Ending a six-game losing streak, the Reds thumped the Cardinals, 11-6. Victory was assured with a seven-run second inning. The bombardment was ignited by a leadoff homer by George Foster. Singles by Dan Driessen and Johnny Bench and a hit batsman loaded the bases.

Ray Knight and Dave Concepcion stroked RBI singles and Joe Morgan clouted a three-run homer. The final tally of the frame came when Ken Griffey singled, moved to second on a balk by reliever Tom Bruno and scored on a single by Foster. Wayne Garrett hit a pinch grand slam for the Cardinals in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, St. Louis Cardinals 6
Game Played on Thursday, August    31, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  7  0    0  1  2    0  1  0  -  11 14  2
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  4  -   6  9  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Concepcion ss         3   2   2   1     1   1   .298      Templeton ss          3   1   1   0     0   0   .291
  Auerbach ss         1   1   1   0     0   0   .286        Phillips ss         1   0   1   0     1   0   .294
Morgan 2b             4   1   1   3     1   0   .240      Scott lf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .241
  Hume p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .051      Hendrick cf           5   0   3   1     0   2   .280
  Collins cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .285
Griffey rf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .289      Hernandez 1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .253
Foster lf             4   1   2   2     1   0   .289      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .247
Driessen 1b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .264      Mumphrey rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Bench c               4   2   2   1     0   0   .251      Tyson 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .239
  Correll c           0   0   0   0     1   0   .239      Martinez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Geronimo cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .222        Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Oberkfell ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .147
Knight 3b             5   2   2   1     0   1   .197        Falcone p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Seaver p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .121        Thomas p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Kennedy 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Brock ph            1   1   0   0     0   0   .227
                                                            Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Garrett ph          1   1   1   4     0   0   .255

Totals               37  11  14  11     5   4             Totals               36   6   9   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 16,112
Left on Base: Reds 7, Cardinals 6
DP: Reds 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Auerbach, Knight
Doubles: Auerbach (5)
Triples: Templeton (10)
Home Runs: Foster (31), Morgan (10), Bench (19), Garrett (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Griffey (3)
GIDP: Knight (3), Simmons 2 (15)
Hit by Pitch: Geronimo (3,by Martinez)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(12-13)         7     4   1   1   1   4   0  26   3.02
Hume                    1     2   1   0   0   0   0   5   4.69
Bair                    1     3   4   4   2   1   1   8   2.04
Totals                  9     9   6   5   3   5   1  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martinez L(8-7)         1.2   7   7   7   0   2   2  12   3.71
Bruno                   1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.78
Falcone                 2.2   4   3   3   3   0   1  15   5.90
Thomas                  2.1   1   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.18
Lopez                   1     0   0   0   2   1   0   5   4.20
Totals                  9    14  11  11   5   4   3  45

Hit by Pitch: Martinez (2)
Wild Pitches: Seaver (6)
Balks: Bruno (1)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Terry Tata


REDS 1ST: Concepcion struck out; Morgan flied out to right;
Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to right; Scott singled to
center; Hendrick was called out on strikes; Simmons flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster homered; Driessen singled to right; Bench
singled to right [Driessen to second]; Geronimo was hit by a
pitch [Driessen to third, Bench to second]; Knight singled to
right [Driessen scored, Bench to third, Geronimo to second];
Seaver struck out; Concepcion singled to left [Bench scored,
Geronimo out at home (left to catcher), Knight to second];
Morgan homered [Knight scored, Concepcion scored]; Griffey
singled to right; BRUNO REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Bruno
balked [Griffey to second]; Foster singled to center [Griffey
scored]; Driessen grounded out (second to first); 7 R, 8 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez flied out to left; Reitz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mumphrey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Bench grounded out (first unassisted); Geronimo
singled to right; Knight grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Geronimo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson reached on an error by Knight [Tyson to
second]; OBERKFELL BATTED FOR BRUNO; Oberkfell lined to second;
Templeton popped to shortstop in foul territory; Scott grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals
0.

REDS 4TH: FALCONE REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); Seaver grounded
out (shortstop to first); Concepcion singled to center; Morgan
lined to left; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick singled to left; Simmons grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at
second]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 0.

REDS 5TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench homered; Geronimo
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey
flied out to left; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 0.

REDS 6TH: Knight singled to right; Seaver out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Knight to second]; Concepcion walked;
Morgan walked [Knight to third, Concepcion to second]; Griffey
singled to left [Knight scored, Concepcion scored, Morgan to
third, Griffey to second (on throw)]; Foster was walked
intentionally; Driessen popped to third in foul territory;
THOMAS REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Bench flied out to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 10, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: AUERBACH REPLACED CONCEPCION (PLAYING SS); Thomas
struck out; Templeton tripled to left; Seaver threw a wild pitch
[Templeton scored]; Scott struck out; Hendrick singled to
center; Simmons walked [Hendrick to second]; Hernandez forced
Simmons (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 10,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 7TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED TEMPLETON (PLAYING SS); Geronimo
flied out to right; Knight grounded out (pitcher to first);
Seaver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 10, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz popped to catcher in foul territory;
Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 10, Cardinals 1.

REDS 8TH: Auerbach doubled to left; Morgan flied out to center
[Auerbach to third]; Griffey hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Auerbach scored]; Foster popped to first in foul territory; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: CORRELL REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); KENNEDY
REPLACED SEAVER (PLAYING 2B); HUME REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING);
BROCK BATTED FOR THOMAS; Brock reached on an error by Auerbach
[Brock to first]; Phillips singled to right [Brock to second];
Scott flied out to center; Hendrick singled to left [Brock
scored (unearned), Phillips to second]; Simmons grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals 2.

REDS 9TH: LOPEZ REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); Driessen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Correll walked; Geronimo walked [Correll
to second]; Knight struck out; Kennedy flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: COLLINS REPLACED HUME (PLAYING CF); BAIR REPLACED
GERONIMO (PITCHING); Hernandez walked; Reitz singled to center
[Hernandez to second]; Mumphrey popped to shortstop; Tyson
singled to third [Hernandez to third, Reitz to second]; GARRETT
BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Garrett homered [Hernandez scored, Reitz
scored, Tyson scored]; Phillips walked; Scott flied out to
right; Hendrick struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11,
Cardinals 6.