Johnny Bench belted two homers and Dan Driessen hit one as the Reds entertained a standing room-only crowd of 50,062 by defeating the Dodgers, 7-6. Woodie Fryman gained his first victory since April 29 but the veteran lefthander left the game for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning when the Reds went ahead, 6-3. Joe Henderson, in relief, was rapped for three runs before Pedro Borbon came in to save the game.

Bill Russell homered in the first and Dusty Baker in the second for the Dodgers. Fryman singled in third and scored when Pete Rose hit the 507th double of his career to move into 19th place on the majors' all-time list ahead of Babe Ruth. The Dodgers added a run in the fourth before Bench belted his first homer of the game. Bench's second homer with George Foster on base capped a three-run rally by the Reds in the fifth. After the Reds picked up a tally in the sixth, chasing Don Sutton, Driessen hit his homer off Al Downing in the seventh to produce what proved to be the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Game Played on Saturday, June      25, 1977 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      1  1  0    1  0  0    2  1  0  -   6 15  1
Reds         0  0  1    1  3  1    1  0  x  -   7 11  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   1   1     1   1   .283      Rose 3b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .311
Russell ss            4   2   2   1     1   0   .287      Griffey rf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .332
Smith rf              5   0   2   1     0   0   .301      Morgan 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .305
Cey 3b                4   1   2   0     1   0   .282      Driessen 1b           3   1   2   1     1   0   .295
Garvey 1b             3   0   1   1     2   0   .305      Foster lf             4   1   0   1     0   0   .316
Baker lf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .295      Bench c               4   2   3   3     0   0   .264
Monday cf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .269      Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Yeager c              3   1   2   0     0   0   .269      Geronimo cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .298
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .160      Fryman p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .333
  Oates pr,c          1   1   0   0     0   0   .275        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Sutton p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .129        Henderson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Downing p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .364

Totals               38   6  15   5     6   4             Totals               35   7  11   7     2   3

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 50,062
Left on Base: Dodgers 12, Reds 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 2
Errors: Sutton, Foster
Doubles: Bench (14), Rose (24), Geronimo (8), Griffey (19)
Triples: Lopes (2)
Home Runs: Russell (2), Baker (15), Bench 2 (16), Driessen (7)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (16)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (7)
GIDP: Russell (8)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(8-3)           5.2  10   6   5   2   2   2  29   2.88
Downing                 1.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   5   5.19
Wall                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.20
Totals                  8    11   7   6   2   3   3  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman W(3-5)           6     8   3   3   5   1   2  28   5.83
Henderson               1.2   5   3   2   1   3   0  11  10.80
Borbon SV(4)            1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.65
Totals                  9    15   6   5   6   4   2  45

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
homered; Smith singled to left; Cey walked [Smith to second];
Garvey lined into a double play (center to shortstop) [Smith out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey singled
to center; Griffey stole second; Morgan struck out; Driessen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Reds 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker homered; Monday walked; Yeager singled to
right [Monday to third]; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Yeager to second]; Lopes was walked intentionally;
Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lopes out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench doubled to
left; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Smith popped to shortstop; Cey singled to left;
Garvey walked [Cey to second]; Baker flied out to center; Monday
forced Garvey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: On a bunt Fryman singled to pitcher [Fryman to second
(error by Sutton)]; Rose doubled to left [Fryman scored
(unearned)]; Griffey flied out to right; Morgan popped to third
in foul territory; Driessen walked; Foster popped to third; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager singled to left; On a bunt Sutton struck
out; Lopes tripled to right [Yeager scored]; Lopes was caught
stealing home (catcher unassisted); pitchout on squeeze
play; Russell grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench homered; Concepcion flied out to right; Geronimo
singled to right; On a bunt Fryman made an out to first; Rose
lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Smith flied out to right; Cey popped to third;
Garvey walked; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
walked; Driessen singled to right [Morgan to third]; Foster
forced Driessen (shortstop to second) [Morgan scored]; Bench
homered [Foster scored]; Concepcion grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Yeager flied
to right in foul territory; Sutton singled to right; Lopes flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Geronimo doubled to right; SUMMERS BATTED FOR FRYMAN;
Summers struck out; Rose flied out to left; Griffey doubled to
left [Geronimo scored]; DOWNING REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING);
Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 6.

DODGERS 7TH: HENDERSON REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); Russell
walked; Smith flied out to center; Cey singled to left [Russell
scored (error by Foster), Cey to third]; Garvey singled to
center [Cey scored (unearned)]; Baker struck out; Monday struck
out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: Driessen homered; Foster grounded out (third to
first); Bench lined to third; Concepcion flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Reds 7.

DODGERS 8TH: GOODSON BATTED FOR YEAGER; Goodson singled to
shortstop; POWELL BATTED FOR DOWNING; OATES RAN FOR GOODSON;
Powell popped to shortstop; Lopes struck out; Russell singled to
right [Oates to second]; Smith singled to right [Oates scored,
Russell to third, Smith to second (on throw)]; BORBON REPLACED
HENDERSON (PITCHING); Cey flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 6, Reds 7.

REDS 8TH: OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WALL REPLACED
POWELL (PITCHING); Geronimo struck out; Borbon flied out to
right; Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 6, Reds 7.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey flied out to center; Baker singled to right;
Monday singled to center [Baker to second]; Oates forced Monday
(second to shortstop) [Baker to third]; MOTA BATTED FOR WALL;
Mota popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Reds 7.