Helping Gary Nolan become a 15-game winner, Tony Perez and Cesar Geronimo each batted in two runs to lead the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Braves. Perez accounted for his RBIs with a double and homer, while Geronimo drove in one run with a single and another with an infield out. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Friday, October   1, 1976 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  1
Reds         0  2  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   5  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .247      Rose 3b               4   1   2   0     0   1   .324
Gilbreath 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .253        Flynn 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .316      Griffey rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .339
May lf                4   1   1   0     0   1   .216      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     2   1   .320
Asselstine cf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .214      Foster lf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .307
Paciorek rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .294      Perez 1b              3   2   2   2     1   0   .260
Murphy c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .224      Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .237
Chaney ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Geronimo cf           3   0   1   2     1   1   .308
Ruthven p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .171      Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
  Moore ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Nolan p               4   0   0   0     0   2   .101
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     0   6             Totals               33   5   9   4     6   7

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 20,647
Left on Base: Braves 5, Reds 11
DP: Braves 1, Reds 0
Errors: May
Doubles: Royster (13), Perez (32), Rose (41), Concepcion (28)
Home Runs: Paciorek (4), Perez (19)
Stolen Bases: May (5), Geronimo (21)
GIDP: Concepcion (11)
Hit by Pitch: Griffey (1,by Torrealba)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(14-17)        7     9   5   5   5   7   1  35   4.19
Torrealba               1     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.25
Totals                  8     9   5   5   6   7   1  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(15-9)           9     7   2   2   0   6   1  34   3.46
Totals                  9     7   2   2   0   6   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Torrealba (3)
Wild Pitches: Ruthven (4)
Balks: Ruthven (5)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Paul Pryor


BRAVES 1ST: Royster popped to second; Gilbreath grounded out
(shortstop to first); Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Reds 0.

BRAVES 2ND: May singled; May stole second; Asselstine struck
out; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy singled
[May scored, Murphy to second (on throw to home)]; Chaney
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster singled; Perez doubled to right [Foster
scored]; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
singled [Perez scored]; Concepcion grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Geronimo out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Ruthven struck out; Royster doubled; Gilbreath
struck out; Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Nolan struck out; Rose doubled; Griffey walked;
Ruthven balked [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; Morgan struck
out; Foster lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1,
Reds 2.

BRAVES 4TH: May popped to second; Asselstine flied out to left;
Paciorek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: Perez homered; Bench singled; Geronimo forced Bench
(second to shortstop) [Geronimo to first]; Geronimo stole
second; Concepcion was walked intentionally; Nolan struck out;
Rose struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Murphy flied out to center; Chaney flied out to
right; Ruthven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 3.

REDS 5TH: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan
reached on an error by May [Morgan to second]; Foster grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Morgan to third]; Perez grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster singled; Gilbreath flied out to left;
Montanez flied out to left; May grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: Bench struck out; Geronimo struck out; Concepcion
doubled; Nolan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 1, Reds 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Asselstine grounded out (first to pitcher); Paciorek
homered; Murphy struck out; Chaney popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Reds 3.

REDS 7TH: Rose singled; Griffey singled [Rose to third, Griffey
to second (on throw to 3b)]; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Rose
scored, Griffey to third]; Morgan walked; Foster grounded out
(third to first) [Morgan to second]; Perez was walked
intentionally; Bench struck out; Geronimo walked [Griffey
scored, Morgan to third, Perez to second]; Concepcion popped to
second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 2, Reds 5.

BRAVES 8TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); MOORE BATTED FOR
RUTHVEN; Moore singled; Royster made an out to shortstop;
Gilbreath forced Moore (third to second) [Gilbreath to first];
Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: TORREALBA REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Nolan popped to
first in foul territory; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to
first); Griffey was hit by a pitch; Morgan walked [Griffey to
second]; Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 2, Reds 5.

BRAVES 9TH: May struck out; Asselstine singled; Paciorek flied
out to left; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Reds 5.