A bases-loaded double by Dave Concepcion in the eighth inning proved the key blow for the Reds in an 8-5 victory over the Giants. With two out, Bill Plummer and Joel Youngblood singled and Pete Rose walked to load the bases for Concepcion, who cleared the sacks with his two-bagger. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Saturday, September 11, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    1  0  3    0  3  1  -   8 10  1
Giants       1  2  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   0   0     1   0   .322      Clark cf              4   2   2   1     1   0   .219
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Perez 2b              5   0   2   2     0   1   .267
Concepcion ss         3   0   2   3     2   0   .280      Murcer rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .256
Morgan 2b             3   1   0   0     2   1   .334      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .283
Bench lf,c            2   2   1   0     3   1   .245      Thomasson 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .241
Foster cf,lf          5   1   2   0     0   2   .311        Reitz 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Perez 1b              5   1   2   2     0   1   .261      Evans 3b,1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .206
Armbrister rf         1   0   0   1     0   0   .304      Speier ss             2   1   0   0     2   0   .219
  Griffey ph,rf       3   0   0   0     0   1   .327      Rader c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .263
Plummer c             4   0   2   2     0   0   .273      Riccelli p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Geronimo pr,cf      1   1   0   0     0   0   .311        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .236        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Bailey ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .286        Toms p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Henderson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Youngblood ph       1   1   1   0     0   0   .212        Dressler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .138
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .289

Totals               34   8  10   8     9   8             Totals               33   5   7   3     8   4

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance:  6,900
Left on Base: Reds 9, Giants 9
DP: Reds 1, Giants 1
Errors: Morgan
Doubles: Concepcion (25)
Home Runs: Perez (17), Clark (1)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (19), Morgan (53), Murcer (8), Matthews (10)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Armbrister (1)
GIDP: Rose (16), Speier (13)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              5     6   5   3   6   2   1  27   4.44
Henderson W(1-0)        2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
Borbon SV(7)            2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.30
Totals                  9     7   5   3   8   4   1  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Riccelli                5     4   4   4   4   4   0  23   7.20
Heaverlo                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.22
Lavelle L(8-6)          2.2   4   3   3   5   2   0  15   2.70
Toms                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   7.71
Dressler                1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   4.26
Totals                  9    10   8   8   9   8   1  44

Passed Balls: Rader (7)
Wild Pitches: Billingham 3 (9)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ed Montague


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game
for Frank Riccelli; Concepcion walked; Morgan popped to
second in foul territory; Bench walked [Concepcion to second];
Foster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Clark singled to right; Billingham threw a wild
pitch [Clark to third]; Perez singled to third [Clark scored];
Murcer forced Perez (second to shortstop) [Murcer to first];
Murcer stole second; Matthews flied out to right; Thomasson
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 2ND: Perez grounded out (third to first); Armbrister
grounded out (shortstop to first); Plummer grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans singled to right; Speier walked [Evans to
second]; Rader singled to right [Evans out at home (right to
catcher), Speier to third, Rader to second (on throw to home)];
Riccelli grounded out (pitcher to first); Clark reached on an
error by Morgan [Speier scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rader to
third]; Perez singled to right [Rader scored (unearned), Clark
to second]; Murcer struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 3RD: Billingham struck out (catcher to first); Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion singled to right;
Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Matthews walked; Matthews stole second; Thomasson
grounded out (first unassisted) [Matthews to third]; Evans
popped to third in foul territory; Speier flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 4TH: Bench walked; Foster singled to left [Bench to third];
Perez struck out; Armbrister hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Bench scored]; Plummer lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Rader lined to first; Riccelli grounded out (second
to first); Clark homered; Perez flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 4.

REDS 5TH: Billingham struck out; Rose grounded out (second to
first); Concepcion popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Murcer walked; Matthews flied out to center;
Thomasson popped to third; Evans walked [Murcer to second];
Billingham threw a wild pitch [Murcer to third, Evans to
second]; Speier walked while Murcer advanced to home and Evans
advanced to third on a wild pitch; Rader walked [Speier to
second]; Riccelli struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 5.

REDS 6TH: Morgan walked; Bench singled to left [Morgan to
second]; Foster singled to left [Morgan to third, Bench to
second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED RICCELLI (PITCHING); Perez singled to
left [Morgan scored, Bench to third, Foster to second]; GRIFFEY
BATTED FOR ARMBRISTER; LAVELLE REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING);
Griffey struck out; Plummer singled to center [Bench scored,
Foster scored, Perez to second]; BAILEY BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM;
Bailey walked [Perez to third, Plummer to second]; Rose grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bailey out at
second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: GRIFFEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HENDERSON
REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); Clark flied out to center; Perez
struck out; Murcer singled to right; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion walked; Concepcion stole second; Concepcion
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Morgan struck out;
Bench walked; Foster forced Bench (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomasson walked; Evans popped to third in foul
territory; Speier grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 5.

REDS 8TH: REITZ REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING 3B); EVANS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Griffey popped to second; Plummer singled to left; GERONIMO RAN
FOR PLUMMER; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR HENDERSON; Youngblood singled
to right [Geronimo to second]; Rose walked [Geronimo to third,
Youngblood to second]; Concepcion doubled to right [Geronimo
scored, Youngblood scored, Rose scored]; Rader allowed a passed
ball [Concepcion to third]; Morgan walked; TOMS REPLACED LAVELLE
(PITCHING); Morgan stole second; Bench struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); FLYNN REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD
(PLAYING 3B); Rader flied out to left; ADAMS BATTED FOR TOMS;
Adams grounded out (second to first); Clark walked; Perez flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 5.

REDS 9TH: DRESSLER REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Foster struck out;
Perez homered; Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); Geronimo
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
8, Giants 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Murcer flied out to left; Matthews flied out to
center; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 8, Giants 5.