With two out in the ninth inning, Dan Driessen hit an inside-the-park homer and Johnny Bench followed with a smash over the fence to carry the Reds to a 6-5 victory over the Phillies, who suffered their fourth straight defeat. Homers by Mike Schmidt and Barry Foote accounted for the Phillies' first three runs before the Reds came back to tie the score with the aid of a round-tripper by Joe Morgan.

After the Phils went ahead again with a sacrifice fly by Bake McBride in the eighth, the Reds scored a matching run on a triple by Bob Bailey and single by Pete Rose. The Phillies then led for the last time when Richie Hebner hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth before Driessen circled the bases and Bench tagged Tug McGraw for the winning homer. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Saturday, August    27, 1977 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  1  -   5  6  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  1  1    1  1  2  -   6 11  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Martin cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .272      Rose 3b               4   0   2   1     1   0   .302
Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Morgan 2b             3   2   1   1     2   0   .300
Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .281      Griffey rf            3   0   2   0     2   0   .323
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     1   1   .315      Foster lf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .309
Hebner 1b             4   1   0   1     0   0   .286      Driessen 1b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .294
Johnstone rf          3   1   1   0     2   0   .292      Bench c               4   1   1   1     1   1   .272
Boone c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Geronimo cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .257
  Foote c             2   1   2   2     1   0   .246      Concepcion ss         4   0   1   1     0   0   .272
Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Soto p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  McBride ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .306        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .181
  Harmon 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lonborg p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .077        Bailey ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .279
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .375        Armbrister pr       0   1   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               32   5   6   5     6   4             Totals               35   6  11   5     6   4

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 46,139
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Reds 10
DP: Phillies 2, Reds 0
Errors: Foote
Doubles: Geronimo (17)
Triples: Bailey (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (32), Foote (3), Morgan (20), Driessen (16), Bench (28)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (26), Morgan (41)
Caught Stealing: Griffey (8)
Sacrifice Flies: McBride (5), Hebner (3)
GIDP: Concepcion (11)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (7,by Soto), Martin (3,by Billingham), Geronimo (3,by Lonborg)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 6.1   6   3   3   6   3   1  31   3.66
McGraw L(7-3)           2.1   5   3   3   0   1   2  11   2.77
Totals                  8.2  11   6   6   6   4   3  42

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Soto                    6     4   3   3   4   4   2  27   4.34
Sarmiento               2     2   1   1   1   0   0   9   3.26
Billingham W(10-10)     1     0   1   1   1   0   0   6   5.24
Totals                  9     6   5   5   6   4   2  42

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (5), Soto (3), Billingham (8)
Wild Pitches: Lonborg 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Terry Tata


PHILLIES 1ST: Martin struck out; Bowa flied out to right;
Schmidt homered; Luzinski walked; Hebner flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Morgan flied out to left; Griffey flied
out to left; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone
flied out to right; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: FOOTE REPLACED BOONE (PLAYING C ); Driessen grounded
out (pitcher to first); Bench struck out; Geronimo grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Lonborg struck out; Martin grounded out (second to
first); Bowa singled to center; Schmidt forced Bowa (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Soto popped
to shortstop; Rose singled to right; Lonborg threw a wild pitch
[Rose to second]; Morgan walked; Griffey walked [Rose to third,
Morgan to second]; Foster forced Griffey (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Hebner
grounded out (first unassisted); Johnstone walked; Foote singled
to right [Johnstone to third]; Sizemore popped to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Bench walked;
Geronimo was hit by a pitch [Bench to second]; Concepcion
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Geronimo out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Reds 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Lonborg flied out to left; Martin struck out; Bowa
walked; Schmidt was hit by a pitch [Bowa to second]; Luzinski
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Soto grounded out (third to first); Rose flied out to
left; Morgan homered; Griffey singled to right; Foster struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hebner flied out to center; Johnstone walked;
Foote homered [Johnstone scored]; Sizemore grounded out (second
to first); Lonborg popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Driessen flied out to center; Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first); Geronimo doubled to right; Concepcion
singled to center [Geronimo scored]; LUM BATTED FOR SOTO; Lum
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Martin flied
out to left; Bowa flied out to left; Schmidt flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Rose flied out to left; Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second [Morgan to third (error by Foote)]; Lonborg threw a wild
pitch [Morgan scored]; Griffey walked; Foster singled to left
[Griffey to second]; MCGRAW REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING);
Driessen lined to left; Bench grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Reds 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski singled to right; Hebner forced Luzinski
(second to shortstop); Johnstone singled to right [Hebner to
third]; Foote walked [Johnstone to second]; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR
SIZEMORE; McBride hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hebner scored];
McGraw popped to catcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Reds 3.

REDS 8TH: HARMON REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING 2B); Geronimo flied
out to center; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); BAILEY
BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Bailey tripled to left; ARMBRISTER RAN FOR
BAILEY; Rose singled to right [Armbrister scored]; Morgan flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: BILLINGHAM REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Martin
was hit by a pitch; Bowa forced Martin (first to shortstop);
Bowa stole second; Schmidt walked; Luzinski reached on a
fielder's choice [Bowa to third, Schmidt to second]; Hebner hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Bowa scored]; Johnstone flied out to
center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 4.

REDS 9TH: Griffey singled to shortstop; Foster struck out while
Griffey was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Driessen
hit an inside the park homer to center; Bench homered; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Reds 6.