Jack Billingham, who pitched the Reds to a 5-0 victory, continued his mastery of the Mets, beating them for the fourth straight time over two seasons and raising his career record against the Mets to 11-4. Billingham had easy sailing after Ken Griffey and Joe Morgan walked in the first inning and George Foster tagged Jerry Koosman for a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      8, 1977 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Reds         3  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   0   0     1   1   .312      Randle 3b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .333
  Flynn 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Griffey rf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .300      Milner 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Morgan 2b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .287      Kingman lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Foster lf             4   1   1   3     0   1   .301      Kranepool rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .318
Bench c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .233      Stearns c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .268
Concepcion ss         4   1   3   0     0   0   .298      Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .227
Driessen 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .261      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .168
Geronimo cf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .288      Koosman p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .097
Billingham p          4   0   0   0     0   2   .200        Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .173
                                                            Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     4   6             Totals               32   0   8   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 19,681
Left on Base: Reds 6, Mets 7
DP: Reds 2, Mets 1
Errors: Milner
Doubles: Bench (11), Millan (5)
Home Runs: Foster (12)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (2), Harrelson (2)
GIDP: Billingham (1), Millan (4), Kranepool (6)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(7-3)       9     8   0   0   2   5   0  34   3.34
Totals                  9     8   0   0   2   5   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(4-6)          8     9   5   5   4   4   1  35   3.10
Baldwin                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   6   1  38

Balks: Koosman (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to right; Griffey walked; Morgan walked
[Griffey to second]; Foster homered [Griffey scored, Morgan
scored]; Bench was called out on strikes; Concepcion singled to
center; Driessen flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
3, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle singled to left; Millan grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Randle out at second]; Milner
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Mets 0.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); Billingham
grounded out (first unassisted); Rose walked; Griffey forced
Rose (first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman popped to first in foul territory; Kranepool
flied out to center; Stearns was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Mets 0.

REDS 3RD: Morgan singled to center; Koosman balked [Morgan to
second]; Foster flied out to right [Morgan to third]; Bench
doubled to left [Morgan scored]; Concepcion grounded out (third
to first); Driessen was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 4, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli singled to pitcher; Harrelson grounded out
(second to first) [Mazzilli to second]; Koosman grounded out
(third to first); Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 4, Mets 0.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo singled to right; On a bunt Billingham
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to second)
[Geronimo out at second]; Rose grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Millan doubled to left; Milner struck out; Kingman
flied out to center; Kranepool walked; Stearns walked [Millan to
third, Kranepool to second]; Mazzilli grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 4, Mets 0.

REDS 5TH: Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
popped to second; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 4, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Harrelson singled to second; Harrelson was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Koosman was called out
on strikes; Randle singled to shortstop; Millan lined to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Mets 0.

REDS 6TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Concepcion
singled to left; Driessen walked [Concepcion to second];
Geronimo singled to center [Concepcion scored, Driessen to
third, Geronimo out at second (center to shortstop to second)];
Billingham struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Milner grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
singled to center; Kranepool grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.

REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (third to first); Griffey grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan singled to first; Foster was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Stearns flied out to center; Mazzilli struck out;
Harrelson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5,
Mets 0.

REDS 8TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Concepcion
singled to left; Driessen reached on an error by Milner
[Concepcion to second, Driessen to first]; Mets Manager Joe
Torre ejected by 1B umpire Ed Montague; Concepcion was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); Geronimo grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: PHILLIPS BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Phillips grounded out
(third to first); Randle singled to left; Millan popped to
shortstop; Milner singled to right [Randle to second]; Kingman
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.

REDS 9TH: BALDWIN REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); Billingham
struck out; Rose struck out; Griffey grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Kranepool struck
out; Stearns grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Mets 0.