A sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion in the 11th inning brought the Reds a 9-8 victory in the nightcap for a split of a doubleheader with the Giants, who won the opener, 3-1. Jim Barr pitched a six-hitter in the first game and beat the Reds for the third time without a loss this season. The Giants settled the issue with two runs in the first inning on a single by Marty Perez, safe bunt by Gary Matthews, a double steal and single by Ken Reitz.

The Reds took a 6-1 lead in the second game, but the Giants battled back to tie the score with a two-run double by Jack Clark in the fourth, homer by Gary Thomasson in the fifth and a double by Gary Alexander, triple by Clark and single by Dave Rader in the sixth. However in the 11th, the Reds loaded the bases on singles by Ken Griffey and Bob Bailey and an infield hit by Cesar Geromino. Ed Armbrister forced Griffey at the plate, but Concepcion then came through with his sacrifice fly, scoring Joel Youngblood, who ran for Bailey. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 12, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  0
Giants       2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  9  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .321      Herndon cf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .286
Griffey rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .328      Perez 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .269
Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .332      Matthews lf           4   1   3   1     0   0   .286
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .242      Clark rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Driessen lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .260      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .272
Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .219
Geronimo cf           3   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Thomasson 1b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .246
Flynn ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Evans 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Alexander c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .100
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Barr p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .149
  Concepcion ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .280

Totals               30   1   6   1     2   4             Totals               32   3   9   3     0   5

Time of Game: 1:50
Left on Base: Reds 4, Giants 6
DP: Reds 0, Giants 0
Doubles: Geronimo (22), Perez (16)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (54), Perez (3), Matthews (11)
Caught Stealing: Geronimo (5), Griffey (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Clark (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(12-5)          6     8   3   3   0   5   0  26   2.68
Borbon                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.25
Totals                  8     9   3   3   0   5   0  33

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(13-11)           9     6   1   1   2   4   0  32   3.08
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   4   0  32

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey flied out
to left; Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Bench was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon struck out; Perez singled; On a bunt
Matthews singled [Perez to second]; Clark flied out to left;
Perez stole third and Matthews stole second; Reitz singled
[Perez scored, Matthews scored, Reitz to second (on throw to
home)]; Speier popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 2.

REDS 2ND: Driessen singled to center; Perez flied out to center;
Geronimo singled to right [Driessen to third]; Geronimo was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Flynn grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson singled to center; Alexander forced
Thomasson (shortstop to second) [Alexander to first]; Barr flied
out to right; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 2.

REDS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose grounded
out (second to first); Griffey singled to center; Griffey was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Perez doubled to left; Matthews singled to center
[Perez scored]; Clark flied out to left; Reitz popped to catcher
in foul territory; Speier singled to left [Matthews to second];
Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 4TH: Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Bench made an
out to second; Driessen popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Alexander was called out on strikes; Barr grounded
out (third to first); Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 5TH: Perez struck out; Geronimo grounded out (second to
first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Perez made an out to first; Matthews flied out to
center; Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants
3.

REDS 6TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose singled to
center; Griffey singled [Rose to second]; Morgan forced Griffey
(second to shortstop) [Rose to third]; Morgan was picked off
first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants
3.

GIANTS 6TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
grounded out (third to first); Thomasson singled; Alexander
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 7TH: Bench struck out; Driessen walked; Perez struck out;
Geronimo doubled to left [Driessen scored]; LUM BATTED FOR
FLYNN; Lum flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); CONCEPCION REPLACED
NORMAN (PLAYING SS); Barr grounded out (first unassisted);
Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion flied out to center; Rose flied out to
left; Griffey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Matthews singled to center; Clark out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Matthews to second]; Reitz made an out
to third; Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: EVANS REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING 1B); Morgan flied
out to left; Bench flied out to right; Driessen flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.