Opening a four-game preview of the possible N. L. playoffs, the Phillies scored in the 13th inning on a double by Garry Maddox and defeated the Reds, 5-4. The Phillies broke a 1-1 tie and took a 4-1 lead in the sixth when Dave Cash singled, Mike Schmidt drove him home with a double and Greg Luzinski followed with a homer.

The Reds chased Jim Kaat in the eighth, when Joe Morgan led off with a double. Johnny Bench greeted the arrival of Ron Reed with a homer. Dan Driessen batted for Manny Sarmiento in the ninth and tied the score with a round-tripper. With two out in the 13th, Jay Johnstone drew a walk from Rawly Eastwick and raced home with the Phillies' winning run on Maddox' second double of the game. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Cincinnati Reds 4
Game Played on Thursday, August    26, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   5 11  0
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0    0  -   4 14  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               6   1   3   0     0   0   .281      Rose 3b               5   1   1   0     1   0   .319
Bowa ss               5   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Griffey rf            6   0   3   0     0   1   .331
Schmidt 3b            5   1   2   1     0   2   .273      Morgan 2b             6   1   2   0     0   0   .335
Luzinski lf           4   1   1   2     0   1   .307      Foster lf             5   0   2   1     1   0   .320
  Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Bench c               5   1   2   2     1   1   .246
  Hutton ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Perez 1b              6   0   2   0     0   0   .257
Johnstone rf          4   1   2   0     2   0   .346      Concepcion ss         6   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Maddox cf             6   1   2   1     0   0   .330      Geronimo cf           6   0   0   0     0   3   .295
Boone c               5   0   0   0     1   0   .290      Nolan p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .106
Tolan 1b,lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .254        Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .339
Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .162        Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .136        Driessen ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .258
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .272

Totals               47   5  11   4     3   6             Totals               51   4  14   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 38,094
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Reds 11
DP: Phillies 1, Reds 1
Errors: Bench
Doubles: Maddox 2 (29), Schmidt (25), Johnstone (32), Bench (21), Morgan 2 (29), Perez (24)
Home Runs: Luzinski (20), Bench (14), Driessen (5)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (9)
GIDP: Concepcion (8)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (8,by Sarmiento)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    7    10   2   2   0   2   0  30   3.26
Reed                    4     3   2   2   1   3   2  15   2.63
McGraw W(6-4)           2     1   0   0   2   2   0   9   2.39
Totals                 13    14   4   4   3   7   2  54

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan                   7     7   4   3   2   4   1  28   3.47
Sarmiento               2     1   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.93
Eastwick L(8-4)         4     3   1   1   1   1   0  16   2.08
Totals                 13    11   5   4   3   6   1  52

Hit by Pitch: Sarmiento (1)
Wild Pitches: Reed (2), Nolan (2)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Satch Davidson


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Bowa flied out to right;
Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to shortstop; Griffey singled [Rose to
second]; Morgan flied out to left; Foster singled to center
[Rose scored, Griffey to second]; Bench struck out; Perez lined
to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to right; Johnstone flied out
to center; Maddox doubled; Maddox stole third; Boone walked;
Boone was picked off first but was safe on an error by Bench
[Maddox scored (unearned), Boone to second]; Tolan lined to
left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion flied out to right; Geronimo flied out to
center; Nolan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Kaat struck out; Cash singled to second; Bowa
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Cash out at first];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose lined to second; Griffey singled; Morgan flied
out to right; Foster singled to right [Griffey to third]; Bench
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt singled to center; Luzinski flied out to
center [Schmidt to second]; Johnstone singled to right [Schmidt
out at home (right to catcher), Johnstone to second (on throw to
home)]; Maddox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
singled to right; Geronimo flied out to left; Nolan grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan
flied out to center; Kaat struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Rose flied out to center; Griffey singled to right;
Morgan flied out to center; Foster forced Griffey (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash singled to left; Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Cash to second]; Schmidt doubled to left [Cash
scored]; Luzinski homered [Schmidt scored]; Johnstone walked;
Nolan threw a wild pitch [Johnstone to second]; Maddox grounded
out (third to first); Boone grounded out (second to first); 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Bench doubled; Perez singled to third [Bench stayed at
second]; Concepcion grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Bench to third, Perez out at second]; Geronimo
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Tolan popped to third; Kaat struck out; Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR NOLAN; Armbrister grounded out
(third to first); Rose flied out to right; Griffey struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Bowa
popped to third in foul territory; Schmidt was hit by a pitch;
Luzinski struck out; Johnstone grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Morgan doubled;
REED REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Foster grounded out (first
unassisted); Bench homered [Morgan scored]; Perez popped to
first in foul territory; Concepcion flied out to right; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox popped to third in foul territory; Boone
grounded out (third to first); Tolan singled to right; Reed
forced Tolan (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Reds 3.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo struck out; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR SARMIENTO;
Driessen homered; Rose walked; Griffey flied out to left; Morgan
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 10TH: EASTWICK REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Cash
grounded out (second to first); Bowa popped to third in foul
territory; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Reds 4.

REDS 10TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench flied out
to left; Perez doubled to left; Reed threw a wild pitch [Perez
out at home (catcher to pitcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 11TH: HUTTON BATTED FOR MARTIN; Hutton grounded out
(first to pitcher); Johnstone doubled to center; Maddox grounded
out (second to first) [Johnstone to third]; Boone flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

REDS 11TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TOLAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Concepcion flied out to right; Geronimo
struck out; Eastwick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 12TH: Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); MCCARVER
BATTED FOR REED; McCarver popped to second; Cash singled to
right; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Reds 4.

REDS 12TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Rose flied out
to center; Griffey flied out to center; Morgan doubled to right;
Foster was walked intentionally; Bench walked [Morgan to third,
Foster to second]; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 13TH: Schmidt popped to shortstop; Hutton flied out to
center; Johnstone walked; Maddox doubled [Johnstone scored];
Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 5, Reds 4.

REDS 13TH: Concepcion flied out to left; Geronimo struck out;
BAILEY BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Bailey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 4.