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Jack Billingham posted his fourth straight victory and ended the Reds' four-game losing streak by defeating the Braves, 4-1. Singles by Pete Rose and Johnny Bench around a walk to Joe Morgan started the Reds' scoring in the first inning. Walks to Morgan and Bench and singles by Tony Perez and Cesar Geronimo added two runs in the third. Cincinnati Reds 4, Atlanta Braves 1Game Played on Wednesday, August 18, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumBraves 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Reds 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 x - 4 9 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Rose 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .318 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Driessen lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .265 May lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .213 Griffey rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Morgan 2b 1 1 0 0 3 0 .322 Henderson rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .261 Bench c 2 1 2 1 2 0 .257 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Perez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Gilbreath 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Geronimo cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .304 Correll c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .218 Lum rf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Ruthven p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .183 Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Paciorek ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Billingham p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .220 Beard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 5 1 2 4 Totals 29 4 9 3 6 5 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 29,065 Left on Base: Braves 5, Reds 8 DP: Braves 2, Reds 1 Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (40), Rose (6) Caught Stealing: Bench (1) Sacrifice Hits: Royster (11), Office (4), Billingham (6) GIDP: Royster (10), Perez (7) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(13-11) 7 9 4 4 6 4 0 33 3.40 Beard 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.80 Totals 8 9 4 4 6 5 0 36 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham W(11-8) 9 5 1 1 2 4 0 33 4.25 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 4 0 33 Wild Pitches: Ruthven (3) Balks: Ruthven (4) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Paul Pryor BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office grounded out (second to first); May walked; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose singled; Driessen flied out to center; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Bench singled to right [Rose scored, Morgan to third]; Bench was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Perez lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 1. BRAVES 2ND: Henderson walked; Chaney forced Henderson (pitcher to shortstop) [Chaney to first]; Gilbreath forced Chaney (second to shortstop) [Gilbreath to first]; Correll struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: Geronimo struck out; Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); Concepcion singled to right; Billingham struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 1. BRAVES 3RD: Ruthven singled to second; Royster reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Ruthven to second]; Office out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Ruthven to third, Royster to second]; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Ruthven scored, Royster to third]; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Rose popped to third in foul territory; Driessen struck out; Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Morgan to third]; Bench walked; Perez singled to center [Morgan scored, Bench to third]; Geronimo singled to center [Bench scored, Perez to third]; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. BRAVES 4TH: Henderson flied out to center; Chaney flied out to center; Gilbreath flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. REDS 4TH: Concepcion singled; Billingham out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Concepcion to second]; Rose grounded out (second to first) [Concepcion to third]; Driessen walked; Morgan popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. BRAVES 5TH: Correll flied out to left; Ruthven grounded out (second to first); Royster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. REDS 5TH: Bench singled to center; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bench out at second]; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. BRAVES 6TH: Office grounded out (third to first); May singled to right; Montanez hit into a double play (first unassisted) [May out at third (first to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. REDS 6TH: Lum singled to right; Concepcion lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Lum out at first]; Billingham struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. BRAVES 7TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Chaney grounded out (first unassisted); Gilbreath singled to right; Correll struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 3. REDS 7TH: Rose singled to center; Driessen popped to third in foul territory; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Rose stole third and Morgan stole second; Bench was walked intentionally; Ruthven balked [Rose scored, Morgan to third, Bench to second]; Perez lined to second; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 4. BRAVES 8TH: GRIFFEY REPLACED DRIESSEN (PLAYING RF); LUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PACIOREK BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Paciorek singled to left; Royster grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Paciorek out at second]; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 4. REDS 8TH: BEARD REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Lum struck out; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Billingham grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 4. BRAVES 9TH: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez flied out to left; Henderson singled to right; Chaney struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 4. |
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