Pete Rose doubled in the opener and beat out a bunt in the nightcap to extend his batting streak to 41 games as the Reds split a twi-night doubleheader with the Phillies before a standing-room-only crowd of 51,779. In the first game, the Phillies exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning and pounded their way to a 12-2 victory. Greg Luzinski hit two homers and Mike Schmidt and Jerry Martin added one apiece in the Phillies' attack.

In the second game, Tom Seaver had ninth-inning help from Doug Bair in pitching the Reds to a 2-1 victory. Rose hit the ball hard his first two times at bat but was retired before laying down a safe bunt in the sixth inning. By hitting in both games, Rose passed Ty Cobb's 40-game streak for the Tigers in 1911 and tied George Sisler's 41-game skein for the Browns in 1922. The Reds backed Seaver with a homer by Johnny Bench and a run-scoring single by Dave Concepcion. Seaver yielded a single by Ted Sizemore and double by Garry Maddox before leaving the game with two out in the ninth. Larry Bowa greeted Bair with a single that scored Sizemore, but Cesar Geronimo threw a strike to the plate to nail Maddox for the final out. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 12, Cincinnati Reds 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Phillies     2  0  0    7  0  1    0  2  0  -  12 14  1
Reds         0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             6   0   0   0     0   1   .295      Rose 3b               2   1   1   0     1   0   .312
  Gonzalez rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Knight 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Bowa ss               4   3   2   0     0   0   .312      Griffey rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
  Harrelson ph,ss     1   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Lum rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Schmidt 3b            5   3   4   4     0   1   .255      Morgan 2b             0   0   0   1     1   0   .260
  Johnson 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .195        Kennedy 2b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Luzinski lf           4   2   2   5     1   1   .263      Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .296
Cardenal 1b           1   1   0   0     1   1   .281        Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Hebner ph,1b        2   0   0   1     0   1   .259      Concepcion ss         3   1   2   1     1   0   .299
Martin rf,cf          5   1   2   2     0   1   .295        Auerbach ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Boone c               4   0   1   0     1   0   .260      Henderson cf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .230
Sizemore 2b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .225        Collins cf,lf       1   0   1   0     0   0   .219
Lerch p               4   1   1   0     1   0   .161      Driessen 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .286
                                                          Correll c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .222
                                                          Norman p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Borbon p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Bench ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .253

Totals               41  12  14  12     4   6             Totals               34   2   8   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:10
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Reds 9
DP: Phillies 1, Reds 0
Errors: Hebner, Rose
Doubles: Bowa (17), Sizemore (5), Martin (9), Driessen (19), Rose (31), Correll (4), Collins (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (13), Martin (6), Luzinski 2 (25), Concepcion (4)
Stolen Bases: Griffey (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Hebner (2), Morgan (9)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch W(5-6)            9     8   2   2   3   7   1  38   4.53
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   7   1  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(9-6)           3.2   5   7   4   3   4   2  20   3.48
Borbon                  5.1   9   5   5   1   2   2  26   4.13
Totals                  9    14  12   7*  4   6   4  46

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox popped to second; Bowa doubled to left;
Schmidt homered [Bowa scored]; Luzinski struck out; Cardenal
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Griffey grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked; Foster forced Morgan
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Martin struck out; Boone walked; Sizemore flied
out to center; Lerch singled to first [Boone to second]; Maddox
forced Lerch (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion singled to right; Henderson forced
Concepcion (shortstop to second); Driessen doubled to right
[Henderson to third]; Correll struck out; Norman struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt struck out;
Luzinski popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose doubled to center; Griffey singled to second
[Rose to third]; Griffey stole second; Morgan hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Rose scored]; Foster flied out to center;
Concepcion walked; Henderson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cardenal walked; Martin homered [Cardenal scored];
Boone grounded out (third to first); Sizemore doubled to left;
Lerch walked; Maddox flied out to left; Bowa reached on an error
by Rose [Sizemore to third, Lerch to second, Bowa to first];
BORBON REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Schmidt singled to right
[Sizemore scored (unearned), Lerch scored (unearned), Bowa to
third]; Luzinski homered (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)
[Bowa scored (unearned), Schmidt scored (unearned, but earned
for the pitcher)]; HEBNER BATTED FOR CARDENAL; Hebner grounded
out (second to first); 7 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 9,
Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: HEBNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Driessen struck
out; Correll grounded out (shortstop to first); Borbon reached
on an error by Hebner [Borbon to first]; Rose walked [Borbon to
second]; Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 9, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); KENNEDY
REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Martin grounded out (pitcher to
first); Boone popped to second; Sizemore singled to center;
Lerch grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 9, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Kennedy grounded out (third to first); Foster struck
out; Concepcion homered; Henderson singled to center; Driessen
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 9, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: COLLINS REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING CF); Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Bowa singled to center; Schmidt
singled to right [Bowa to second]; Luzinski walked [Bowa to
third, Schmidt to second]; Hebner hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Bowa scored]; Martin forced Luzinski (shortstop to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 10, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Correll doubled to center; Borbon lined into a double
play (second to shortstop) [Correll out at second]; Knight
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 10, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Boone singled to center; Sizemore flied out to
right; Lerch flied out to left; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 10, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Kennedy
grounded out (third to first); Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 10, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING CF); LUM
REPLACED GRIFFEY (PLAYING RF); COLLINS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); HARRELSON BATTED FOR BOWA; Harrelson popped to
shortstop; Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski homered [Schmidt
scored]; Hebner struck out; Martin doubled to left; Boone flied
out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 12, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); JOHNSON
REPLACED SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); Concepcion flied out to right;
Collins doubled to center; Driessen grounded out (second to
first) [Collins to third]; Correll grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 12, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: AUERBACH REPLACED CONCEPCION (PLAYING SS);
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Lerch flied out to
right; Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 12, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: GONZALEZ REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING RF); MARTIN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); BENCH BATTED FOR BORBON; Bench grounded
out (third to first); Knight grounded out (third to first); Lum
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 12, Reds 2.

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