With a crowd of 40,018 on hand, the Reds went over 2,000,000 in attendance for the fourth straight year and marked the occasion by defeating the Cubs, 4-3. The Reds, who were held to only four hits, tied the score at 3-3 in the third inning when Joe Morgan homered with a man on base. With two out in the seventh, Mike Lum batted for Manny Sarmiento and reached base on an error by Pete LaCock. Pinch-runner Ed Armbrister stole second and scored the winning run on a single by Rose. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    22, 1976 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cubs         2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  2
Reds         0  1  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  4  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf,1b          3   1   1   0     1   1   .268      Rose 3b               3   1   1   1     1   0   .321
Cardenal lf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .300      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .328
Wallis rf,cf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Morgan 2b             3   1   3   2     1   0   .328
LaCock 1b             2   0   0   1     1   0   .215      Foster lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .326
  Morales ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Driessen 1b           1   1   0   0     1   0   .258
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .245        Perez ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   2   .218      Bench c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .249
Sperring 3b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .351      Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .300
Kelleher ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .285
  Summers ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .216      Alcala p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .150        Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Renko ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Sarmiento p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bonham p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .149        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Armbrister pr       0   1   0   0     0   0   .351
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .226        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Madlock ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .335

Totals               31   3   6   3     3   5             Totals               28   4   4   3     4   7

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 40,018
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Reds 4
DP: Cubs 0, Reds 0
Errors: LaCock, Mitterwald
Doubles: Monday (16), Cardenal (22)
Home Runs: Morgan (23)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal 3 (17), Driessen (10), Morgan 2 (42), Armbrister (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Kelleher (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Trillo (3)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.88
Bonham                  4.1   1   3   2   4   6   1  18   4.70
Knowles                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.04
Coleman L(1-6)          2     2   1   0   0   1   0   8   4.72
Totals                  8     4   4   2   4   7   1  32

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alcala                  3     3   3   3   2   2   0  14   4.41
Sarmiento W(3-1)        4     2   0   0   1   3   0  15   1.10
McEnaney                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.40
Eastwick SV(18)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.07
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   5   0  36

Wild Pitches: Bonham (7), Alcala (3)

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


CUBS 1ST: Monday doubled to center; Cardenal doubled to right
[Monday scored]; Wallis flied out to right; Cardenal stole
third; LaCock walked; Trillo hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Cardenal scored]; Mitterwald struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 2, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Griffey lined to left;
Morgan singled to right; Foster grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 0.

CUBS 2ND: Sperring struck out; On a bunt Kelleher grounded out
(pitcher to first); RENKO BATTED FOR STONE; Renko grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: BONHAM REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Driessen walked;
Driessen stole second [Driessen to third (error by Mitterwald)];
Bonham threw a wild pitch [Driessen scored (unearned)]; Bench
was called out on strikes; Geronimo was called out on strikes;
Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Reds 1.

CUBS 3RD: Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
singled to second; Cardenal stole second; Wallis walked;
Cardenal stole third; Alcala threw a wild pitch [Wallis to
second]; LaCock grounded out (second to first) [Cardenal scored,
Wallis to third]; Trillo popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 3, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR ALCALA; Youngblood grounded out
(first unassisted); Rose walked; Griffey struck out; Morgan
homered [Rose scored]; Foster flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

CUBS 4TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Mitterwald
struck out; Sperring singled to left; Kelleher forced Sperring
(first to shortstop) [Kelleher to first]; Bonham flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

REDS 4TH: Driessen flied out to left; Bench struck out; Geronimo
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

CUBS 5TH: Monday was called out on strikes; Cardenal popped to
shortstop; Wallis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Reds 3.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Sarmiento grounded out
(first to pitcher); Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

CUBS 6TH: LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); Trillo
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: Griffey struck out; Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second; Foster walked; KNOWLES REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING); PEREZ
BATTED FOR DRIESSEN; Perez flied out to center; Bench grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

CUBS 7TH: PEREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Sperring singled to
center; Kelleher out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Sperring to second]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Biittner was
called out on strikes; Monday was walked intentionally; Cardenal
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

REDS 7TH: COLEMAN REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Geronimo flied
out to right; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); LUM
BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Lum reached on an error by LaCock [Lum to
first]; ARMBRISTER RAN FOR LUM; Armbrister stole second; Rose
singled to second [Armbrister scored (unearned), Rose out at
second (second to catcher to shortstop to first to center)]; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 4.

CUBS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Wallis flied
out to left; MORALES BATTED FOR LACOCK; Morales grounded out
(second to first); Trillo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WALLIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); On a bunt Morgan
singled to pitcher; Morgan stole second; Foster struck out;
Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 3, Reds 4.

CUBS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Mitterwald
flied out to center; Sperring flied out to center; SUMMERS
BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Summers singled to center; MADLOCK BATTED
FOR COLEMAN; Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 4.