Pete Rose extended his batting streak to 42 games with three singles as the Reds defeated the Phillies, 6-2. Rose surpassed George Sisler's 41-game streak in 1922 and tied Bill Dahlen's 1894 skein of 42 games. Still ahead of him were Willie Keeler's 44-game streak, set in 1897, and Joe DiMaggio's record of 56 games in 1941.

Rose led off with a single against the Phillies and two outs later George Foster smashed a homer. Paul Moskau then helped himself to victory by connecting for a three-run homer in the second inning. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      29, 1978 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  7  0
Reds         2  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .295      Rose 3b               4   1   3   0     0   0   .315
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .310        Correll c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Griffey rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Luzinski lf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .267      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .258
Hebner 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Foster lf             4   2   2   2     0   1   .299
Martin rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .282      Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Boone c               4   0   2   1     0   1   .264      Bench c               2   1   1   1     0   0   .262
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .221        Knight 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .173
Lonborg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     0   0   .299
  Kaat p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .129      Geronimo cf           3   1   0   0     0   0   .238
  Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Moskau p              3   1   1   3     0   0   .185
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Harrelson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .188
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .258

Totals               35   2   7   1     2   6             Totals               31   6   9   6     1   2

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 49,108
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Reds 3
DP: Phillies 1, Reds 0
Errors: Knight
Doubles: Foster (15)
Home Runs: Foster (24), Moskau (1)
Stolen Bases: Geronimo (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (3)
GIDP: Morgan (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(7-9)          1.1   6   5   5   0   0   2  10   4.83
Kaat                    3.2   2   1   1   1   2   0  14   4.34
Eastwick                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.50
Brusstar                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.13
Totals                  8     9   6   6   1   2   2  33

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau W(2-2)           8     6   2   1   2   5   0  32   4.15
Bair                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.40
Totals                  9     7   2   1   2   6   0  37

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox struck out; Bowa popped to third in foul
territory; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Griffey flied out to center;
Morgan popped to second; Foster homered [Rose scored]; Driessen
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to left; Hebner flied out to
left; Martin struck out; Boone singled to left [Luzinski to
second]; Sizemore forced Luzinski (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to left; Concepcion singled to left
[Bench to second]; Geronimo forced Concepcion (pitcher to
shortstop) [Bench to third]; Geronimo stole second; Moskau
homered [Bench scored, Geronimo scored]; Rose singled to center;
KAAT REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Griffey flied out to center;
Morgan forced Rose (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 5.

PHILLIES 3RD: Kaat grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox flied
out to center; Bowa popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: Foster doubled to right; Driessen grounded out (first
unassisted) [Foster to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Foster scored]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 6.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt flied out to center; Luzinski flied out to
left; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 6.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); Moskau
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose singled to center;
Griffey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Reds 6.

PHILLIES 5TH: Martin struck out; Boone struck out; Sizemore
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 6.

REDS 5TH: Morgan walked; Foster struck out; Driessen struck out;
Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Reds 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: GONZALEZ BATTED FOR KAAT; Gonzalez flied out to
left; Maddox lined to shortstop; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: EASTWICK REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); Geronimo grounded out (shortstop
to first); Moskau grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski singled to left
[Schmidt to second]; Hebner flied out to left; Martin grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Schmidt to third, Luzinski to second];
Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey singled
to pitcher; Morgan grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Griffey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Reds 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING 3B); CORRELL
REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING C ); Sizemore grounded out (third to
first); HARRELSON BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Harrelson walked; Maddox
singled to center [Harrelson to second]; Bowa grounded out
(second to first) [Harrelson to third, Maddox to second];
Schmidt flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); Foster
grounded out (third to first); Driessen grounded out (second to
first); Knight grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski walked; Hebner singled to right [Luzinski
to second]; BAIR REPLACED MOSKAU (PITCHING); Martin reached on
an error by Knight [Luzinski scored (no RBI), Hebner to third,
Martin to first]; Boone singled to right [Hebner scored
(unearned), Martin to second]; Sizemore flied out to right;
MCCARVER BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; McCarver forced Boone (second
unassisted) [Martin to third]; Maddox struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 6.