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.