The combination of Jim Lonborg's pitching and Bake McBride's batting carried the Phillies to a 3-0 victory over the Reds. Lonborg allowed five hits as the Phillies won at home for the 15th straight time to break the Philadelphia club record set in 1890. Bake McBride, who was a last-minute starter in place of Garry Maddox, collected three of the Phillies' four hits off Mario Soto and Doug Capilla.

A pass to Ted Sizemore, sacrifice by Lonborg and double by McBride produced the Phillies' initial run in the third inning. McBride homered in the fifth and then, like their first run, the Phillies put together a pass to Sizemore, sacrifice by Lonborg and double by McBride for their final tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 3, Cincinnati Reds 0
Game Played on Friday, September 2, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Phillies     0  0  1    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   3  4  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .300      McBride cf            4   1   3   3     0   0   .311
Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .320      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     1   1   .276
Morgan 2b             3   0   2   0     1   0   .307      Schmidt 3b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .277
Foster lf             2   0   0   0     2   1   .309      Luzinski lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .312
Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .291      Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .275        Martin ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Geronimo cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .259      Hebner 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .285
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     1   2   .268        Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .322
Soto p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .280
  Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .069      Sizemore 2b           2   2   0   0     2   1   .282
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .168      Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .075

Totals               31   0   5   0     5   6             Totals               25   3   4   3     8   6

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 47,732
Left on Base: Reds 10, Phillies 8
DP: Reds 1, Phillies 0
Doubles: Morgan (21), Geronimo (20), McBride 2 (18)
Home Runs: McBride (13)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (43), McBride (28), Bowa (29)
Sacrifice Hits: Soto (1), Lonborg 2 (9)
GIDP: Luzinski (10)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Soto L(2-4)             6     3   2   2   4   5   1  25   4.18
Capilla                 2     1   1   1   4   1   0  10   4.91
Totals                  8     4   3   3   8   6   1  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(10-3)         9     5   0   0   5   6   0  37   3.42
Totals                  9     5   0   0   5   6   0  37

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge


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

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa
popped to second; Schmidt walked; Luzinski flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster lined to second; Driessen grounded out (second
to first); Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone flied out to center; Hebner grounded out
(first unassisted); Boone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); Concepcion
flied out to left; Soto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore walked; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Sizemore to second]; McBride doubled to
center [Sizemore scored]; Bowa struck out; Schmidt struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 1.

REDS 4TH: Rose flied out to center; Griffey flied out to center;
Morgan singled to center; Foster walked [Morgan to second];
Driessen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski singled to center; Johnstone flied out to
center; Hebner popped to catcher in foul territory; Boone
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 1.

REDS 5TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
singled to center; Concepcion walked [Geronimo to second]; Soto
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Geronimo to third,
Concepcion to second]; Rose walked; Griffey was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore was called out on strikes; Lonborg was
called out on strikes; McBride homered; Bowa popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 2.

REDS 6TH: Morgan doubled to right; Foster walked; Driessen flied
out to center [Morgan to third]; Bench popped to shortstop;
Geronimo forced Foster (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt flied out to left; Luzinski walked;
Johnstone grounded out (second to first) [Luzinski to second];
Hebner was walked intentionally; Boone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 2.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion was called out on strikes; SUMMERS BATTED
FOR SOTO; Summers flied out to left; Rose singled to left;
Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: CAPILLA REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); Sizemore
walked; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Sizemore to second]; McBride doubled to left [Sizemore scored];
Bowa walked; McBride stole third and Bowa stole second; Schmidt
was walked intentionally; Luzinski grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Schmidt out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 3.

REDS 8TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Foster struck out;
Driessen grounded out (second to first) [Morgan to third]; Bench
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: MARTIN BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Martin grounded out
(third to first); JOHNSON BATTED FOR HEBNER; Johnson walked;
Boone struck out; Sizemore forced Johnson (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Phillies 3.

REDS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HUTTON REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Geronimo doubled to center; Concepcion
struck out; LUM BATTED FOR CAPILLA; Lum popped to shortstop;
Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Phillies 3.