Mike Lum's three-run homer with one out in the 10th inning lifted the Reds to an 8-6 victory over the Giants. Dan Driessen and Dave Concepcion opened the frame with singles. George Foster's three-run double had given the Reds a 5-4 lead in the seventh, but the Giants tied it in the ninth on Terry Whitfield's single and Gary Thomasson's triple. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, San Francisco Giants 6
Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  2    0  0  0    3  0  0    3  -   8 15  2
Giants       1  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  -   6 10  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               6   1   3   1     0   0   .310      Whitfield cf          6   2   4   1     0   0   .285
Griffey rf            4   1   2   1     2   0   .322      Thomasson rf,lf       3   0   1   1     2   1   .252
Morgan 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Madlock 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .299
  Torres p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     2   1   .249
  Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Elliott lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        LeMaster ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Bailey ph           1   1   0   0     0   0   .256        Thomas ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Dumoulin p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      James 1b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .143
  Billingham p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .161      Foli ss               2   1   1   0     1   0   .224
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Clark rf            1   1   1   0     1   0   .253
Foster lf,cf          5   0   3   3     0   1   .320      Hill c                3   1   2   3     1   0   .242
Driessen 1b           4   1   2   0     1   1   .299        Sadek pr,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Concepcion ss         5   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Barr p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .129
Geronimo cf           2   1   1   0     0   0   .263        Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Bench ph,lf,c       3   0   1   0     0   1   .284        McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Plummer c             4   1   1   0     0   2   .140        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lum lf              1   1   1   3     0   0   .163        Harris ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .247
Soto p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Armbrister ph       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Auerbach 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
  Knight 2b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .247

Totals               42   8  15   8     5   8             Totals               34   6  10   6     9   5

Time of Game: 3:18   Attendance:  5,870
Left on Base: Reds 10, Giants 11
DP: Reds 3, Giants 1
Errors: Borbon, Plummer, Thomasson
Doubles: Foster 2 (30), James (1), Whitfield (19)
Triples: Thomasson (5)
Home Runs: Lum (5), Whitfield (7), Hill (8)
Stolen Bases: Foli (2)
Caught Stealing: Bench (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Armbrister (2), Barr (12), Thomasson (3), Madlock (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Harris (2)
GIDP: Elliott (5), McCovey (16), James (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Soto                    2     3   4   4   1   3   2  10   5.34
Torres                  3     1   0   0   4   1   0  14   2.45
Murray                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.93
Dumoulin                0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   4  13.50
Billingham              1.2   3   1   1   3   0   0   9   5.23
Borbon W(10-4)          2     2   1   1   0   0   0   7   3.26
Totals                 10    10   6   6   9   5   2  47

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    5.1   6   2   2   1   0   0  22   4.72
Lavelle                 2.2   5   3   3   1   5   0  13   2.13
Moffitt L(4-9)          2     4   3   3   3   3   1  13   3.65
Totals                 10    15   8   8   5   8   1  48

Wild Pitches: Torres (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first unassisted); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Whitfield homered; Thomasson was called out on
strikes; Madlock struck out; Evans grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 2ND: Foster doubled; Driessen lined into a double play
(shortstop unassisted) [Foster out at second]; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Elliott grounded out (pitcher to first); James
doubled to center; Foli walked; Hill homered [James scored, Foli
scored]; Barr was called out on strikes; Whitfield grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 4.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo singled to left; Plummer singled to left
[Geronimo to second]; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR SOTO; Armbrister out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Geronimo to third,
Plummer to second]; Rose grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Geronimo scored, Plummer to third]; Griffey singled to left
[Plummer scored]; Morgan grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 3RD: AUERBACH REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PLAYING 2B); TORRES
REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Thomasson walked; Torres threw a
wild pitch [Thomasson to third]; Madlock flied out to left;
Evans was called out on strikes; Elliott popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (second to first); Driessen
walked; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first) [Driessen
to second]; Geronimo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 4TH: KNIGHT REPLACED AUERBACH (PLAYING 2B); James
grounded out (second to first); Foli singled to left; Foli stole
second [Foli to third (error by Plummer)]; Hill walked; Barr out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hill to second];
Whitfield flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 4.

REDS 5TH: Plummer grounded out (shortstop to first); Knight
flied out to right; Rose singled to shortstop; Griffey flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson walked; Madlock forced Thomasson
(shortstop to second); Evans grounded out (second to first)
[Madlock to second]; Elliott was walked intentionally; James
forced Elliott (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 4.

REDS 6TH: SUMMERS BATTED FOR TORRES; Summers grounded out
(second to first); Foster singled to third; LAVELLE REPLACED
BARR (PITCHING); Driessen singled to center [Foster to third];
Concepcion struck out; BENCH BATTED FOR GERONIMO; Bench struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: MURRAY REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); BENCH STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Foli
flied out to center; Hill flied out to center; Lavelle struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

REDS 7TH: Plummer was called out on strikes; Knight walked; Rose
singled to right [Knight to second]; Griffey singled to
shortstop [Knight to third, Rose to second]; BAILEY BATTED FOR
MURRAY; Bailey forced Knight (third to catcher) [Rose to third,
Griffey to second]; Foster doubled to right [Rose scored,
Griffey scored, Bailey scored, Foster to third (error by
Thomasson)]; Driessen struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: DUMOULIN REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); Whitfield
singled to shortstop; Thomasson reached on a fielder's choice on
a sacrifice bunt [Whitfield to second]; Madlock out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Whitfield to third,
Thomasson to second]; Evans was walked intentionally; BILLINGHAM
REPLACED DUMOULIN (PITCHING); Elliott grounded into a double
play (third to first) [Thomasson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 4.

REDS 8TH: LEMASTER REPLACED ELLIOTT (PLAYING SS); CLARK REPLACED
FOLI (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Concepcion flied out to right; Bench singled to shortstop; Bench
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Plummer struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: LUM REPLACED PLUMMER (PLAYING LF); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); James grounded out (second to first);
Clark walked; Hill singled to right [Clark to third]; SADEK RAN
FOR HILL; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR LAVELLE; McCovey grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sadek out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 4.

REDS 9TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT REPLACED
MCCOVEY (PITCHING); Knight walked; Rose grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Knight to second]; Griffey was walked intentionally;
Billingham struck out; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Whitfield singled to right; Thomasson tripled to
center [Whitfield scored]; Madlock was walked intentionally;
Evans was walked intentionally [Madlock to second]; THOMAS
BATTED FOR LEMASTER; BORBON REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING);
Thomas flied to left in foul territory; James grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Evans out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 5.

REDS 10TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Driessen singled
to right; Concepcion singled to pitcher [Driessen to second];
Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; Lum homered [Driessen
scored, Concepcion scored]; Knight grounded out (third to
first); Rose singled to center; Griffey walked [Rose to second];
Borbon struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 8, Giants 5.

GIANTS 10TH: On a bunt Clark singled to pitcher [Clark to second
(error by Borbon)]; Sadek grounded out (third to first) [Clark
to third]; HARRIS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Harris hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Clark scored]; Whitfield doubled to left; Whitfield
advanced to third because of defensive indifference [Whitfield
to third]; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Giants 6.