The Mets scored twice on only one hit in the first inning and held on to edge the Reds, 2-1. Reds' starter Pat Zachry walked the first three Mets' batters with their runs following on a sacrifice fly by Joe Torre and a single by Roy Staiger. The Reds scored against Nino Espinosa in the seventh on a triple by Cesar Geronimo and sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion. After Bill Plummer singled, Skip Lockwood replaced Espinosa and pitched hitless ball over the last 2 2/3 innings to register his 14th save. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 2, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    14, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  7  1
Mets         2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .319      Boisclair cf,lf       3   1   1   0     1   1   .278
Griffey rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Millan 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .260
Morgan 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .324      Milner lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .261
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .329        Brown pr,cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .273      Vail rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Geronimo cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .312      Torre 1b              2   0   0   1     1   0   .308
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   1     0   0   .290      Staiger 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Plummer c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Grote c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .255
  Armbrister pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .365        Hodges ph,c         0   0   0   0     1   0   .276
  Bench c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Harrelson ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .217
Zachry p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Espinosa p            3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .308        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .385
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .233
  Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   7   1     0   7             Totals               28   2   5   2     6   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 27,029
Left on Base: Reds 6, Mets 9
DP: Reds 1, Mets 0
Errors: Concepcion
Doubles: Concepcion (22), Geronimo (19)
Triples: Geronimo (10)
Stolen Bases: Armbrister (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (2), Torre (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry L(11-4)          5     4   2   2   5   2   0  24   2.66
Borbon                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.15
Sarmiento               2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   0.82
Totals                  8     5   2   2   6   5   0  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa W(2-2)         6.1   7   1   1   0   5   0  26   1.59
Lockwood SV(14)         2.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.67
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   7   0  34

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


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

METS 1ST: Boisclair walked; Millan walked [Boisclair to second];
Milner walked [Boisclair to third, Millan to second]; Vail
popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Boisclair scored, Millan to third]; Staiger singled
to left [Millan scored, Milner to third]; Grote walked [Staiger
to second]; Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

REDS 2ND: Driessen was called out on strikes; Geronimo grounded
out (second to first); Concepcion doubled to left; Plummer was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Espinosa struck out; On a bunt Boisclair singled;
Millan forced Boisclair (third to second) [Millan to first];
Milner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

REDS 3RD: Zachry grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose flied
out to center; Griffey singled to center; Morgan struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Vail flied out to center; Torre grounded out (pitcher
to first); Staiger popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

REDS 4TH: Foster popped to first in foul territory; Driessen
grounded out (second to first); Geronimo doubled to right;
Concepcion popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets
2.

METS 4TH: Grote flied out to right; Harrelson singled to
pitcher; On a bunt Espinosa struck out; Boisclair grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

REDS 5TH: Plummer flied out to center; Zachry grounded out
(second to first); Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Millan singled to left; Milner hit into a double play
(right to first) [Millan out at second]; Vail reached on an
error by Concepcion [Vail to first]; Torre walked [Vail to
second]; Staiger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
0, Mets 2.

REDS 6TH: Griffey flied out to left; Morgan singled to right;
Foster lined to shortstop; Driessen was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED ZACHRY (PITCHING); Grote popped to
catcher; On a bunt Harrelson struck out; Espinosa struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 2.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo tripled to left; Concepcion hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Geronimo scored]; Plummer singled to center;
ARMBRISTER RAN FOR PLUMMER; LUM BATTED FOR BORBON; LOCKWOOD
REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Armbrister stole second; Lum
struck out; Rose flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: BENCH REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PLAYING C ); SARMIENTO
REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Boisclair was called out on strikes;
Millan flied out to center; Milner singled to center; BROWN RAN
FOR MILNER; Vail popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 2.

REDS 8TH: BOISCLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BROWN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first);
Morgan flied out to center; Foster popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); Staiger flied out
to center; HODGES BATTED FOR GROTE; Hodges walked; Harrelson
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 2.

REDS 9TH: HODGES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Driessen grounded
out (pitcher to first); Geronimo struck out; Concepcion popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets
2.