00
Eastwick SV(15)         2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.23
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   3   1  35

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel             7     6   2   2   3   6   1  30   3.58
Sutter L(2-3)           0     2   2   2   0   0   1   2   2.33
Garman                  2     3   4   4   3   1   2  12   5.35
Totals                  9    11   8   8   6   7   4  44

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey singled
to center; Morgan grounded out (second to first) [Griffey to
second]; Foster walked; Bench forced Foster (third to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday walked; Cardenal hit into a double play
(catcher to first) [Monday out at second]; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez doubled to right; Geronimo tripled to right
[Perez scored]; Concepcion struck out; Alcala struck out; Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: LaCock lined to center; Wallis walked; Trillo popped
to right; Swisher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Cubs 0.

REDS 3RD: Griffey grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Morgan
walked; Foster forced Morgan (third to second) [Foster to
first]; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kelleher lined to center; R. Reuschel flied out to
left; Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (third to first); Geronimo walked;
Concepcion was called out on strikes; Alcala singled to right
[Geronimo to second]; Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal walked; Cardenal stole second; Madlock
singled to left [Cardenal to third]; LaCock singled to right
[Cardenal scored, Madlock to third]; Wallis lined into a double
play (first unassisted) [LaCock out at first]; Trillo grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 1.

REDS 5TH: On a bunt Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first);
Morgan grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Swisher popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Kelleher singled to third; R. Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Kelleher to second]; Monday singled to center
[Kelleher scored]; Monday was picked off first (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 2.

REDS 6TH: Bench reached on an error by Kelleher [Bench to
first]; Perez lined to right; Geronimo singled to center [Bench
to third]; Concepcion grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Geronimo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal flied out to center; Madlock lined to center;
LaCock homered; Wallis flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 1, Cubs 3.

REDS 7TH: LUM BATTED FOR ALCALA; Lum was called out on strikes;
Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Trillo singled to
shortstop; Swisher grounded out (pitcher to first) [Trillo to
second]; Kelleher lined to left; R. Reuschel grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cubs 3.

REDS 8TH: Morgan homered; Rick Reuschel ejected by HP umpire
John Kibler; SUTTER REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Foster
homered; Bench singled to shortstop; GARMAN REPLACED SUTTER
(PITCHING); Perez forced Bench (second to shortstop) [Perez to
first]; Cubs Coach Marv Grissom ejected by 3B umpire Frank
Pulli Cubs Coach Jim Saul ejected by 3B umpire Frank Pulli;
Geronimo flied out to left; Concepcion tripled to center [Perez
scored]; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Driessen struck out; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: EASTWICK REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Monday struck
out; Cardenal singled to right; Madlock forced Cardenal
(shortstop to second) [Madlock to first]; LaCock singled to left
[Madlock to second]; Wallis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 4, Cubs 3.

REDS 9TH: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Griffey walked;
Griffey stole second; Morgan was walked intentionally; Foster
homered [Griffey scored, Morgan scored]; Bench homered; Perez
flied out to right; Geronimo walked; Concepcion forced Geronimo
(third to second); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Trillo struck out;
Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); BIITTNER BATTED FOR
KELLEHER; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 3.