Joe Morgan stole the 320th and 321st bases of his career, breaking a tie with Bob Bescher and setting a Cincinnati club record, as the Reds defeated the Mets, 8-7. The Mets knocked out Pat Zachry in the fourth inning while scoring four runs, but the Reds came back with a matching quartet in their half on a double by Ken Griffey, single by Morgan, double by Dan Driessen and homer by Johnny Bench.

The Reds tacked on three more runs in the sixth on a bases-loaded wild pitch by Bob Apodaca and single by Pete Rose. Driessen doubled Morgan home with what proved to be the deciding run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 7
Game Played on Saturday, May       21, 1977 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    4  0  0    2  1  0  -   7 12  0
Reds         0  0  0    4  0  3    1  0  x  -   8 11  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .231      Rose 3b               4   0   2   2     0   0   .336
Randle 2b             3   1   0   0     2   0   .404      Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .319
Boisclair lf          5   1   3   0     0   0   .290      Morgan 2b             3   2   1   1     1   1   .252
Kranepool 1b          4   1   2   2     0   0   .323      Driessen 1b           3   1   2   2     1   0   .266
  Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .300
  Torre 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .171      Bench c               4   2   2   2     0   1   .262
  Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Geronimo cf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .246
Kingman rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Concepcion ss         2   1   0   0     2   1   .256
  Lockwood p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .667      Zachry p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Stearns c             4   2   2   2     0   0   .277        Murray p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Staiger 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .216        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .125        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .600
  Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Vail rf             1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Swan p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Phillips ss         2   1   1   0     0   1   .177

Totals               37   7  12   5     2   4             Totals               32   8  11   7     4   9

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 34,406
Left on Base: Mets 7, Reds 4
DP: Mets 3, Reds 1
Errors: Bench
Doubles: Kranepool 2 (10), Stearns (4), Griffey (12), Driessen 2 (9), Geronimo (4)
Triples: Rose (2)
Home Runs: Stearns (4), Bench (6)
Stolen Bases: Staiger (1), Morgan 2 (11), Geronimo (1)
Caught Stealing: Driessen (3), Geronimo (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Swan (2)
GIDP: Kranepool (4)
Hit by Pitch: Mazzilli (2,by Murray)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan                    4     6   4   4   2   5   1  19   6.16
Apodaca L(0-2)          1.2   3   3   3   1   2   0   9   4.32
Myrick                  0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   3.93
Lockwood                2     1   0   0   0   2   0   5   4.60
Totals                  8    11   8   8   4   9   1  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry                  3.1   5   4   4   1   2   0  16   5.23
Murray W(1-1)           2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   6.75
Borbon                  0.2   3   2   2   0   0   0   5   2.48
Eastwick SV(7)          2.1   2   1   1   1   1   1  10   1.88
Totals                  9    12   7   7   2   4   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Murray (2)
Wild Pitches: Apodaca (2)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Paul Pryor


METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (pitcher to first); Boisclair singled to right;
Kranepool popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

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

METS 2ND: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Stearns flied
out to center; Staiger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen walked; Foster struck out; Bench struck out
while Driessen was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson flied out to center; Swan struck out;
Mazzilli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds
0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
popped to shortstop; Zachry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Reds 0.

METS 4TH: Randle walked; Boisclair singled to right [Randle to
third]; Kranepool doubled to right [Randle scored, Boisclair
scored]; Kingman struck out; Stearns doubled to center
[Kranepool scored]; Staiger singled to left [Stearns scored];
MURRAY REPLACED ZACHRY (PITCHING); Staiger stole second;
Harrelson singled to shortstop [Staiger stayed at second]; Swan
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Staiger to third,
Harrelson to second]; Mazzilli was hit by a pitch; Randle
grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 4,
Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey doubled
to left; Morgan singled to center [Griffey scored]; Morgan stole
second; Driessen doubled to left [Morgan scored]; Foster struck
out; Bench homered [Driessen scored]; Geronimo singled to
second; Geronimo stole second; Concepcion was walked
intentionally; Murray struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4,
Reds 4.

METS 5TH: On a bunt Boisclair singled; Kranepool grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Boisclair out at
second]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 4, Reds 4.

REDS 5TH: Rose tripled to left; APODACA REPLACED SWAN
(PITCHING); Griffey grounded out (second to first); Morgan
popped to shortstop; Driessen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Reds 4.

METS 6TH: Stearns flied out to center; Staiger flied out to
right; Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Reds
4.

REDS 6TH: Foster struck out; Bench singled to center; Geronimo
doubled to right [Bench to third]; Concepcion was walked
intentionally; LUM BATTED FOR MURRAY; Apodaca threw a wild pitch
[Bench scored, Geronimo to third, Concepcion to second]; Lum
struck out; Rose singled to right [Geronimo scored, Concepcion
scored, Rose to second (on throw to home)]; MYRICK REPLACED
HARRELSON (PITCHING); PHILLIPS REPLACED APODACA (PLAYING SS);
Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 4, Reds 7.

METS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Phillips singled to
right; Mazzilli singled to left [Phillips to second]; Randle
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Phillips to third, Mazzilli to
second]; Phillips was picked off third but was safe on an error
by Bench [Phillips scored, Mazzilli scored]; Boisclair grounded
out (second to first); Kranepool doubled to right; FOSTER RAN
FOR KRANEPOOL; EASTWICK REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Kingman
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6, Reds 7.

REDS 7TH: TORRE REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING 1B); Morgan walked;
Morgan stole second; Driessen doubled to right [Morgan scored];
LOCKWOOD REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); VAIL REPLACED MYRICK
(PLAYING RF); Foster hit into a double play (right to third)
[Driessen out at third]; Bench flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 6, Reds 8.

METS 8TH: Stearns homered; Staiger flied out to left; Vail
singled to right; Phillips struck out; Mazzilli grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7, Reds 8.

REDS 8TH: On a bunt Geronimo singled; Concepcion struck out
while Geronimo was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Eastwick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7,
Reds 8.

METS 9TH: Randle walked; Boisclair grounded out (second to
first) [Randle to second]; MILNER BATTED FOR TORRE; Milner
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Randle to third]; Lockwood
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7,
Reds 8.