Dan Driessen had two doubles and a triple, scored a run and drove in two others to lead the Reds to a 5-3 triumph over the Giants. Driessen doubled and scored as the Reds took a 2-0 lead in the second, doubled to knock in a run in the third and drove in another tally with a triple in the eighth. Doug Capilla had a three-hit shutout going before leaving the game after six innings with a sore back. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Friday, September 16, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Reds 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 12 0 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 6 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .308 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .267 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Foli ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Griffey rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .320 Madlock 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .301 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 McCovey 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .277 Foster lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .317 James 1b 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 Driessen 1b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .297 Elliott lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245 Bench c 2 1 1 0 0 1 .283 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Plummer c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .136 Thomasson rf 3 0 2 1 1 1 .252 Concepcion ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .276 Hill c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .237 Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Minton p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Capilla p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .063 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Summers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Torres p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borbon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Totals 35 5 12 4 1 7 Totals 31 3 6 2 7 9 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 3,014 Left on Base: Reds 4, Giants 9 DP: Reds 1, Giants 3 Errors: Madlock Doubles: Driessen 2 (29), Griffey (34), McCovey (20), Madlock (27) Triples: Driessen (3) Caught Stealing: Concepcion (7) Sacrifice Flies: Hill (6) GIDP: Concepcion (13), Hill (11) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Capilla W(7-7) 6 3 0 0 6 5 0 26 4.61 Hume 1 2 3 3 1 1 0 6 8.70 Torres 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.15 Borbon SV(16) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3.24 Totals 9 6 3 3 7 9 0 39 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Minton L(0-1) 7 9 4 3 1 5 0 29 3.86 Heaverlo 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.77 Moffitt 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.42 Totals 9 12 5 4 1 7 0 36 Wild Pitches: Capilla 2 (6), Torres (1) Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Sudol REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Griffey struck out; Morgan forced Rose (pitcher to shortstop); Foster forced Morgan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Thomas struck out; Foli walked; On a bunt Madlock singled [Foli to second]; Capilla threw a wild pitch [Foli to third, Madlock to second]; McCovey struck out; Elliott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. REDS 2ND: Driessen doubled to center; Bench singled to center [Driessen to third]; Concepcion singled to center [Driessen scored, Bench to second]; Geronimo made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Capilla struck out; Rose singled to center [Bench scored, Concepcion out at home (center to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Thomasson struck out; Hill walked; Minton walked [Hill to second]; Thomas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Giants 0. REDS 3RD: Griffey singled to center; Morgan flied out to right; Foster flied out to center; Driessen doubled to left [Griffey scored]; Bench struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Foli grounded out (second to first); Madlock struck out; McCovey doubled to right; Elliott flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Giants 0. REDS 4TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Geronimo struck out; On a bunt Capilla struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Thomasson walked; Capilla threw a wild pitch [Thomasson to second]; Hill grounded out (third to first); Minton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Giants 0. REDS 5TH: JAMES REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Rose singled to shortstop; Griffey doubled to left [Rose out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted) [Griffey to third]; Foster reached on an error by Madlock [Griffey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Foster to first]; Driessen flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Thomas walked; Foli flied out to right; Madlock popped to shortstop; James walked [Thomas to second]; Elliott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Giants 0. REDS 6TH: Plummer walked; Concepcion grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Plummer out at second]; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Evans flied out to center; Thomasson singled to left; Hill grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Giants 0. REDS 7TH: SUMMERS BATTED FOR CAPILLA; Summers grounded out (first to pitcher); Rose grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: HUME REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); HARRIS BATTED FOR MINTON; Harris was called out on strikes; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Giants 0. REDS 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Morgan struck out; Foster singled to left; Driessen tripled to center [Foster scored]; Plummer lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [Driessen out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Giants 0. GIANTS 8TH: Madlock doubled to right; James walked; Elliott singled to left [Madlock to third, James to second]; TORRES REPLACED HUME (PITCHING); Torres threw a wild pitch [Madlock scored, James to third, Elliott to second]; Evans struck out; Thomasson singled to right [James scored, Elliott to third]; BORBON REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Hill hit a sacrifice fly to center [Elliott scored]; CLARK BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Clark was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Giants 3. REDS 9TH: MOFFITT REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Concepcion singled to center; Geronimo flied out to right; Borbon struck out while Concepcion was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Giants 3. GIANTS 9TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Thomas struck out; Foli grounded out (first unassisted); Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Giants 3.

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