Willie McCovey hit two homers, but an error by the veteran first baseman in the ninth inning resulted in the Giants losing to the Reds, 6-5. McCovey batted in three runs with his round-trippers. The Giants tied the score at 5-5 in the ninth on singles by Terry Whitfield, Tim Foli and Gary Thomasson.

In the Reds' half, Pete Rose grounded to Randy Moffitt and was safe at first when McCovey bobbled the pitcher's throw. Rose stole second and moved to third on an infield hit by Ken Griffey. The Giants then passed Joe Morgan intentionally to take their chances with George Foster, who hit a sacrifice fly to end the game. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 5

Game Played on Thursday, September 8, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Giants       3  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  9  2
Reds         4  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   6  8  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomasson lf          4   1   2   1     1   1   .254      Rose 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .303
Andrews 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .264      Griffey rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .318
Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Morgan 2b             2   2   0   0     3   0   .301
McCovey 1b            3   2   2   3     1   0   .281      Foster lf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .313
Clark rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Driessen 1b           3   1   1   2     1   0   .296
Whitfield cf          4   1   2   0     0   1   .281      Bench c               4   1   2   2     0   1   .276
Foli ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .228      Geronimo cf           2   0   2   1     1   0   .264
  LeMaster pr,ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .097
Hill c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Moskau p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Sadek pr,c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Thomas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Williams p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Madlock ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .302
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alexander ph,c      1   0   0   0     0   1   .311

Totals               36   5   9   4     2   6             Totals               31   6   8   6     6   2

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 18,379
Left on Base: Giants 6, Reds 8
DP: Giants 1, Reds 0
Errors: McCovey, Whitfield
Doubles: Driessen (25)
Triples: Whitfield (3)
Home Runs: McCovey 2 (26)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (46), Geronimo (10), Rose (16)
Caught Stealing: Driessen (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Geronimo (5), Griffey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Foster (8)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams                4     4   5   4   4   0   0  20   4.00
Curtis                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.75
Heaverlo                2     2   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.72
Moffitt L(3-8)          0.2   1   1   0   1   0   0   5   3.57
Totals                  8.2   8   6   4   6   2   0  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau                  6     4   4   4   2   5   2  24   4.25
Borbon W(8-4)           3     5   1   1   0   1   0  14   3.06
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   6   2  38

Balks: Moskau (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Sudol


GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson walked; Andrews singled to right
[Thomasson to third]; Moskau balked [Thomasson scored, Andrews
to second]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first) [Andrews to
third]; McCovey homered [Andrews scored]; Clark flied out to
center; Whitfield tripled to center; Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked; Morgan stole second;
Foster walked; Driessen doubled to center [Morgan scored, Foster
scored]; Bench singled to center [Driessen scored, Bench to
second (error by Whitfield)]; Geronimo singled to center [Bench
scored (unearned)]; Geronimo stole second; Auerbach popped to
first; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Hill popped to second; Williams struck out;
Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

REDS 2ND: Moskau grounded out (third to first); Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews flied out to center; Evans was called out on
strikes; McCovey walked; Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 4.

REDS 3RD: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Foster singled to
left [Morgan to third]; Driessen popped to third in foul
territory; Bench grounded out (third to first) [Morgan scored,
Foster to second]; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Auerbach
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3,
Reds 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Foli
popped to first; Hill popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Moskau flied out to center; Rose flied out to left;
Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 3, Reds 5.

GIANTS 5TH: HARRIS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Harris was called out on
strikes; Thomasson flied out to right; Andrews flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: CURTIS REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Morgan popped to
second; Foster flied out to center; Driessen grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Reds 5.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); McCovey
homered; Clark popped to third in foul territory; Whitfield
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Bench singled to center; Geronimo out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Bench to second]; Auerbach struck out;
BAILEY BATTED FOR MOSKAU; Bailey lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

GIANTS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); Foli flied out to
left; Hill singled to left; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; MADLOCK BATTED
FOR CURTIS; Madlock forced Sadek (third to second); Thomasson
singled to left [Madlock to second]; Andrews forced Thomasson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED MADLOCK (PITCHING); SADEK STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Rose singled to left; Griffey out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rose to second]; Morgan lined
to right; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Evans popped to shortstop; McCovey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Clark flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: Driessen walked; Bench struck out while Driessen was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Geronimo singled to
right; Auerbach popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Whitfield singled to left; Foli singled to right
[Whitfield to third]; LEMASTER RAN FOR FOLI; THOMAS BATTED FOR
SADEK; Thomas popped to shortstop; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR
HEAVERLO; Alexander struck out; Thomasson singled to center
[Whitfield scored, LeMaster to second]; Andrews grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 5.

REDS 9TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT
REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); LEMASTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
SS); LUM BATTED FOR BORBON; Lum grounded out (second to first);
Rose reached on an error by McCovey [Rose to first]; Rose stole
second; Griffey singled to second [Rose to third]; Morgan was
walked intentionally [Griffey to second]; Foster hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Rose scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 5, Reds 6.

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