After falling behind, 3-0, the Reds turned on the power with three homers, capping their attack with a two-run blow by Dan Driessen in the 10th inning, to defeat the Cubs, 5-3. Steve Swisher homered for the Cubs in the fifth and Larry Biittner drove in two runs with a double in the seventh. Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 3Game Played on Wednesday, August 3, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumCubs 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 - 5 9 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 0 0 0 1 2 .248 Rose 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .311 Cardenal lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .240 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .277 Biittner 1b 2 0 2 2 3 0 .301 Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .298 Morales cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Foster lf 5 2 3 2 0 2 .322 Murcer rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Driessen 1b 4 1 1 2 1 2 .300 Ontiveros 3b 5 0 2 0 0 2 .301 Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Kelleher 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Lum rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .190 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Plummer c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Trillo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Bench ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Swisher c 4 1 2 1 1 1 .205 Moskau p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .286 R. Reuschel p 3 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Summers ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 G. Hernandez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Bailey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Totals 37 3 7 3 7 10 Totals 36 5 9 5 5 10 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 38,505 Left on Base: Cubs 11, Reds 8 DP: Cubs 0, Reds 1 Errors: Rose Doubles: Biittner (17), Ontiveros (15), Rose (27) Home Runs: Swisher (3), Lum (3), Foster (36), Driessen (13) Stolen Bases: De Jesus (15), Rose (11) Caught Stealing: Murcer (5) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA R. Reuschel 6.1 3 1 1 4 7 1 26 2.25 G. Hernandez L(5-4) 3 6 4 4 1 3 2 15 2.63 Totals 9.1 9 5 5 5 10 3 41 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moskau 7 5 3 1 5 8 1 31 4.69 Billingham 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 5.52 Borbon W(7-4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.96 Totals 10 7 3 1 7 10 1 44 Wild Pitches: Moskau (2) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Montague CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; De Jesus stole second; Cardenal struck out; Biittner walked; Morales lined to right; Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion was called out on strikes; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros flied out to center; Kelleher flied out to center; Swisher singled to center; Moskau threw a wild pitch [Swisher to second]; R. Reuschel grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster struck out; Driessen grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus was called out on strikes; Cardenal flied out to right; Biittner singled to center; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Lum grounded out (second to first); Plummer walked; Moskau was called out on strikes; Rose flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. CUBS 4TH: Murcer singled to first; Ontiveros struck out while Murcer was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kelleher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Concepcion flied out to center; Morgan walked; Foster singled to right [Morgan to third]; Driessen walked [Foster to second]; Geronimo forced Morgan (first to catcher) [Foster to third, Driessen to second]; Lum flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. CUBS 5TH: Swisher homered; R. Reuschel was called out on strikes; De Jesus lined to center; Cardenal flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Plummer grounded out (third to first); Moskau was called out on strikes; Rose doubled to left; Concepcion walked; Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Reds 0. CUBS 6TH: Biittner walked; Morales lined to center; Murcer walked [Biittner to second]; Ontiveros was called out on strikes; Kelleher lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Foster struck out; Driessen struck out; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Reds 0. CUBS 7TH: Swisher reached on an error by Rose [Swisher to first]; On a bunt R. Reuschel forced Swisher (third to shortstop); De Jesus was called out on strikes; Cardenal walked [R. Reuschel to second]; Biittner doubled to center [R. Reuschel scored (unearned), Cardenal scored (unearned)]; Morales was called out on strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 0. REDS 7TH: Lum homered; Plummer grounded out (third to first); SUMMERS BATTED FOR MOSKAU; G. HERNANDEZ REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Armbrister struck out; Rose singled to second; Concepcion forced Rose (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 1. CUBS 8TH: BILLINGHAM REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Murcer grounded out (third to first); Ontiveros doubled to center; Kelleher grounded out (shortstop to first); Swisher was walked intentionally; G. Hernandez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: Morgan singled to center; Foster homered [Morgan scored]; Driessen struck out; Geronimo singled to center [Geronimo out at second (center to second)]; Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 3. CUBS 9TH: De Jesus popped to shortstop; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Biittner walked; Morales lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 3. REDS 9TH: BENCH BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Bench struck out; BAILEY BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose walked; Rose stole second; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 3. CUBS 10TH: BORBON REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); BENCH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros singled to right; GROSS BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Gross flied out to center; Swisher struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 3. REDS 10TH: TRILLO REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 2B); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Foster singled to right; Driessen homered [Foster scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Reds 5. |
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