Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Yankees 1 World Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 16, 1976 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Reds 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 x - 5 10 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rose 3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .000 White lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Griffey rf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Munson c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Morgan 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Piniella dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Perez 1b 4 0 3 1 0 1 .750 May ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Driessen dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Foster lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .667 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Bench c 3 1 2 1 0 0 .667 Maddox rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .500 Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Randolph 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Gullett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Velez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 5 1 3 4 Totals 30 5 10 4 2 4 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 54,826 Left on Base: Yankees 6, Reds 4 DP: Yankees 2, Reds 2 Errors: Chambliss, Geronimo Doubles: Piniella (1), Perez (1), Geronimo (1) Triples: Maddox (1), Concepcion (1), Bench (1) Home Runs: Morgan (1) Stolen Bases: Griffey (1) Caught Stealing: Rivers (1), Perez (1) Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (1), Rose (1) GIDP: Nettles 2 (2), Bench (1), Geronimo (1) Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (1,by Gullett) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander L(0-1) 6 9 5 5 2 1 1 25 7.50 Lyle 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0.00 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 4 1 33 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett W(1-0) 7.1 5 1 1 3 4 0 29 1.23 Borbon 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 4 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Gullett (1) Wild Pitches: Lyle (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bill Deegan, LF - Bruce Froemming, RF - Dave Phillips YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; White grounded out (third to shortstop to first); Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Griffey lined to left; Morgan homered; Perez singled; Perez was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Reds 1. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to third]; Nettles out on a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella scored]; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: Driessen flied to center; Foster walked; Bench grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Foster out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 1. YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Geronimo popped to third; Concepcion tripled; Rose out on a sacrifice fly to center [Concepcion scored]; Griffey popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 2. YANKEES 4TH: White lined to third; Munson flied to right; Piniella grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 2. REDS 4TH: Morgan flied to left; Perez doubled to left; Driessen flied to left; Foster was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball [Perez out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 2. YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss singled to left; Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at second]; Maddox tripled to left; Randolph flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 2. REDS 5TH: Bench singled to center; Geronimo grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bench out at second]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 2. YANKEES 6TH: Stanley walked; On a bunt Rivers forced Stanley (pitcher to shortstop); Rivers was caught stealing second (catcher to second); White reached on an error by Geronimo [White to first]; Munson singled to right [White to third]; Piniella lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 2. REDS 6TH: Rose walked; Griffey forced Rose (shortstop to second); Morgan struck out while Griffey stole second; Perez singled to left [Griffey scored]; Driessen popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 3. YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss was hit by a pitch; Nettles grounded into a double play (second to first) [Chambliss out at second]; Maddox walked; Randolph walked [Maddox to second]; VELEZ BATTED FOR STANLEY; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 3. REDS 7TH: MASON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Foster singled to left; Bench tripled [Foster scored]; LYLE REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Lyle threw a wild pitch [Bench scored]; Geronimo doubled; Concepcion struck out; Rose grounded out (shortstop to first) [Geronimo to third]; Griffey struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 5. YANKEES 8TH: Rivers popped to catcher in foul territory; White singled to left; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Munson grounded out (pitcher to first) [White to second]; MAY BATTED FOR PINIELLA; May lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 5. REDS 8TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Morgan lined to second; Perez struck out; Driessen reached on an error by Chambliss [Driessen to first]; Foster flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 5. YANKEES 9TH: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles lined to first; GAMBLE BATTED FOR MADDOX; Gamble popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Reds 5.

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