The Reds, who had lost four straight times to the Cardinals, aroused themselves with a five-run rally in the seventh inning to gain a 6-5 victory. With the Cards leading, 3-1, Tony Perez walked, Dave Concepcion singled and Cesar Geronimo doubled, driving in two runs to tie the score and kayo Pete Falcone. Bill Greif walked Dan Driessen and had a 3-1 count on Pete Rose before Al Hrabosky was called from the bullpen.

Rose rapped Hrabosky's first pitch for a run-scoring single. Ken Griffey belted the southpaw's next offering for another single, accounting for the Reds' final two runs. The best the Cards could do was come back with two runs in their half of the seventh on a walk, double by Lou Brock and single by Ted Simmons. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Tuesday, August    31, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    5  0  0  -   6  7  1
Cardinals    1  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  0  -   5 13  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   2   3   1     0   1   .327      Mumphrey cf           4   2   2   1     1   0   .276
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Templeton ss          5   0   3   0     0   1   .325
Griffey rf            4   0   1   2     1   0   .330      Brock lf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .296
Morgan 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .335      Simmons c             3   0   2   2     0   0   .291
Foster lf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .310      Crawford rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .309
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Hernandez 1b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .266
Perez 1b              3   1   0   0     1   3   .254      Kessinger 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Cruz 3b               4   1   2   0     0   2   .212
Geronimo cf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .303      Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
Nolan p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .104        Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Ferguson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Bailey ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Driessen ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .253        Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               33   6   7   6     5  10             Totals               36   5  13   5     1   6

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 14,685
Left on Base: Reds 5, Cardinals 7
DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Geronimo, Templeton
Doubles: Geronimo (20), Brock (20)
Home Runs: Hernandez (3)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (49), Driessen (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Falcone (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (6)
GIDP: Bench (8), Kessinger (11)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan                   5     9   3   3   0   3   1  23   3.51
Borbon W(4-2)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.03
McEnaney                1     2   2   2   1   0   0   6   4.73
Eastwick SV(19)         2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.06
Totals                  9    13   5   5   1   6   1  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(11-12)        6.1   4   4   4   4   7   0  26   3.38
Greif                   0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   4.91
Hrabosky                0.2   2   1   1   0   1   0   4   2.94
Solomon                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.45
Totals                  9     7   6   6   5  10   0  38

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Griffey popped to third in
foul territory; Morgan popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey singled to center; Templeton singled to
center [Mumphrey to third]; Brock struck out; Simmons hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Mumphrey scored]; Crawford flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 2ND: Foster walked; Bench grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Foster out at second]; Perez was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals
1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to first);
Kessinger lined to second; Cruz singled to left; Falcone struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Templeton
singled to center; Brock flied out to center; Simmons singled to
left [Templeton to third]; Crawford grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 4TH: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey grounded out
(second to first); Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Foster
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez homered; Kessinger flied out to left;
Cruz singled to right; Falcone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Cruz to second]; Mumphrey singled to center [Cruz
scored, Mumphrey to second (error by Geronimo)]; Templeton
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

REDS 5TH: Bench flied out to center; Perez struck out;
Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to center; Brock was picked off
first (catcher to first); Simmons lined to second; Crawford
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

REDS 6TH: Geronimo popped to shortstop in foul territory;
YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR NOLAN; Youngblood grounded out (first
unassisted); Rose singled; Griffey walked [Rose to second];
Morgan singled to center [Rose scored, Griffey to second];
Foster flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Hernandez
singled to left; Kessinger grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; Cruz
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 3.

REDS 7TH: Bench struck out; Perez walked; Concepcion singled to
center [Perez to second]; Geronimo doubled to left [Perez
scored, Concepcion scored, Geronimo to third (error by
Templeton)]; BAILEY BATTED FOR BORBON; GREIF REPLACED FALCONE
(PITCHING); DRIESSEN BATTED FOR BAILEY; Driessen walked;
HRABOSKY REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); Driessen stole second; Rose
singled to right [Geronimo scored, Driessen to third, Rose to
second (on throw to home)]; Griffey singled to center [Driessen
scored, Rose scored]; Morgan flied out to left; Foster was
called out on strikes; 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 7TH: MCENANEY REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); FERGUSON
BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey walked; Templeton popped to third; Brock doubled to
left [Mumphrey scored]; Simmons singled to center [Brock
scored]; Crawford flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
6, Cardinals 5.

REDS 8TH: SOLOMON REPLACED FERGUSON (PITCHING); Bench grounded
out (shortstop to first); Perez was called out on strikes;
Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: EASTWICK REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Hernandez
struck out; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Cruz was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals
5.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Eastwick was
called out on strikes; Rose singled to right; Griffey grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals
5.

CARDINALS 9TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); FAIRLY BATTED
FOR SOLOMON; Fairly lined to third; Mumphrey grounded out
(second to first); Templeton singled to shortstop; Brock
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6,
Cardinals 5.