Playing before a capacity crowd of 50,152, the Reds got a decisive two-run double by Dave Concepcion in the sixth inning to defeat the Pirates, 4-3. Fred Norman, who started for the Reds, hit both Rennie Stennett and Manny Sanguillen with pitches in the second and yielded a run on a single by Steve Brye. George Foster homered in the Reds' half.

Don Werner tripled in the fifth and Norman put himself ahead with a squeeze bunt. Concepcion's double in the sixth followed a single by Foster and pass to Dan Driessen. Norman was lifted in the eighth after Brye and Duffy Dyer singled. Frank Taveras drove them home with a two-out double off Dave Tomlin before Manny Sarmiento relieved and retired the last four straight batters. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      3, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Pirates      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  0
Reds         0  1  0    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   4  8  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            5   0   1   2     0   1   .268      Rose 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Garner 3b             5   0   1   0     0   2   .244        Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Parker rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Griffey rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .325
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Milner rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .210      Foster lf             3   2   2   1     1   0   .324
B. Robinson cf,rf,cf  4   0   0   0     1   1   .230      Driessen 1b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .309
Stennett 2b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .275      Concepcion ss         3   0   2   2     1   0   .319
Sanguillen 1b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Lum cf                3   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Brye lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .295        Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Dyer c                3   1   2   0     1   0   .277      Werner c              3   1   1   0     1   1   .208
D. Robinson p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Norman p              2   0   0   1     0   2   .207
  Macha ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reuss p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Whitson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moreno cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .201
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               35   3   8   3     4   5             Totals               30   4   8   4     4   7

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 50,152
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Reds 7
DP: Pirates 1, Reds 0
Doubles: Brye (5), Garner (7), Dyer (6), Taveras (10), Concepcion (15)
Triples: Werner (1)
Home Runs: Foster (11)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (6)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (3)
Hit by Pitch: Stennett (1,by Norman), Sanguillen (1,by Norman)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Robinson L(4-2)      5     4   2   2   1   3   1  20   2.72
Reuss                   0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   3   6.03
Whitson                 0.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   4   0.00
Hamilton                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   5.60
Tekulve                 1     1   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.85
Totals                  8     8   4   4   4   7   1  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(6-2)           7.1   7   3   3   4   4   0  35   2.93
Tomlin                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.54
Sarmiento SV(2)         1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.76
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   5   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Norman 2 (3)
Wild Pitches: Tekulve (3)

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to center; Garner struck out;
Parker singled to center; B. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey struck out;
Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Reds 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stennett was hit by a pitch; Sanguillen was hit by
a pitch [Stennett to second]; Brye doubled to left [Stennett
scored, Sanguillen to third]; Dyer walked; D. Robinson popped to
second; Taveras forced Sanguillen (pitcher to catcher) [Brye to
third, Dyer to second]; Garner struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Pirates 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster homered; Driessen grounded out (first
unassisted); Concepcion walked; Lum singled to right [Concepcion
to second]; Werner popped to second; Norman was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); B. Robinson
walked; Stennett singled to center [B. Robinson to second];
Sanguillen popped to second; Brye grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Griffey grounded out (first to
pitcher); Morgan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Reds 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Dyer grounded out (second to first); D. Robinson
grounded out (third to first); Taveras grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Foster lined to third; Driessen flied out to right;
Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 1, Reds 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Garner doubled to left; Parker struck out; B.
Robinson popped to catcher in foul territory; Stennett was
walked intentionally; Sanguillen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Werner tripled
to center; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Werner scored]; Rose singled to center; Griffey grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer
doubled to center; MACHA BATTED FOR D. ROBINSON; Macha walked;
Taveras struck out; Garner forced Macha (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: REUSS REPLACED MACHA (PITCHING); Morgan popped to
shortstop; Foster singled to right; Driessen walked [Foster to
second]; WHITSON REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Concepcion doubled
to center [Foster scored, Driessen scored]; Lum struck out;
Werner walked; Norman struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
1, Reds 4.

PIRATES 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED LUM (PLAYING CF); Parker grounded
out (third to first); B. Robinson flied out to left; Stennett
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: HAMILTON REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); B. ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MORENO REPLACED WHITSON (PLAYING
CF); Rose popped to second; Griffey singled to third; Morgan
grounded out (first unassisted) [Griffey to second]; Foster was
walked intentionally; Driessen grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Reds 4.

PIRATES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Sanguillen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye singled to left; Dyer
singled to right [Brye to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED NORMAN
(PITCHING); Moreno grounded out (first unassisted) [Brye to
third, Dyer to second]; Taveras doubled to left [Brye scored,
Dyer scored]; SARMIENTO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Garner
popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: MILNER REPLACED HAMILTON (PLAYING RF); B. ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); TEKULVE REPLACED MORENO
(PITCHING); Concepcion singled to center; Concepcion stole
second; Tekulve threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to third];
Geronimo struck out; Werner struck out while Concepcion was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 3, Reds 4.

PIRATES 9TH: Milner popped to shortstop; B. Robinson struck out;
Stennett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Reds 4.