When right fielder Jack Clark lost a routine short fly by Johnny Bench with two out in the ninth inning, the ball fell for a bases-loaded triple and gave the Reds a 3-1 victory over the Giants. Doubles by Tim Foli and Jim Barr produced the Giants' run in the second.

Barr, who was working on a three-hit shutout, got two out in the ninth before Ken Griffey beat out a bunt and Joe Morgan singled. Gary Lavelle took over in relief, walked Bob Bailey and then appeared to have saved game on Bench's fly until the sun came to the Reds' rescue. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 3, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 13, 1977 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  6  0
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Thomas cf             4   0   1   0     1   2   .249
Griffey rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .318      Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     1   1   .271
Morgan 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .299      Thomasson lf          4   0   1   0     1   1   .259
Driessen 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .297      McCovey 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .285
  Bailey ph,1b        0   1   0   0     1   0   .281      Clark rf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .264
Bench c               3   0   1   3     1   0   .268      Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Lum lf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Foli ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .237
Geronimo cf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Alexander c           4   0   0   0     0   2   .318
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Barr p                3   0   1   1     0   0   .153
Moskau p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .263        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Whitfield ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .299
  Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211

Totals               30   3   6   3     3   0             Totals               33   1   9   1     6   8

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 14,917
Left on Base: Reds 3, Giants 11
DP: Reds 3, Giants 2
Doubles: Foli (19), Barr (1)
Triples: Bench (1)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (9)
GIDP: Concepcion (8), Foli (6), Thomas (6)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau                  7.2   8   1   1   5   7   0  34   4.25
Murray W(6-2)           0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.83
Borbon SV(11)           1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.74
Totals                  9     9   1   1   6   8   0  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(11-9)            8.2   5   2   2   2   0   0  30   4.33
Lavelle                 0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   1.83
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   0   0  33

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


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

GIANTS 1ST: Thomas walked; Andrews singled to center [Thomas to
third]; Thomasson struck out while Thomas was caught stealing
home (catcher to shortstop to catcher) [Andrews to second];
McCovey was walked intentionally; Clark struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen flied out to right; Bench grounded out (third
to first); Lum flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Foli doubled
to center; Alexander struck out; Barr doubled [Foli scored];
Thomas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); Moskau grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Thomasson walked; McCovey singled to right [Thomasson to
third]; Clark walked [McCovey to second]; Evans struck out; Foli
forced Clark (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey walked;
Morgan flied out to center; Driessen flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Alexander grounded out (catcher to first); Barr
flied out to center; Thomas singled to center; Andrews grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Bench walked; Lum flied out to center; Geronimo
singled to right [Bench to second]; Concepcion grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Geronimo out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); McCovey
popped to third in foul territory; Clark walked; Evans grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: Moskau singled to right; Rose forced Moskau (shortstop
to second); Griffey lined into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Rose out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Foli flied out to right; Alexander flied out to
center; Barr flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Morgan singled to right; Morgan was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Driessen grounded out (second to first);
Bench grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomas was called out on strikes; Andrews was called
out on strikes; Thomasson singled to center; McCovey singled to
right [Thomasson to third]; Clark flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 8TH: Lum made an out to shortstop; Geronimo flied out to
left; Concepcion flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Evans singled to right; Foli grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Evans out at second];
MURRAY REPLACED MOSKAU (PITCHING); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 9TH: SUMMERS BATTED FOR MURRAY; Summers grounded out (first
unassisted); Rose flied out to left; On a bunt Griffey singled;
Morgan singled [Griffey to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED BARR
(PITCHING); BAILEY BATTED FOR DRIESSEN; Bailey walked [Griffey
to third, Morgan to second]; Bench tripled to right [Griffey
scored, Morgan scored, Bailey scored]; Lum grounded out (first
unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); BAILEY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); WHITFIELD BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Whitfield
singled to center; Thomas grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Whitfield out at second]; Andrews walked;
Thomasson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 1.

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