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The Braves defeated the Reds, 4-3, and ended Fred Norman's five-game winning streak. A leadoff homer by Vic Correll in the seventh inning was the deciding blow as Carl Morton and Adrian Devine teamed up on a five-hitter that extended the Reds' losing streak to three games. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 4, Cincinnati Reds 3Game Played on Monday, August 16, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumBraves 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 6 1
Reds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 5 1
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Royster 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .252 Rose 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .317
Gilbreath 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .264 Griffey rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .330
Wynn cf 4 0 1 1 1 2 .219 Morgan 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .322
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .304 Foster lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333
Paciorek rf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .296 Perez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261
Gaston lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Geronimo cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .307
Henderson pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .288
Chaney ss 3 0 1 1 1 2 .280 Plummer c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Correll c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .220 Driessen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Morton p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .122 Norman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Devine p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lum ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .233
Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
Totals 34 4 6 4 5 11 Totals 30 3 5 2 3 3
Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 30,276
Left on Base: Braves 8, Reds 5
DP: Braves 1, Reds 0
Errors: Morton, Concepcion
Doubles: Perez (22)
Triples: Foster (6)
Home Runs: Correll (2)
Stolen Bases: Royster (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (9)
GIDP: Plummer (7)
Hit by Pitch: Concepcion (1,by Morton)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Morton W(3-9) 7.2 5 3 3 3 2 0 31 4.26
Devine SV(4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.39
Totals 9 5 3 3 3 3 0 35
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Norman L(11-3) 8 5 4 2 5 10 1 35 2.71
Borbon 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.12
Totals 9 6 4 2 5 11 1 39
Hit by Pitch: Morton (5)
Wild Pitches: Norman (1)
Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Art Williams
BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Gilbreath grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Reds 0.
REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan walked; Foster singled to center
[Morgan to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 0, Reds 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
struck out; Gaston popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.
REDS 2ND: Geronimo walked; Concepcion singled to center
[Geronimo to third]; Plummer grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Geronimo scored (no RBI),
Concepcion out at second]; Norman flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 1.
BRAVES 3RD: Chaney struck out (catcher to first); Correll struck
out; Morton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 1.
REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied
out to left; Morgan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Reds 1.
BRAVES 4TH: Royster reached on an error by Concepcion [Royster
to first]; Norman threw a wild pitch [Royster to second];
Gilbreath walked; Wynn walked [Royster to third, Gilbreath to
second]; Montanez singled to first [Royster scored (unearned),
Gilbreath to third, Wynn to second]; Paciorek struck out; Gaston
popped to catcher in foul territory; Chaney walked [Gilbreath
scored (unearned), Wynn to third, Montanez to second]; Correll
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 2, Reds 1.
REDS 4TH: Foster flied out to right; Perez doubled to center;
Geronimo grounded out (second to first) [Perez to third];
Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Reds 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Morton struck out; Royster singled to center;
Royster stole second; Gilbreath popped to second; Wynn singled
to left [Royster scored, Wynn to second (on throw to home)];
Montanez flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3,
Reds 1.
REDS 5TH: Plummer grounded out (shortstop to first); Norman
flied out to center; Rose flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 3, Reds 1.
BRAVES 6TH: Paciorek struck out; Gaston grounded out (third to
first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds
1.
REDS 6TH: Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); Morgan
grounded out (first to pitcher); Foster grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 1.
BRAVES 7TH: Correll homered; Morton popped to first in foul
territory; Royster popped to catcher in foul territory;
Gilbreath walked; Wynn forced Gilbreath (shortstop to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Reds 1.
REDS 7TH: Perez flied out to center; Geronimo struck out
(catcher to first); Concepcion was hit by a pitch; Plummer
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves
4, Reds 1.
BRAVES 8TH: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gaston walked; HENDERSON RAN
FOR GASTON; Chaney singled to center [Henderson to third];
Correll flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4,
Reds 1.
REDS 8TH: PACIOREK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HENDERSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LUM BATTED FOR NORMAN; Lum walked;
On a bunt Rose singled to pitcher [Lum to third (error by
Morton), Rose to second]; Griffey grounded out (second to first)
[Lum scored, Rose to third]; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Rose scored]; Foster tripled to center; DEVINE REPLACED MORTON
(PITCHING); Perez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Braves 4, Reds 3.
BRAVES 9TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Devine grounded out
(shortstop to first); Royster singled to right; Gilbreath
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Royster to second]; Wynn struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Reds 3.
REDS 9TH: Geronimo struck out; Concepcion grounded out (third to
first); DRIESSEN BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Driessen flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Reds 3.
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