After coming from behind to tie the score in the ninth inning and again in the 13th, the Reds scored on an infield single by Ken Griffey with two out in the 15th to defeat the Phillies, 6-5. With 51,376 on hand, the Reds set a Cincinnati club record of 190,382 for attendance to a four-game series. The Reds, after trailing, 4-1, cut their deficit with a two-run single by Cesar Geronimo in the sixth and tied the score in the ninth when Pete Rose raced home from second base on a passed ball by Bob Boone.

The Phillies took the lead again with a run in the 13th on a pass to Garry Maddox and singles by Mike Schmidt and pinch-hitter Tony Taylor, but the Reds pulled even in their half when Dave Concepcion scored from second base while Rose was grounding into a forceout. In the 15th, Concepcion walked and stopped at second on a single by Geronimo. After Santo Alcala struck out and Rose grounded out, Griffey bounced up the middle to Dave Cash, whose throw to first was too late to nail the Reds' speedy runner as Concepcion crossed the plate to end the four-hour, 15-minute contest. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Sunday, August    29, 1976 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 12  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   6 15  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               7   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Rose 3b               7   2   3   1     1   1   .323
Bowa ss               7   0   2   0     0   1   .253      Griffey rf            8   0   3   2     0   1   .332
Maddox cf             6   2   1   0     1   3   .326      Morgan 2b             6   0   1   0     1   1   .336
Schmidt 3b            6   2   1   0     1   1   .273      Foster lf             7   0   0   0     0   3   .313
Johnstone rf          6   1   2   0     1   0   .345      Bench c               5   1   1   0     2   2   .247
McCarver c            2   0   0   2     0   1   .269      Perez 1b              7   1   1   0     0   1   .255
  Reed p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .174      Concepcion ss         6   2   1   0     1   0   .278
  Luzinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .306      Geronimo cf           7   0   4   2     0   2   .303
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zachry p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .149
  Taylor ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .267        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Bailey ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .279
  Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .162        Gullett pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .103
Tolan 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .256        Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .271        Driessen ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .258
  Hutton 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .206        Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Martin lf             6   0   0   0     0   1   .247        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .208        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Boone ph,c          3   0   1   0     1   0   .297        Alcala p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .150

Totals               54   5  12   4     4   8             Totals               59   6  15   5     6  16

Time of Game: 4:15   Attendance: 51,376
Left on Base: Phillies 9, Reds 15
DP: Phillies 0, Reds 2
Doubles: Johnstone (33), Maddox (30), Rose (30)
Triples: Bowa (6)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (48), Griffey (26), Bench (11), Perez (9), Driessen (11)
Caught Stealing: Johnstone (4), Bench (2)
Sacrifice Flies: McCarver (1)
GIDP: Martin (3), Bowa (11)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 5.2   8   3   3   2   9   0  27   3.14
McGraw                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.59
Reed                    4     1   1   0   1   3   0  15   2.53
Schueler                2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   3.23
Garber                  0.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   3   2.95
Kaat L(11-9)            2.1   3   1   1   1   1   0  11   3.26
Totals                 14.2  15   6   5   6  16   0  65

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry                  5.1   7   4   4   2   3   0  25   2.81
Borbon                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.08
Sarmiento               3     2   0   0   0   1   0  10   1.54
Eastwick                2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   2.11
McEnaney                2     2   1   1   2   0   0  10   3.92
Alcala W(11-3)          2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.34
Totals                 15    12   5   5   4   8   0  59

Passed Balls: Boone (3)
Balks: Zachry (3)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa singled
to second; Maddox struck out; Schmidt flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey struck out; Morgan walked;
Morgan stole second; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone singled to right; Johnstone was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McCarver struck out; On
a bunt Tolan singled; Martin forced Tolan (third to second); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to center; Perez struck out; Concepcion
flied out to center; Geronimo singled to right [Bench to third];
Zachry struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Carlton flied out to left; Cash popped to first in
foul territory; Bowa tripled to right; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (third to first); Griffey singled to
second; Morgan popped to first in foul territory; Foster flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Johnstone doubled to right
[Schmidt to third]; Zachry balked [Schmidt scored, Johnstone to
third]; McCarver grounded out (second to first) [Johnstone
scored]; Tolan grounded out (second to first); Martin grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Perez popped to catcher; Concepcion
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Carlton grounded out (first to pitcher); Cash
flied out to center; Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo struck out; Zachry struck out; Rose doubled
to center; Griffey singled to center [Rose scored]; Griffey
stole second; Morgan struck out; Reds Manager Sparky Anderson
ejected by HP umpire Satch Davidson; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox doubled; Schmidt reached on a fielder's
choice; Johnstone walked [Maddox to third, Schmidt to second];
McCarver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Maddox scored, Schmidt to
third]; Tolan singled to center [Schmidt scored, Johnstone to
second]; BORBON REPLACED ZACHRY (PITCHING); Martin grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Tolan out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Foster flied out to center; Bench walked; Perez
singled to left [Bench to second]; Bench stole third and Perez
stole second; Concepcion flied out to right; Geronimo singled to
right [Bench scored, Perez scored]; BAILEY BATTED FOR BORBON;
Bailey singled to center [Geronimo to second]; GULLETT RAN FOR
BAILEY; MCGRAW REPLACED CARLTON (PITCHING); Rose walked
[Geronimo to third, Gullett to second]; Griffey flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); BOONE
BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Boone popped to second; Cash singled to
center; Bowa grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Reds 3.

REDS 7TH: REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); BOONE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Morgan popped to shortstop; Foster flied out
to center; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Reds 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox flied out to left; Schmidt struck out;
Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 4, Reds 3.

REDS 8TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); Concepcion flied
out to right; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Reds 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Reed singled to center; Tolan forced Reed (third
to shortstop); Martin forced Tolan (third to second); Boone
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 3.

REDS 9TH: DRIESSEN BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Driessen walked;
Driessen stole second; Rose singled to left [Driessen to third];
Griffey reached on a fielder's choice [Driessen out at home
(third to catcher), Rose to second]; Morgan lined to right;
Foster struck out but Rose advanced to home and Griffey advanced
to third and Foster advanced to first on a passed ball; Pete
Rose scored as Ron Reed failed to cover HP and throw went to
1B; Bench flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 10TH: EASTWICK REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Cash flied
out to center; Bowa struck out; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

REDS 10TH: Perez flied out to right; Concepcion lined to second;
Geronimo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Reds 4.

PHILLIES 11TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Johnstone
grounded out (first unassisted); LUZINSKI BATTED FOR REED;
Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

REDS 11TH: SCHUELER REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); LUM BATTED FOR
EASTWICK; Lum struck out; Rose singled to right; Griffey flied
out to center; Morgan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 12TH: MCENANEY REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED
FOR TOLAN; Brown popped to second; Martin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boone walked; Cash grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

REDS 12TH: HUTTON REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 1B); Foster struck
out; Bench walked; Bench was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Perez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 13TH: Bowa flied out to center; Maddox walked; Schmidt
singled to left [Maddox to second]; Johnstone lined to first;
TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Taylor singled [Maddox scored,
Schmidt to third]; Hutton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 4.

REDS 13TH: GARBER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Concepcion singled
to left; Geronimo singled to right [Concepcion to second];
ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Armbrister struck out; KAAT
REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); Rose forced Geronimo (shortstop to
second) [Concepcion scored]; Griffey grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 5.

PHILLIES 14TH: ALCALA REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Martin
struck out; Boone singled to left; Cash grounded out (second to
first) [Boone to second]; Bowa popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 5.

REDS 14TH: Morgan singled to right; Foster flied out to center;
Bench flied out to right; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 5.

PHILLIES 15TH: Maddox flied out to center; Schmidt popped to
catcher in foul territory; Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 5.

REDS 15TH: Concepcion walked; Geronimo singled to shortstop
[Concepcion to second]; On a bunt Alcala struck out; Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Concepcion to third, Geronimo
to second]; Griffey singled to second [Concepcion scored,
Geronimo to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 6.